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January 22, 2015

Officials to Host Public Meeting for Maxey Flats Disposal Site

HILLSBORO, Ky. – (Jan. 22, 2015) – The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet is moving forward with plans for final capping of the Maxey Flats Disposal Site, which operated as a commercial disposal landfill for low-level radioactive waste from 1962 to 1977. In an effort to give the public the opportunity to hear more information […]

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January 22, 2015

PSC Bars $54 Million in Kentucky Power Fuel Cost Recovery

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has prohibited Kentucky Power Co. from charging its customers about $54 million in fuel costs deemed to be unreasonable by the PSC. In an order issued today, the PSC directed Kentucky Power to refund, through a credit on future bills, $13 million in […]

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January 20, 2015

Division of Waste Management Calls for Grant Applications

Frankfort, Ky. (Jan.20, 2015) – The Energy and Environment Cabinet’s (EEC) Division of Waste Management (DWM) is accepting grant applications for projects that develop an integrated recycling infrastructure and offer public education programs on recycling and household hazardous waste (HHW) management. “During the ninth year of the Kentucky Pride Recycling Grant program and the eighth […]

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January 16, 2015

PSC Grants Rate Adjustment to Cumberland Valley Electric

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 16, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today granted a rate adjustment to Cumberland Valley Electric. The electric distribution cooperative will be allowed to increase annual revenue by about $968,000, or 2.43 percent. That is 60 percent of the $1.6 million increase (3.95 percent) requested by Cumberland Valley This is […]

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January 14, 2015

PSC Closes Review of LG&E and KU Customer Service

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has ended its heightened scrutiny of the consumer service operations of Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) because the two companies have completed the improvements recommended in the final report of a management review completed in September 2011. […]

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January 7, 2015

Funding available for projects that protect source water

Frankfort, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2015) – The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) is making available assistance funds to help communities pay for source water protection projects that will help prevent drinking water contamination. The funds are available to public water systems as well as the entities they serve. Each project should remain at $60,000 or […]

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December 23, 2014

PSC OKs New Filtration Plant for Kentucky-American Water

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 23, 2014) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has authorized Kentucky-American Water Co. to replace a 90-year-old filtration facility at its water treatment plant on Richmond Road in Lexington. In an order issue today, the PSC agreed with Kentucky-American that construction of a new facility is the most cost-effective way to […]

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December 22, 2014

PSC OKs Kentucky’s First Utility-scale Solar Power Project

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 22, 2014) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the construction of the state’s first major solar-powered electric generating facility. In an order issued Friday, Dec. 19, the PSC authorized Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) to build a 10-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar array at […]

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