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.

Notice of Filing Hearing Documents

Final Order Entered: 1. Cumberland Valley's request for a CPCN to purchase and install an AMI system as described in its application is approved. 2. Cumberland Valley's request to deviate from the meter testing requirements of 807 KAR 5:041 , Section 15(3) is granted in part and denied in part. 3. Cumberland Valley's request for relief from periodic testing of meters pursuant to 807 KAR 5:041 , Section 15(3), is granted. 4. Cumberland Valley shall resume periodic testing of meters pursuant to 807 KAR 5:041, Section 15(3) in January 2021, or upon completion of the deployment of the proposed AMI system, whichever occurs earlier. 5. Cumberland Valley's request for relief from the requirement to test meters upon removal from service pursuant to 807 KAR 5:041 , Section 15(3), is denied. 6. Cumberland Valley shall ensure that all meters removed from service as a result of this project shall be tested in accordance with 807 KAR 5:041, Section 17. Any meter determined to register inaccurate readings shall be handled in accordance with 807 KAR 5:041, Section 17. The meter test results for all meters tested as part of this project shall be reported to the Commission on Cumberland Valley's Quarterly Meter Report and shall include a full explanation of any billing adjustments resulting from the tests. 7. Cumberland Valley shall depreciate the new AMI system over a 15-year period.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Motion for Confidential Treatment

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Response to Staff Post-Hearing Request for Information

Commission Staff's First Post-Hearing Request for Information to Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. Post hearing data requests shall be filed in the record on or before Friday, June 1, 2018. 2. Responses to post hearing data requests shall be filed in the record on or before Thursday, June 21, 2018. 3. This case shall stand submitted for decision by the commission effective 12:01 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on June 22, 2018.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Response to Commission Staffs Second Request for Information

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Witness and Exhibit Lists

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Proof of Publication of Hearing Notice

Memorandum dated 5/22/2018 for Informal Conference of 5/21/2018; Comments, if any, due within five days of receipt

Commission Staff's Second Request for Information to Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Response to Commission Order

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Notice of Hearing Publication

Order Entered: 1. Cumberland Valley's Revised Motion for confidential treatment filed on March 22, 2018, is denied. 2. Cumberland Valley's Second Revised Motion for confidential treatment of the component pricing filed on April 2, 2018, is granted. 3. Within seven days of the date of the entry of this Order, Cumberland Valley shall file a revised version of the materials at issue, reflecting as redacted only the specific component pricing information and as unredacted the total cost of the proposed project and Exhibit 6 to the Application. 4. The materials for which confidential treatment was sought in the Second Revised Motion shall not be made available to the public for a period of ten years from the date of this order, unless and until the Commission orders otherwise. 5. Use of the materials for which confidential treatment was granted in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 6. Cumberland Valley shall inform the Commission if the materials for which confidential treatment was granted become publicly available or no longer qualify for confidential treatment.

Order Entered: 1. Cumberland Valley's motion to schedule an IC is granted. 2. An IC shall be held on Monday, May 21, 2018, at 11 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at the Commission's offices at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, to discuss substantive and procedural matters related to the case. 3. Commission Staff shall contact the parties by electronic mail to provide details for joining the conference by telephone.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Motion to Schedule an Informal Conference

Goss Samford, PLLC Entry of Appearance on behalf of Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, at the offices of the Public Service Commission at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. 2. Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. ("Cumberland Valley") shall give notice of the hearing in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(2)(b). 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." At the time the notice is mailed or publication is requested, Cumberland Valley shall forward a duplicate of the notice and request to the Commission. 3. Pursuant to KRS 278.360 and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 9(9), a digital video transcript shall be made of the hearing.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Second Revised Motion for Confidential Treatment and Motion to Replace Certain Pages of Original Application

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Response to Commission Staff's First Request for Information

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Revised Motion for Confidential Treatment

Commission Staff's First Request for Information to Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.

Order Entered: 1. Cumberland Valley's motion for confidential treatment filed on February 1, 2018, is denied. 2. Cumberland Valley's motion to withdraw and replace documents and for confidential treatment, filed on February 23, 2018, is denied. 3. Within 20 days of the date of entry of this Order, Cumberland Valley shall file a revised version of the designated materials for which confidential protection was denied, reflecting as unredacted the information that has been denied confidential treatment. 4. The material for which Cumberland Valley's requests for confidential treatment has been denied shall neither be placed in the public record nor made available for inspection for 20 days from the date of entry of this Order in order to allow Cumberland Valley to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc., Motion to Withdraw and Replace Documents and Motion for Confidential Treatment

Order Entered: 1. The procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be followed. 2. a. Responses to requests for information 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 copies to all parties of record, and the original and six copies 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.

No deficiency letter

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. Application for Commission Approval for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Install an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System Pursuant to KRS 807 KAR 5:001 and KRS 278.020