Kentucky Public Service Commission

Final Order Entered: 1. This case is opened to address certain outstanding petitions for confidential treatment. 2. The petitions for confidential treatment listed in Appendix B to this Order are granted. 3. The granting of these petitions shall not be cited as precedent in other proceedings before the Commission. 4. All movants shall review the petitions to determine if the material for which confidential treatment was requested still warrants confidential treatment. 5. A movant shall inform the Commission in writing, and filed in the original case file, if it determines that the information contained in a petition that is granted by this Order no longer warrants confidential treatment. 6. The Commission shall make available for inspection, upon request, any materials that a movant determines no longer warrants confidential treatment. 7. This case is closed and removed from the Commission's docket.

Order Entered: The rates in the Appendix to the August 11, 2015 Order are corrected for Schedule SE as follows: Decorative Fixtures: Mercury Vapor: 7,000 Lumens - Town & Country 7,000 Lumens - Holophane $ 7.66 $ 7.71 All other provisions of the August 11, 2015 Order shall remain in full force and effect

Final Order Entered: 1. Outside of the issues addressed in previous Commission Orders for the two year review period, the charges and credits applied by Duke Kentucky through the FAC for the period from November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2014, are approved. 2. Duke Kentucky's proposed base fuel cost of 29.117 mills per kWh is approved. 3. Duke Kentucky shall transfer (roll-in) 1.651 mills per kWh of fuel costs to its base rates. 4. The rates in the Appendix to this Order are approved effective with Duke Kentucky's first billing cycle for September 2015. 5. Beginning with the expense month for September 2015, Duke Kentucky shall use an FAC rate based upon a base fuel cost of 29.117 mills per kWh. 6. The PJM billing line items included by Duke Kentucky in its FAC calculation are approved, subject to the limitation of power purchase recovery to Duke Kentucky's highest-cost generation unit available to be dispatched during the expense month. 7. Duke Kentucky shall make no change to the PJM billing line items included in the calculation of its FAG without Commission authorization. 8. With its first FAC filing made subsequent to the date of this Order, Duke Kentucky shall refund to customers $11 ,787 through its FAC. 9. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, Duke Kentucky shall file its revised tariff sheets with the Commission setting out the rates approved herein and reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Responses to Staffs Post Hearing Data Requests

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

20150410_PSC_Notice of Filing.pdf

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Notice of Publication

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Responses to Staffs Second Set of Data Requests

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Revised Response to Data Request #38

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky's motion for an extension of time is granted. 2. All parties shall adhere to the procedural schedule set forth in the appendix to this Order. 3. All other provisions of the Commission's February 5, 2015 Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Direct Testimonies of Lisa Steinkuhl, John Swez, John Verderame, and Brett Phipps.

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Responses to Staffs First Set of Data Requests

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Motion to Amend the Procedural Schedule and Request for Expedited Treatment

Kristen Ryan Rocco DAscenzo

Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky shall appear in Hearing Room 1 of the Commission's offices at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, on April 7, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, to submit itself to examination on the application of its Fuel Adjustment Clause ("FAC") from November 1, 2012, to October 31, 2014. 2. Not less than seven days nor more than 21 days prior to the scheduled hearing, DUKE KENTUCKY shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in each area in which it provides service notice of the purpose, time, place, and date of the scheduled hearing. 3. DUKE KENTUCKY shall file with the Commission no later than April 3, 2015, proof of publication of its notice for the hearing. 4. The Commission adopts the procedural schedule set forth in Appendix A to this Order, which is incorporated by reference herein. 5. a. DUKE KENTUCKY shall file with the Commission, on or before February 20, 201 5, its responses to all requests for information listed in Appendix B. A copy of the responses to requests for information submitted in paper format, as required under 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(3), shall be appropriately bound, tabbed and indexed and shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to the questions related to the information provided. b. Each response shall be answered under oath or be accompanied by a signed certification of the preparer