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• PSC GIVES KENTUCKY-AMERICAN WATER APPROVAL TO BUILD TREATMENT PLANT AND PIPELINE - Company ordered to develop conservation plan and report progress
  Friday, April 25, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved the application of Kentucky-American Water Co. to construct a new water treatment plant on the Kentucky River in Owen County and to build a pipeline from the plant to connect to the company’s system in Fayette County.
• PSC TO ISSUE DECISION FRIDAY IN KENTUCKY-AMERICAN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PIPELINE CASE
  Wednesday, April 23, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision in case 2007-00134, the application of Kentucky-American Water Co. to construct a new water treatment plant on the Kentucky River in Owen County and to build a pipeline from the plant to connect to the company’s system in Fayette County, will be issued at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 25.
• CHAIRMAN GOSS ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE FROM PSC - Resignation takes effect May 3
  Tuesday, April 15, 2008
  Chairman Mark David Goss is resigning from the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC).
• PSC SETS PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR MARTIN COUNTY WATER - Order implements findings of management audit
  Wednesday, April 02, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered the Martin County Water District to take specific steps to improve long-standing deficiencies in customer service and financial performance.
• PSC POSTPONES START DATE FOR AREA CODE 364 TO APRIL 2010 - Number reallocation extends lifespan of area code 270
  Friday, March 28, 2008
  Measures taken to extend the lifespan of area code 270 have worked as expected, allowing another postponement in the starting date for area code 364 in far western Kentucky, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) said today. The optional use of area code 364 will now take effect on April 1, 2010, 15 months later than previously announced.
• PSC APPROVES SALE OF AUXIER WATER CO. - City of Prestonsburg is purchasing utility
  Tuesday, March 18, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the city of Prestonsburg’s purchase of the Auxier Water Co., Inc., which serves about 1,100 customers in Floyd and Johnson counties.
• STEPHANIE STUMBO NAMED TO HEAD PSC STAFF - New executive director takes office on March 17
  Thursday, March 13, 2008
  Stephanie L. Stumbo, a Kentucky native with extensive management experience in state and local government, has been named executive director of the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC).
• PSC REMINDS CONSUMERS OF DO-NOT-CALL LIST CHANGES - Issues instructions to telephone companies regarding consumer information
  Tuesday, February 05, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is reminding residents that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has assumed responsibility for maintaining the list of telephone customers who do not want to receive calls from telemarketers.
• WATER CUSTOMERS CAN GET NOTICE OF BOIL ADVISORIES - PSC offers automated e-mail notification
  Friday, January 11, 2008
  Customers of a water distribution utility regulated by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) now may sign up to be notified by e-mail whenever their water supplier issues a boil-water advisory as the result of a water main break or other problem.
• PSC SEEKS ADDITIONAL DATA IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WATER SUPPLY CASE - Process extended to explore public-private partnership
  Friday, December 21, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today asked Kentucky-American Water Co. (KAWC) and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) whether they had considered entering into a public-private partnership that would supply water to the Lexington area.
• PSC GRANTS RATE ADJUSTMENT TO MEADE COUNTY RECC - Rural cooperative receives slightly less than requested
  Thursday, December 20, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a rate increase to Meade County Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. (Meade RECC) that will increase the cooperative annual revenue by $1.9 million, or about 7 percent.
• PSC APPROVES SETTLEMENT IN NOLIN RECC RATE CASE - Rural cooperative receives slightly less than requested
  Thursday, December 20, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has accepted a settlement that permits Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. (Nolin RECC) to raise its rates in order to increase its annual revenue by $2.6 million, or about 5.8 percent.
• PSC APPROVES SETTLEMENT IN FLEMING-MASON RATE CASE - Rural cooperative receives less than requested
  Thursday, December 20, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has accepted a settlement that permits Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative, Inc. to raise its rates in order to increase its annual revenue by $3.25 million, or about 7 percent.
• COMMISSIONER CLARK RECEIVES ETHICS CLEARANCE - Possibility of conflict is ‘far removed and is not substantial’
  Friday, December 14, 2007
  Her husband’s employment with a large law firm that represents utilities before the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) does not create an inherent conflict of interest for PSC member Caroline Pitt Clark, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission said today.
• PSC GRANTS RATE ADJUSTMENT TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER - $19 million interim increase given in April is made permanent
  Wednesday, December 05, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today made permanent a $19 million increase in annual revenue that had been granted to East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. (EKPC) on an interim basis in April. Because the interim increase in wholesale rates granted in April has been passed through to the customers of EKPC's member distribution cooperatives, they will not see any rate changes as a result of today’s PSC action.
• NFL FANS UPSET OVER TV COVERAGE SHOULD NOT CONTACT PSC - Commission has no authority over cable system content or rates
  Thursday, November 29, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is advising National Football League fans that it cannot help them obtain cable television access to the NFL Network.
• PSC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT IN KENTUCKY-AMERICAN WATER RATE CASE - Company receives about three-fourths of original request
  Thursday, November 29, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today accepted a settlement that grants Kentucky-American Water Co. a 15 percent increase in annual revenue. The amount of the increase is about $8 million - $3 million less than the amount the company requested.
• PSC OPENS EXAMINATION OF ENERGY ISSUES - Analysis required by 2007 special session energy legislation
  Tuesday, November 20, 2007
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today opened an examination of four issues that will figure prominently in determining the state’s energy future.