Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Duke Energy's motion for confidential protection is hereby granted in part and denied in part. 2. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the response to PSC 1-27 is denied. 3. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the attachments 002(d), 002(g)-A, 002(g)-B, and 002(h) to the response to PSC 2-2 is denied. 4. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the responses to PSC 3-3, PSC 3-5, and PSC 3- 7 is denied. 5. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the responses to PSC 4-5, PSC 4-6, PSC 4-7, and PSC 4-8 is denied. 6. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the responses to PSC 1- 15, PSC 1- 19, and PSC 1- 20 is granted 7. Duke Energy's request for confidential treatment of information relating to the thermal performance calculations on pages 3-4 of the response to PSC 2-2 is granted. 8. The responses to PSC 1-15, PSC 1-19, PSC 1-20, and the thermal performance calculations on pages 3-4 of the response to PSC 2-2 should 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 until further Order from the Commission.

Order Entered: The charges and credits billed by Duke Kentucky through its FAC for the period May 1, 2015, through October 31, 2015, are approved. 2. Beginning with the first FAC filing submitted subsequent to the date of this Order, Duke Kentucky shall calculate its highest-cost unit for the Woodsdale units by using an average of the minimum and maximum load level at which the unit can be -8- Case No. 2016-00005 dispatched. Until otherwise directed by the Commission, Duke Kentucky shall be allowed to use the maximum monthly natural gas price in its highest-cost unit calculation. 3. Beginning with the first FAG backup file submitted subsequent to the date of this Order, Duke Kentucky shall use the MSHA coal district numbers when identifying the source of its coal purchases.

Case No. 2016-00005 In the Matter of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. from May 1, 2015 through October 31, 2015

Deborah Gates Rocco DAscenzo

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

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

20160420_PSC Notice of Filing.pdf

2016-00005 - Duke Energy Kentuckys Proof of publication

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Order Entered: 1 . Duke Kentucky's motion for a one-day extension of time to file its responses to Staff's Third Request, up to and including March 29, 2016, is granted. 2. Duke Kentucky's responses to Staffs Third Request are accepted for filing as of March 29, 2016.

2016-00005 - Duke Energy Kentuckys responses to Staffs 3rd Set of Data Requests

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s Motion to Extend the Deadline for Responses to Discovery Requests

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.s responses to Staffs 2nd Set of Data Requests

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

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

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Order Entered: Order Entered: 1. Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. ("Duke Kentucky") shall appear in Hearing Room 1 of the Commission's offices at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, on April 7, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, to submit itself to examination on the application of its Fuel Adjustment Clause ("FAC") from May 1, 2015, through October 31, 2015. Neither opening statements nor summaries of pre-filed testimony will be permitted. 2. Not less than seven days and no 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 serves notice of the purpose, time, place, and date of the scheduled hearing. In addition, the notice of hearing shall include the following statement: "This hearing will be streamed live and may be viewed on the PSC website, psc.ky.gov." 3. Duke Kentucky shall file with the Commission no later than April 5, 2016, proof of publication of its notice for the hearing. 4. The official record of the proceeding shall be by video only. 5. a. The information requested in the Appendix to this Order is due no later than 14 days from the date of this Order. Responses to requests for information in paper medium shall be appropriately bound, tabbed and indexed. Responses shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to the questions related to the information provided, with an original in paper medium and an electronic version to the Commission.