Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Farmers RECC's and Owen Electric's request to amortize their over-recoveries over a 12-month period is granted for this review proceeding. 2. Farmers RECC shall refund a total amount of $604,892 to its customers through its monthly pass-through mechanism by decreasing its environmental surcharge revenue requirement by $50,408 in each of the first 12 months following the Commission's order issued August 25, 2015. 3. Owen Electric shall refund a total amount of $1 ,754,800 to its customers through its monthly pass-through mechanism by decreasing its environmental surcharge revenue requirement by $146,233 in each of the first 12 months following the Commission's Order issued August 25, 2015. 4. All other provisions of the Commission's August 25, 2015 Order not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Order Entered: Farmers RECC's and Owen Electric's petition for rehearing is granted for the purposes of further consideration.

Farmers RECC and Owen Electric Coop. Inc. Joint Motion for Rehearing on Order

Order Entered: EKPC's request for rehearing is granted. 2. EKPC's motion for confidential treatment of the customer and substation names in its response to Staff's Third Request, Item 5.b., is granted. The materials granted confidential protection will not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for a period of ten years form the date of this Order, or upon further Orders of this Commission. 3. EKPC's original redaction of customer and substation names complies with the terms of this Order. 4. Use of the materials in question in any Commission proceeding shall be In compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 5. EKPC shall inform the Commission if the materials granted confidential protection become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 6. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not run, EKPC shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the materials still fall within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If EKPC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.

Final Order Entered: 1. The amounts billed by EKPC through its environmental surcharge for the period July 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013, are approved. 2. EKPC shall use a rate of return of 6.063 percent in all monthly environmental surcharge filings subsequent to the date of this Order. 3. EKPC's Member Cooperatives shall include the applicable monthly retail pass-through adjustments, shown in the Appendix to this Order, in the determination of each Member Cooperative's respective pass-through mechanism in each of the first six months following the date of this Order, as discussed herein. 4. EKPC's Member Cooperatives' request to alter their retail pass-through mechanism's over/under calculations is denied. 5. EKPC's Member Cooperatives' request to use the "since inception" method to calculate their over/under amount for this review is denied. 6. Shelby Energy's proposal to transition to a single environmental surcharge factor in a revenue month is approved.

Order Entered: 1 . EKPC's Petition for Confidential Protection is granted in part and denied in part. 2. The customer and substation usage information contained in EKPC's Response to Staff's Third Request, Item 5.b. , meets the criteria for confidential protection as set forth in KRS 61.878(1 )(c)(1 ), and confidential protection is granted to such information. The materials granted confidential protection will not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for a period of ten years from the date of this Order, or upon further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the materials in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. EKPC shall inform the Commission if the materials granted confidential protection become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not run, EKPC shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of the request to demonstrate that the materials still fall within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If EKPC is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection.

South Kentucky RECC Brief

Clark Energy Coop. Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Cumberland Valley Electric Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Shelby Energy Coop Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Jackson Energy Cooperative Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Grayson RECC Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Big Sandy RECC Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Inter-County Energy Coop Corp Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Licking Valley RECC Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Fleming Mason Energy Coop Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

East Kentucky Power Coop Response to Post Hearing Request for Information Regarding Environmental Surcharge Mechanism

Salt River Electric Coop Corp Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Owen Electric Coop Inc. Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

South Kentucky RECC Response to Post Hearing Request for Information

Eastern Kentucky Power Coop Inc. Response to Request No. 12 of Post Hearing Request for Information

Nolin RECC response to Order of Dec 24, 14

Blue Grass Energy Response to Post-Hearing Information Request

Taylor County RECC Responses

COMMISSION STAFF'S POST-HEARING REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. AND EACH OF ITS SIXTEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that EKPC and any Cooperative may file its post hearing brief no later than January 13, 2015.

Notice of Filing Hearing Documents

Shelby Energy revised response

Grayson RECC affidavit of mailing of Hearing notice

Affidavit of mailing of Hearing notice

Big Sandy RECC affidavit of mailing of Hearing Notice

Nolin RECC affidavit of mailing of Hearing Notice

Fleming Mason Energy affidavit of publication of Hearing notice

Memorandum dated 12/09/2014 for Informal Conference of 12/05/2014; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt of letter

Shelby Energy affidavit of mailing of hearing notice

South Kentucky RECC Revised Responses to Fourth Data Request

South Kentucky RECC Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Inter County affidavit of mailing of Hearing Notice

Jackson Energy Cooperative Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Salt River RECC affidavit of Mailing of hearing notice

Licking Valley Affidavit of mailing of hearing notice

Farmers RECC Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Cumberland Valley Electric Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Owen Electric Cooperative Corporation Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Farmers RECC Revised Response to Staff's Fourth Request for Information

Blue Grass Energy Affidavit of Mailing of Hearing Notice

Affidavit of publication of Taylor County RECC

COMMISSION STAFF'S NOTICE OF CONFERENCE CALL

Licking Valley Response to PSC fourth request for info

South Kentucky RECC Response to Commission Staff's Fourth Request for Information

Owen Electric Cooperative Response to Staff's Fourth Request for Information

Taylor County Response to PSC fourth request for info

Shelby Energy response to PSC fourth request for info

Jackson Energy Response to PSC fourth data request

Fleming Mason Response to PSC fourth request for info

Clark Energy Response to PSC fourth request for info

Blue Grass Energy Cooperative, Inc. Response to Staff Fourth Request for Information

Inter County Energy Response to PSC staff fourth request for info

Salt River Electric response to PSC fourth request for info

Cumberland Valley Electric response to PSC fourth request for info

Response of Grayson RECC to the fourth request for info served by the PSC staff

Farmers RECC response to PSC staff fourth request for info

Big Sandy RECC Response to Commission Staff's Fourth Request for Information

Nolin RECC Response to Staff Fourth Data Request

Commission Staff's Fourth Request for Information to East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc.'s Sixteen Member Distribution Cooperatives

Grayson RECC response to info request at IC on Sept 4, 14

Licking Valley response to info request at IC on Sept 4, 14

Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Supplemental Filing in Response to IC Request

Jackson Energy Cooperative Supplemental Filing in Response to IC Discussions

Nolin RECC response to info request at IC on Sept 4, 2014

Fleming Mason Energy response to info Request at IC on Sept 4, 2014

Owen Electric response to info requested at IC on Sept 4, 2014

Inter County response to info requested at IC on Sept 4, 2014

South Kentucky response to info request at IC on Sept 4, 2014

Shelby Energy Cooperative Supplemental Filing in Response to IC Discussions

Clark Energy Response to info request at IC on Sept 4, 14

Big Sandy response to request for info at the IC on Sept 4, 14

Cumberland Valley response to request for info at the IC on Sept 4, 14

Salt River response to info request at IC on Sept 4 2014

Farmers RECC response to info requested at the Sept 4, 14 IC

Taylor County RECC response to info at IC on Sept 4, 14

Order Entered: EKPC's motion to modify the Commission's August 19, 2014 Order is granted. 2. Notice from EKPC to its member cooperatives of the December 16, 2014 hearing shall not be required. 3. The 16 member cooperatives may provide notice of the December 16, 2014 hearing through newspaper publication, trade publication or individual mailing. Notice timing and content shall comply with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9. 4. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be followed. 5. All other provisions of the August 19, 2014 Order not in conflict with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Memorandum dated 9/11/2014 for Informal Conference of 9/04/2014; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt

EKPC Motion to Modify Order

Owen Electric Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Inter-County Energy Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Nolin RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Nolin RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

South KY RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Jackson Energy Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Clark Energy Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Salt River Electric Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

EKPC Motion for Confidential Treatment EKPC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

EKPC Motion for Confidential Treatment EKPC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Big Sandy RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Cumberland Valley Electric Response to PSC Staff's Third Request for Information

Licking Valley RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Taylor County RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Farmers RECC Response to PSC Staffs Third Request for Information

Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc.’s Response to Commission Staff's Third Request for Information

Fleming-Mason Energy's Response to Commission Staff's Third Request for Information

Blue Grass Energy Response to PSC Staffs Third Data Request

Order Entered: EKPC's motion for an informal conference and a formal hearing is granted. 2. EKPC's motion for an extension of time to respond to Commission Staff's Third Request for Information is granted. 3. Item numbers 8, 10, 11, and 12 to Staff's Third Request shall be amended as set forth in Appendix A to this Order. 4. The procedural schedule set forth in Appendix B to this Order, attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be followed. 5. EKPC and its member cooperatives shall give notice of the hearing in accordance with the provisions set out in 807 KAR 5:001 Section 9.

EKPC Motion for an Extension of Time

COMMISSION STAFF'S THIRD REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE INC.'S SIXTEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES

Owen Electric response to PSC second request for info

Fleming Mason response to PSC staff second request for info

Jackson Energy response to PSC staff second request for info

Licking Valley Response to PSC staff request

Grayson RECC response to PSC staff Request

South Kentucky RECC Response to Commission Staff's Second Request for Information

Inter-County Energy Cooperative Corporation Responses to Commission Staff's Second Request for Information

Taylor County RECC response Data Request of July 1, 14

Salt River response Data Request of July 1, 14

Cumberland Valley Electric response Data Request of July 1, 14

Big Sandy Electric response Data Request of July 1, 14

Blue Grass Energy's Response to PSC Second Data Request

Shelby Energy's Response to PSC's Second Request for Information

Clark Energy Cooperative, Inc. Responses to Commission Staff's Second Request for Information

Nolin RECC's Responses to Staff's Second Request for Information

Farmers RECC Response to Second Data Request

COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE INC.'S SIXTEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES

EKPC Motion for an Informal Conference and to Establish Hearing Date and Supplemental Testimony of Isaac Scott

Jackson Energy Cooperative Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

South KY RECC Response to PSC Staff's Request for Information

Licking Valley RECC Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

Big Sandy RECC Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

Cumberland Valley Electric Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

Taylor County RECC Additional and Revised Exhibits as Requested

Clark Energy Cooperative, Inc. Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

Shelby Energy's Response to Commission's request for information

Blue Grass Energy Response to IC data request

InterCounty Energy Response to info request of PSC staff

Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative, Inc. Responses to Information Requested at Informal Conference

Memorandum dated 6/25/2014 for Informal Conference of 6/18/2014; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt of letter

Grayson RECC Response to Inquiries Made During June 18, 2014 Informal Conference

Farmers RECC Responses to Inquiries Made During June 18, 2014 Informal Conference

Owen Electric's response to the Commission's request for information

Salt River's Responses to Commission Staff's Request for Information dated June 18, 2014

Nolin RECC Additional and Revised Exhibits

Order Entered: (1) EKPC's motion is granted. (2) An informal conference shall be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, in Conference Room 1 of the Commission's offices at211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, for the purpose of discussing the issues in this case.

Nolin Recc corrected filing of their original filing

EKPC Motion for Informal Conference

EKPC Response to PSC Staffs First Information Request

Cumberland Valley Electric Response to PSC Staff's Request for Information

Grayson RECC Response to PSC Staffs Request for Information

Owen Electric Response to PSC Staff's Request for Information

South Kentucky RECC Response to Commission Staff's Initial Request for Information

Jackson Energy Cooperative's Response to Commission Staff's Initial Request for Information

Licking Valley RECC Response to PSC Staff's Request for Information

Inter-County Energy Response to PSC Staffs Request for Information

Farmers RECC Response to PSC Staff Request for Information

Taylor County RECC Response to PSC Staffs Request for Information

Shelby Energy Cooperative Response to Commission Staff's first request for information

Salt River Electric's Responses to PSC Staff's Request for Information dated 03-06-2014

Clark Energy Cooperative Response to PSC Order dated March 6, 2014

Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative's Response to Staff's First Request for Information dated March 6, 2014

Nolin RECC's Responses to PSC Staff's Request for Information dated March 6, 2014

Big Sandy RECC Response to PSC Staff's Request for Information

Blue Grass Energy's Response to PSC Staff's First Request for Information

Order Entered: (1) EKPC and each of its Member Cooperatives listed in footnote 2 shall be parties to this case. (2) The procedural schedule set forth in Appendix A shall be followed in this proceeding. (3) EKPC shall, by the date set forth in Appendix A, file its prepared direct testimony in support of the reasonableness of the application of its environmental surcharge mechanism and the application of the pass-through mechanism during the periods under review. (4) Any party filing testimony shall file an original and seven copies. (5) a. EKPC and each of its 16 Member Cooperatives shall file responses to the questions asked of the particular cooperative in Appendix B. The information requested herein is due by the date set forth in Appendix A. (6) Within seven days of the Commission's granting intervention to a party, EKPC shall provide the party with a copy of its monthly environmental surcharge reports as filed with the Commission for the review period. (7) EKPC's monthly environmental surcharge reports and supporting data for the review period are hereby incorporated by reference into the record of this case. (8)The Commission does not look favorably upon motions for continuance. Accordingly, motions for extensions of time with respect to the schedule herein shall be made in writing and will be granted only upon a showing of good cause. (9) Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Commission from entering further Orders in this matter.