Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. KU and LG&E's September 6, 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 an indefinite period, 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. KU and LG&E 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 and the period during which the materials have been granted confidential treatment has not expired, KU and LG&E 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 KU and LG&E is unable to make such demonstration, the designated 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 KU and LG&E to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Order Entered: 1. KU and LG&E's August 2, 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 five 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. KU and LG&E 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, KU and LG&E 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 KU and LG&E are 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 KU and LG&E to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Order Entered: Mr. Karem's motion for rehearing is denied.

LGE-KU Response to Gerald Karems Motion for Rehearing

Duncan Crosby of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

Motion for rehearing to consider need for certificate public convenience and necessity.

John David Myles Gerald M.Karem

Order Entered: The November 4, 2016 Order is amended to the limited extent that the table on page 8 should reflect the Solar Energy Credits for the Residential, Volunteer Fire Department, Residential Time-of-Day Energy, and Residential Time-of-Day Demand as being $0.03477 for KU and $0.04020 for LG&E. 2. All other provisions of the November 4, 2016 Order that are not in conflict with the terms of this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

Final Order Entered: 1. The proposed Rider SSP tariff, as revised through discovery, is approved for service rendered on and after the date of this Order. 2. The Companies' request to apply the Commission-approved Brown Solar Facility depreciation rates to the proposed Solar Share Facilities is approved. 3. The proposed four-MW Solar Share Facilities are properly classified as an ordinary extension of existing systems in the usual course of business, and pursuant to KRS 278.020(1 ), a CPCN shall not be required for its construction. The Companies are to notify the Commission within 30 days each time that an additional 500-kW Solar Share Facility is fully subscribed. 4. The Companies shall file annual reports for three years with the Commission, as proposed and as discussed herein, and shall include the number of Solar Share Facilities constructed, current participation levels, and other relevant information. The first annual report shall be filed one year from the date of this Order, and annually on this date thereafter. 5. The Companies' joint motion to submit the matter for a decision on the record is granted. 6. Within 20 days of the date of this Order, the Companies shall file with this Commission, using the Commission's electronic Tariff Filing System, revised Rider SSP tariffs reflecting that they were approved pursuant to this Order.

Order Entered: Mr. Karem's request to intervene is denied, and his motion shall be considered as public comment.

Gerald Karem Request to Intervene

20161024_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Louisville Gas and Electric Company’s and Kentucky Utilities Company’s Responses to the Commission Staff’s Informal Conference Request for Information dated October 19, 2016

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

Notice of Informal Conference

KU-LGE Joint Motion to Submit Case for Decision

Duncan Crosby on behalf of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company

Louisville Gas and Electric Companys and Kentucky Utilities Companys Responses to the Commission Staffs Second Request for Information dated September 16, 2016

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

LGE and KU file the Confidential Attachment to Question No. 8 that was inadvertently omitted from the filing of Responses to Staffs Initial Request for Information dated August 26, 2016

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

LGE and KU file notarized affidavits attesting to the publication of notice of the Solar Share Program Rider

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

Data Request

Louisville Gas and Electric Company’s and Kentucky Utilities Company’s Responses to the Commission Staff’s Initial Request for Information dated August 26, 2016 and a Joint Petition for Confidential Protection regarding certain information in this filing

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

20160830_PSC IC Memo.pdf

Data Request

Order Entered: 1. The motion of KIUC to intervene is granted. 2. KIUC 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. KIUC shall comply with all provisions of the Commission's regulations, 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8, related to the service and electronic filing of documents. 4. Kl UC shall adhere to the procedural schedule set forth in the Commission's August 12, 2016 Order and as amended by subsequent Orders. 4. Pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 8(9), within seven days of entry of this Order, KIUC shall file a written statement with the Commission that: a. Certifies that it, or its agent, possesses the facilities to receive electronic transmissions; and b. Sets forth the electronic mail address to which all electronic notices and messages related to this proceeding should be served.

Order Entered: 1. KU/LG&E's joint motion for an informal conference is granted. 2. An informal conference is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time for the purpose of providing KU/LG&E the opportunity to make a presentation, and for discussing any and all issues in this matter. 3. Commission Staff will contact the parties to this matter by electronic mail to provide details for participation by telephone.

Order Entered: 1 . The Companies' proposed Rider SSP tariffs are suspended for five months from September 1, 2016, up to and including January 31, 2017. 2. The Companies' request for a deviation from the requirements of 807 KAR 5:011 , Section 8, to publish customer notice three times is denied and a deviation is granted to allow the Companies to publish the customer notice only one time. 3. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix to this Order shall be followed. 4 . 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.

Joint Motion of Kentucky Utilities Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company for an Informal Conference

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers (KIUC) Motion to Intervene

Michael L. Kurtz, Esq., Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers

LGE and KU submit their Joint Application for approval to offer optional Solar Share Program Standard Rate Rider, approval to apply Commission-approved group depreciation rates to new solar photovoltaic facilities with a combined capacity of up to approxim

Rick E. Lovekamp Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company

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.

KU and LGE Notice of Intent to File Joint Application for Approval of an Optional Solar Share Program Rider Using Electronic Filing Procedures