Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: The accounting treatment as requested by Duke Kentucky and as set forth in its Application to record a regulatory asset for the amount of the greater FERC required portion of depreciation expense associated with the 31 percent acquired interest in East Bend is approved. 2. Once Duke Kentucky has fully depreciated its 31 percent acquired interest in East Bend using the FERC-required depreciation methodology, Duke Kentucky shall begin to amortize the regulatory asset over the remaining service life of East Bend. 3. Duke Kentucky shall, within 14 days of the date of this Order, file with the Commission the accounting entries made on its books to effectuate the creation of the regulatory asset. 4. At the time of its next electric base rate case. Duke Kentucky shall file an updated depreciation study and provide a detailed description of how it proposes to recover the regulatory asset and the remaining balance of its investment in East Bend. 5. Any document filed in the future pursuant to ordering paragraph 3 herein shall reference this case number and shall be retained in the utility's general correspondence file.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. Response to AG

Order Entered: 1. The Attorney General's motion to establish a limited procedural schedule is granted. 2. The Attorney General's Initial Data Requests submitted on May 14, 2015, are accepted for filing and deemed part of the official record in this matter. 3. Duke Kentucky shall file responses to the Attorney General's Initial Data Requests no later than June 10, 2015.

AG's Motion for Procedural Schedule

AG's Initial Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The motion of the Attorney General to intervene is granted. 2. The Attorney General shall be entitled to the full rights of a party and shall be served with the Commission's Orders and with filed testimony, exhibits, pleadings, correspondence, and all other documents submitted by parties after the date of this Order. 3. The Attorney General shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001 , Section 6 and Section 7, related to the service and filing of documents.

AG Motion to Intervene

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. Response to Information Request

COMMISSION STAFF'S INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY. INC.

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

APPLICATION OF DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY, INC. FOR AN ORDER APPROVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGULATORY ASSET FOR THE DEPRECIATION EXPENSE OF ITS EAST BEND UNIT 2 GENERATING STATION