Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Duke Kentucky's September 28, 2016 petition for confidential protection is granted. 2. The designated materials shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection for ten years, or until further Orders of this Commission. 3. Use of the designated materials in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Duke Kentucky shall inform the Commission if the designated materials become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the designated materials granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not expired, Duke Kentucky shall have 30 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 Duke Kentucky is unable to make such demonstration, the requested materials shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make the designated materials available for inspection for 30 days following an Order finding that the materials no longer qualify for confidential treatment in order to allow Duke Kentucky to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Final Order Entered: Duke Kentucky's request for a CPCN to construct a dry bottom ash conversion at the East Bend station as described in its application is granted.

Request to Submit on the Record

Minna Rolfes-Adkins Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.

Case No. 2016-00268 In the Matter of the Application of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Dry Bottom Ash Conversion of the East Bend Generating Station

Deborah Gates Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Duke Energy Kentuckys responses to Staffs First Request for Information

Adele M. Frisch Rocco DAscenzo

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 2. a. Responses to requests for information in paper medium 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, with an original and six copies in paper medium, and an electronic version to the Commission. b. Each response shall be answered under oath or, for representatives of a public or private corporation or a partnership or association or a governmental agency, be accompanied by a signed certification of the preparer or person supervising the preparation of the response on behalf of the entity that the response is true and accurate to the best of that person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after a reasonable inquiry. c. Any party shall make timely amendment to any prior response if it obtains information which indicates that the response was incorrect when made or, though correct when made, is now incorrect in any material respect. d. For any request to which a party fails or refuses to furnish all or part of the requested information, that party shall provide a written explanation of the specific grounds for its failure to completely and precisely respond.

20160802_PSC No Deficiency Letter.pdf

Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. Extra Copies of Application

Case No. 2016-00268 - In the Matter of the Application of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Dry Bottom Ash Conversion of the East Bend Generating Station

Deborah Gates Rocco DAscenzo

Order Entered: 1. All future correspondence or filings in connection with this case shall reference the above case number. 2. All documents submitted in this proceeding shall comply with the Commission's rules of procedure as set forth in 807 KAR 5:001, and any deviation from these rules shall be submitted in writing to the Commission for consideration. 3. Any party filing a paper shall upload an electronic version using the Commission's E-Filing System and shall file an original and six copies in paper medium. 4. Any request for confidential treatment of material submitted shall conform to the requirements in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13. 5. Materials submitted to the Commission which do not comply with the rules of procedure or that do not have an approved deviation are subject to rejection pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 3.

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. Notice of Intent to File Application for a CPCN for Dry Bottom Ash Conversion of the East Bend Generating Station Using Electronic Filing Procedures