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Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:006 - General rules

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				65.810, 74, 96.934, 220.510, 278, 49 C.F.R.
				Part 192, 49 U.S.C. 60105
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.230(3) requires every
				utility to file with the commission reports, schedules, and other information
				that the commission requires.
				KRS
				278.280(2) requires the
				commission to promulgate an administrative regulation for the performance of a
				service or the furnishing of a commodity by a utility. This administrative
				regulation establishes requirements that apply to electric, gas, water, sewage,
				and telephone utilities.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Built-up community" means
			 urban areas and those areas immediately adjacent.
(2) "Commission" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(15).
(3) "Corporation" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(1).
(4) "Customer" means a person, firm,
			 corporation, or body politic applying for or receiving service from a
			 utility.
(5) "Gross Annual
			 Operating Revenue Reports" means reports that
			 KRS
			 278.140 requires each utility to file with
			 the commission.
(6) "Nonrecurring
			 charge" means a charge or fee assessed to a customer to recover the specific
			 cost of an activity, which:
(a) Is due to a
			 specific request for a certain type of service activity for which, once the
			 activity is completed, additional charges are not incurred; and
(b) Is limited to only recover the specific
			 cost of the specific service.
(7) "Person" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(2).
(8) "Tariff" means a utility's schedule of
			 all its rates, charges, tolls, maps, terms, and conditions of service over
			 which the commission has jurisdiction.
(9) "Utility" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(3).
(10) "Water association" means a non-profit
			 corporation, association, or cooperative corporation having as its purpose the
			 furnishing of a public water supply.
(11) "Water District" means a special
			 district formed pursuant to
			 KRS
			 65.810 and KRS Chapter 74.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:011 - Tariffs

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RELATES TO:
				KRS
				65.810, Chapter 74, 278.010, 278.030,
				278.160, 278.170, 278.180, 278.190, 369.102
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.160(1) requires the
				commission to promulgate an administrative regulation to establish requirements
				for each utility to file schedules showing all rates and conditions established
				by it and collected or enforced. This administrative regulation establishes
				requirements for utility tariffs.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Commission"
			 is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(15).
(2) "Date of issue" means the date the tariff
			 sheet is signed by the representative of the utility authorized to issue
			 tariffs.
(3) "Electronic signature"
			 is defined by
			 KRS
			 369.102(8).
(4) "Nonrecurring charge" means a charge or
			 fee assessed to a customer to recover the specific cost of an activity, which:
(a) Is due to a specific request for a
			 service activity for which, once the activity is completed, additional charges
			 are not incurred; and
(b) Is
			 limited to recovery of an amount no greater than the cost of the specific
			 service.
(5) "Person" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(2).
(6) "Rate" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(12).
(7) "Signature" means any manual, facsimile,
			 conformed, or electronic signatures.
(8) "Statutory notice" means notice made in
			 accordance with
			 KRS
			 278.180.
(9) "Tariff" means the schedules of a
			 utility's rates, charges, regulations, rules, tolls, terms, and conditions of
			 service over which the commission has jurisdiction.
(10) "Tariff filing" means the revised or new
			 tariff sheets and all supporting documents that a utility submits to revise its
			 rate schedules.
(11) "Utility" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(3).
(12) "Utility's office or place of business"
			 means a location at which the utility regularly employs and stations one (1) or
			 more employees and is open to the public for customer service.
(13) "Water district" means a special
			 district formed pursuant to
			 KRS
			 65.810 and KRS Chapter 74.
(14) "Web site" means an identifiable site on
			 the internet, including social media, which is accessible by the
			 public.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:013 - Management and operation audits

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.255(4) provides that the
				Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "commission") shall adopt
				rules and administrative regulations setting forth the scope and application of
				audits, and procedures for conducting management and operations audits of
				regulated utilities.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Audit" means an examination,
			 inspection, evaluation and investigation of records, administrative
			 regulations, policies, objectives, goals, plans, practices, methods or other
			 criteria utilized by management of a utility to conduct its business, and may
			 include appropriate recommendations for improved management and operation
			 techniques.
(2) "Bidders list"
			 means a list of independent firms which have notified the commission of their
			 interest in performing audits.
(3)
			 "Staff" means commission staff.
(4)
			 "Utility" means a utility as defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(3).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:016 - Advertising

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.190(3) provides that at
				any hearing involving a rate or charge of a utility for which an increase is
				sought, the burden of proof shall be on the utility to show that the increased
				charge or rate is just and reasonable. This administrative regulation specifies
				what advertising expenses of a utility will be allowable as a cost to the
				utility for rate-making purposes.
Section
			 1. General. The purpose of this administrative regulation is to
			 insure that no direct or indirect expenditures may be includable in a gas or
			 electric utility's cost of service for rate-making purposes which are for
			 promotional advertising, political advertising or institutional advertising. It
			 is also the purpose of the administrative regulation to insure that no direct
			 or indirect expenditures may be includable in a telephone, water, or sewage
			 utility's cost of service for rate-making purposes which are for political
			 advertising or institutional advertising. "Advertising" means the commercial
			 use of any media, including newspaper, printed matter, radio and television, in
			 order to transmit a message to a substantial number of members of the public or
			 to utility consumers.
Section 2.
			 Advertising Allowed.
(1) No advertising
			 expenditure of a utility shall be taken into consideration by the commission
			 for the purpose of establishing rates unless such advertising will produce a
			 material benefit for the ratepayers.
(2) As used in this administrative
			 regulation, advertising expenditures shall include costs of advertising
			 directly incurred by the public utility and those costs of advertising incurred
			 by contribution to third parties, including parent and affiliated
			 companies.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:026 - Gas service; gathering systems

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278, 49 C.F.R. 192
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				Public Service Commission to adopt, in keeping with KRS Chapter 13A, reasonable
				administrative regulations to implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.485(1) requires gas
				service to be furnished at rates and charges determined by the commission.
				KRS
				278.485(3) authorizes the
				commission to prescribe safety standards for installation of service lines.
				This administrative regulation applies to service from natural gas gathering
				pipeline systems.
Section 1.
			 Definitions. For purposes of this administrative regulation:
(1) "Average volumetric rate" means the rate
			 of a local gas distribution utility subject to rate regulation by the
			 commission, which is an average of the utility's volumetric retail gas sales
			 rates for residential customers.
(2) "Customer line" means all equipment and
			 material required to transfer natural gas from the tap on the gathering line to
			 the customer's premises and includes the saddle or tapping tee, the first
			 service shutoff valve, the meter, and the service regulator, if one is
			 required.
(3) "Customer meter"
			 means the device that measures the transfer of gas from the pipeline company to
			 the consumer.
(4) "Gas company"
			 means the owner of any producing gas well or gathering line.
(5) "Gathering line" means a pipeline that
			 transports gas from as current production facility to a transmission line or
			 main.
(6) "Interior line" means
			 pipe used to transfer natural gas from the point of entry into a building to
			 the point or points of use.
(7)
			 "Price index" means the average of the producer price index-utility natural gas
			 (PPI 05-5) for the most recent twelve (12) month period as published monthly by
			 the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:027 - Gas pipeline safety; reports of leaks; drug testing

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278, 49 C.F.R. Parts 191, 192, 199, 49
				U.S.C. 1671
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				Public Service Commission to adopt reasonable administrative regulations to
				implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 278 and to investigate methods and
				practices of utilities subject to commission jurisdiction.
				KRS
				278.230(3) requires
				utilities to file any reports reasonably required by the commission.
				KRS
				278.495 authorizes the commission to
				promulgate administrative regulations consistent with federal pipeline safety
				laws. This administrative regulation establishes rules that apply to gas
				pipeline safety, reports of leaks, and drug testing by operators of natural gas
				facilities.
Section 1. Definition.
(1) "Operator" means any utility, county, or
			 city that is subject to the Commission's jurisdiction under
			 KRS
			 278.495(2).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:041 - Electric

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.280(2) provides that the
				commission shall prescribe rules for the performance of any service or the
				furnishing of any commodity by the utility. This administrative regulation
				establishes general rules which apply to electric utilities.
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this
			 administrative regulation:
(1) "Applicant"
			 means for purposes of Section 21 of this administrative regulation the
			 developer, builder or other person, partnership, association, corporation or
			 governmental agency applying for the installation of an underground electric
			 supply system.
(2) "Building" means
			 a structure enclosed within exterior walls or fire walls, built, erected and
			 framed of component structural parts and designed for less than five (5) family
			 occupancy.
(3) "Customer" means for
			 purposes of Section 21 of this administrative regulation the developer, builder
			 or other person, partnership, association, corporation or governmental agency
			 applying for installation of an underground electric supply system.
(4) "Customer premises" means the building
			 for which service is intended or in use.
(5) "Distribution system" means electric
			 service facilities consisting of primary and secondary conductors,
			 transformers, and necessary accessories and appurtenances for furnishing
			 electric power at utilization voltage.
(6) "Multiple-occupancy building" means a
			 structure enclosed within exterior walls or fire walls, built, erected and
			 framed of component structural parts and designed to contain five (5) or more
			 individual dwelling units.
(7)
			 "Subdivision" means a tract of land which is divided into ten (10) or more lots
			 for the construction of new residential buildings, or for construction of two
			 (2) or more new multiple occupancy buildings.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:046 - Prohibition of master metering

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.280(2) provides that the
				commission shall prescribe rules for the performance of any service by any
				utility. This administrative regulation requires electric utilities to meter
				new buildings individually pursuant to the federal standard established by
				Section 113(b)(1) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or that
			 part of a structure which is used or intended to be used as a home, residence
			 or a sleeping place by one (1) or more persons maintaining a common
			 household.
(2) "Multidwelling unit
			 building" means a structure with two (2) or more dwelling units.
(3) "High rise building" means a building
			 with more than four (4) stories.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:058 - Integrated resource planning by electric utilities

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) provides that the
				commission may adopt reasonable administrative regulations to implement the
				provisions of KRS Chapter 278. This administrative regulation prescribes rules
				for regular reporting and commission review of load forecasts and resource
				plans of the state's electric utilities to meet future demand with an adequate
				and reliable supply of electricity at the lowest possible cost for all
				customers within their service areas, and satisfy all related state and federal
				laws and regulations.
Section 1.
			 General Provisions.
(1) This administrative
			 regulation shall apply to electric utilities under commission jurisdiction
			 except a distribution company with less than $10,000,000 annual revenue or a
			 distribution cooperative organized under KRS Chapter 279.
(2) Each electric utility shall file
			 triennially with the commission an integrated resource plan. The plan shall
			 include historical and projected demand, resource, and financial data, and
			 other operating performance and system information, and shall discuss the
			 facts, assumptions, and conclusions, upon which the plan is based and the
			 actions it proposes.
(3) Each
			 electric utility shall file ten (10) bound copies and one (1) unbound,
			 reproducible copy of its integrated resource plan with the
			 commission.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:062 - Changing primary interexchange carrier; verification procedures

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) provides that the
				commission may adopt reasonable administrative regulations to implement the
				provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.280(2) provides that the
				commission shall prescribe rules for performing any service or furnishing any
				commodity of the character furnished or supplied by any utility. This
				administrative regulation establishes procedures by which customer-ordered
				changes of presubscribed long distance telecommunications carriers shall be
				confirmed.
Section 1. Definitions. For
			 purposes of this administrative regulation:
(1) "Interexchange carrier" (IXC) means a
			 provider of long distance telecommunications services. Facilities-based
			 carriers of long distance service, resellers of long distance service, and
			 local exchange carriers providing long distance service are included in this
			 definition.
(2) "Letter of agency"
			 means a customer's written statement that authorizes a primary interexchange
			 carrier change and bears the customer's signature.
(3) "Local exchange carrier" means a provider
			 of switched telecommunications service that carries calls originating and
			 terminating within the local calling area.
(4) "Long distance telecommunications
			 service" means service that carries calls to exchanges that are not within the
			 local calling area of the originating number.
(5) "PIC freeze order" means an order
			 submitted by a customer stating he does not want his PIC to be changed until
			 further notice.
(6) "Primary
			 interexchange carrier" (PIC) means a carrier to which a customer has
			 presubscribed for long distance service.
(7) "Two (2) PIC system" means a system which
			 enables a customer to presubscribe to one (1) primary interexchange carrier for
			 interLATA (long haul) long distance service and to another for intraLATA (short
			 haul) long distance service.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:063 - Filing requirements and procedures for proposals to construct antenna towers or co-locate antennas on an existing structure for cellular telecommunications services or personal communications services

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RELATES TO:
				KRS
				100.111,
				278.010,
				278.020,
				278.650,
				278.660,
				278.665
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				commission to promulgate reasonable administrative regulations to implement the
				provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.665(1) requires the
				commission to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the minimum
				content of an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to
				construct cellular antenna towers for areas outside the jurisdiction of a
				planning commission.
				KRS
				278.665(2) requires that an
				application concerning a site outside of an incorporated city shall, at a
				minimum, demonstrate that each person who owns property contiguous to the
				property upon which the construction is proposed has received notice of the
				proposed construction.
				KRS
				278.280(1) requires the
				commission to establish proper practices to be observed in regard to the
				facilities of a utility.
				KRS
				278.020(1) authorizes the
				commission to issue certificates of public convenience and necessity for
				utility construction.
				KRS
				278.650 requires a local public hearing upon
				the request of the local governing body or at least three (3) local residents.
				KRS
				100.987(9) requires an
				applicant to notify the commission within ten (10) working days of planning
				commission approval of an application to construct a tower. This administrative
				regulation prescribes filing requirements and procedures to be followed for:
(1) applying for a certificate of
			 public convenience and necessity to construct a telecommunications antenna
			 tower for cellular telecommunications services or personal communications
			 services in an area outside the jurisdiction of a planning unit;
(2) notifying the commission of a planning
			 commission approval; and
(3)
			 notifying the commission of the placement of an antenna on an existing
			 structure.
Section 1.
(1) To apply for a certificate of public
			 convenience and necessity, a utility proposing to construct a
			 telecommunications antenna tower in an area which is not within the
			 jurisdiction of a planning unit that has adopted planning and zoning
			 administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 100, shall file with
			 the Public Service Commission the following information:
(a) All documents and information required
			 by:
1.
												807 KAR 5:001,
			 Section 14, except that the applicant shall file with the commission the
			 original and five (5) copies of the application; and
2.
												807 KAR 5:001,
			 Section 15(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (g);
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:066 - Water

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.280(2) provides that the
				Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "commission") shall
				prescribe rules for the performance of any service or the furnishing of any
				commodity by the utility. This administrative regulation establishes general
				rules which apply to water utilities.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Customer"
			 means, in addition to the definition in
			 807 KAR 5:006,
			 Section 1(4), a person who purchases water from a utility's water loading
			 station.
(2) "Distribution main"
			 means a line from which service connections with customers are taken at
			 frequent intervals.
(3) "Meter"
			 means any device used for the purpose of measuring the quantity of water
			 delivered by a utility to a customer.
(4) Natural Resources Cabinet" means the
			 state Environmental Public Protection Cabinet, Department for Environmental
			 Protection, Division of Water.
(5)
			 "Point of service" means the outlet of a customer's water meter, or valve if no
			 meter is placed.
(6) "Service
			 connection" means the line from the main to the customer's point of service,
			 and shall include the pipe fittings and valves necessary to make the
			 connection.
(7) "Service line"
			 means the water line from the point of service to the place of
			 consumption.
(8) "Transmission
			 main" means a line which is used for conveying water to the distribution
			 system, reservoirs, tanks or stand pipes, and has generally no service
			 connections with customers.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:067 - Purchased water adjustment for privately-owned utilities

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RELATES TO:
				KRS
				278.010,
				278.030,
				278.040
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.030(1) requires that all
				rates charged by a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service
				Commission shall be fair, just, and reasonable. This administrative regulation
				establishes the requirements under which a privately-owned water utility
				implements a purchased water adjustment to recover the cost of water
				purchased.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Application" means:
(a) A completed Purchased Water Adjustment
			 Form 2;
(b) A schedule listing
			 current and proposed rates;
(c) A
			 copy of the supplier's notice showing a change in supplier's base
			 rate;
(d) The calculation and all
			 supporting documents used to determine the change in purchased water costs
			 sufficient to determine the accuracy of the calculation; and
(e) If the utility is not a sole
			 proprietorship or partnership, a copy of the resolution or other document of
			 the utility's governing body authorizing the proposed rates.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:068 - Purchased water adjustment for water districts and water associations

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RELATES TO:
				KRS
				65.810, Chapter 74, 278.010, 278.012,
				278.015
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.030(1) requires that all
				rates charged by a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service
				Commission shall be fair, just, and reasonable. This administrative regulation
				prescribes the requirements under which a water district or a water association
				may implement a purchased water adjustment to recover the cost of water
				purchased.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Application" means:
(a) A completed Purchased Water Adjustment
			 Form 1;
(b) A schedule listing
			 current and proposed rates;
(c) A
			 copy of the supplier's notice showing a change in supplier's base
			 rate;
(d) The calculation and all
			 supporting documents used to determine the change in purchased water costs
			 sufficient to determine the accuracy of the calculation; and
(e) A copy of the resolution or other
			 document of the utility's governing body authorizing the proposed
			 rates.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:070 - Filing requirements and standards for commission approval of water district commissioner training programs

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RELATES TO:
				KRS
				74.020(6), (7)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				74.020(6) provides that each
				water district commissioner may receive an annual salary of not more than
				$6,000 to be paid out of the water district management fund if he completes
				during an educational year a minimum of six (6) instructional hours of water
				district management training approved by the commission.
				KRS
				74.020(7)(b) provides that
				the commission shall be responsible for the regulation of all water district
				management training programs for commissioners of water districts, combined
				water, gas, or sewer districts, or water commissions.
				KRS
				74.020(7)(c) requires the
				commission to establish standards and procedures to evaluate, accredit, and
				approve water district management training programs.
				KRS
				74.020(7)(d) provides that
				the commission may promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with the
				provisions of KRS Chapter 13A to implement
				KRS
				74.020. This administrative regulation
				establishes filing requirements and standards for commission approval of water
				district commissioner training programs.
Section
			 1. Filing Requirements. To apply for approval of a proposed water
			 district commissioner training program, an applicant shall file with the
			 commission an original and five (5) copies of the following documents and
			 information concerning the program for which approval is sought:
(1) The name and address of the
			 applicant;
(2) The name and sponsor
			 of the program and the subject matter covered by the program;
(3) A summary of the content of the program
			 in detail sufficient to describe how the program will enhance the management,
			 operation, and maintenance of water treatment and distribution
			 systems;
(4) The number of credit
			 hours requested for the program;
(5) The name and relevant qualifications and
			 credentials of each instructor presenting the program;
(6) A copy of written materials given to
			 water commissioners attending the program; and
(7) If the program has been certified by an
			 organization that provides training to persons associated with the water
			 industry, the name of the certifying organization and a statement that the
			 certification remains valid.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:071 - Sewage

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RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.280(2) provides that the
				commission shall prescribe rules for the performance of any service or the
				furnishing of any commodity by any utility. This administrative regulation
				establishes general rules which apply to sewage utilities.
Section 1. General. The purpose of this
			 administrative regulation is to provide standard rules and administrative
			 regulations governing the service of sewage utilities operating under the
			 jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
Section 2. Definitions. The following terms
			 when used in these rules, shall have the meaning indicated:
(1) "Commission" means the Public Service
			 Commission.
(2) "Collecting sewers"
			 means sewers, including force lines, gravity sewers, interceptors, laterals,
			 trunk sewers, manholes, lampholes and necessary appurtenances and including
			 service wyes, which are used to transport sewage and are owned, operated, or
			 maintained by a sewage disposal utility.
(3) "Customer" means any person, partnership,
			 association, corporation or governmental agency being provided with sewage
			 disposal service by a utility.
(4)
			 "Customer's service pipe" means any sewer pipe extending from the customer's
			 residence or other structure receiving and transporting sewage to the utility's
			 collecting sewer, but excluding service wyes.
(5) "Lift station" means that portion of the
			 sewage system which is used to lift the sewage to a higher elevation.
(6) "Premises" means a tract of land or real
			 estate including buildings and other appurtenances thereon.
(7) "Sewage" means ground garbage, human and
			 animal excretions, and all other domestic type waste normally disposed of by a
			 residential, commercial, or industrial establishment, through the sanitary
			 sewer system.
(8) "Sewage treatment
			 facilities" includes all pipes, pumps, canals, lagoons, plants, structures and
			 appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property, owned,
			 operated, and controlled or managed in connection with or to facilitate the
			 collection, carriage, treatment and disposal of sewage for the public, or other
			 beneficial or necessary purpose.
(9) "Sewage utility" means any person except
			 a city, who owns, controls or operates or manages any facility used or to be
			 used for or in connection with the treatment of sewage for the public, for
			 compensation, if the facility is a subdivision treatment facility plant,
			 located in a county containing a city of the first class or a sewage treatment
			 facility located in any other county and is not subject to regulation by a
			 metropolitan sewer district. (KRS
			 278.010(5)(c))
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:075 - Treated sewage adjustment for water districts and water associations

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				65.810, Chapter 74, 278.010, 278.012,
				278.015, 278.030, 278.040
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.030(1) requires that all
				rates charged by a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service
				Commission shall be fair, just, and reasonable. This administrative regulation
				establishes the requirements under which a water district or a water
				association may implement a treated sewage adjustment to recover the costs of
				treated sewage.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Application" means:
(a) A completed Treated Sewage Adjustment
			 Form 1;
(b) A schedule listing
			 current and proposed rates;
(c) A
			 copy of the provider's notice showing a change in provider's base
			 rate;
(d) The calculation and all
			 supporting documents used to determine the change in treated sewage costs
			 sufficient to determine the accuracy of the calculation; and
(e) A copy of the resolution or other
			 document of the utility's governing body authorizing the proposed
			 rates.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:076 - Alternative rate adjustment procedure for small utilities

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				278.010,
				278.030,
				278.160,
				278.180,
				278.190,
				278.310,
				278.380
NECESSITY, FUNCTION AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				commission to promulgate administrative regulations to implement KRS Chapter
				278. This administrative regulation establishes a simplified and less expensive
				procedure for small utilities to use to apply to the commission for rate
				adjustments.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Annual report" means the financial and
			 statistical report incorporated by reference in
			 807 KAR 5:006,
			 which requires a utility to file the annual report with the
			 commission.
(2) "Annual report for
			 the immediate past year" means an annual report that covers the applicant's
			 operations for either:
(a) The calendar year
			 period prior to the year in which the applicant's application for rate
			 adjustment is filed with the commission; or
(b) The most recent calendar year period that
			 807 KAR 5:006,
			 Section 4(1), requires the applicant to have on file with the commission as of
			 the date of the filing of its application for rate adjustment.
(3) "Applicant" means a utility
			 that is applying for an adjustment of rates using the procedure established in
			 this administrative regulation.
(4)
			 "Gross annual revenue" means:
(a) The total
			 revenue that a utility derived during a calendar year; or
(b) If the utility operates two (2) or more
			 divisions that provide different types of utility service, the total amount of
			 revenue derived from the division for which a rate adjustment is
			 sought.
(5) "Rate" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(12).
(6) "Utility" is defined by
			 KRS
			 278.010(3).
(7) "Water district" means a special district
			 or special purpose governmental entity created pursuant to KRS Chapter
			 74.
(8) "Web site" means an
			 identifiable site on the Internet, including social media, which is accessible
			 to the public.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:090 - System development charges for water utilities

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				278.012,
				278.015,
				278.030,
				278.040,
				278.160,
				278.180,
				278.190,
				278.200,
				278.230,
				278.310
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) provides that the
				commission may promulgate reasonable administrative regulations to implement
				the provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.040(2) grants the
				commission exclusive jurisdiction over utility rates and services.
				KRS
				278.200 authorizes the commission to
				originate, establish, change or promulgate any rate standard that has been or
				may be fixed by any contract or agreement between a utility and any city.
				KRS
				278.030 authorizes a utility to collect fair,
				just and reasonable rates for its services.
				KRS
				278.230(3) requires a
				utility to file with the commission any reports or other information that the
				commission may reasonably require.
				KRS
				278.310 authorizes the commission to adopt
				rules to govern the conduct of its hearings and investigations. This
				administrative regulation prescribes filing requirements and procedures to be
				followed by a public water utility applying for authority to assess a system
				development charge or a municipal water utility applying for authority to
				assess a system development charge to a public water utility.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Municipal water utility" means any city
			 that provides the services enumerated in
			 KRS
			 278.010(3)(d) to a public
			 water utility.
(2) "Public water
			 utility" means any person including a water district or water association,
			 except a city, who owns, controls, operates or manages facilities that are used
			 or to be used to provide the services enumerated in
			 KRS
			 278.010(3)(d).
(3) "System development charge" means a one
			 (1) time charge assessed by a water utility on a real estate developer, on a
			 new customer, or on an existing customer who significantly increases its demand
			 for water service to finance construction of a system improvement necessary to
			 serve that customer or a proposed real estate development.
(4) "Water utility" means any municipal water
			 utility or public water utility.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:095 - Fire protection service for water utilities

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				278.010,
				278.012,
				278.015,
				278.030,
				278.040,
				278.170(3),
				278.280
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				commission to promulgate, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, reasonable
				administrative regulations to implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.040(2) grants the
				commission exclusive jurisdiction over utility rates and services.
				KRS
				278.012 states that water associations are
				subject to the commission's jurisdiction.
				KRS
				278.015 expressly subjects water districts to
				commission jurisdiction.
				KRS
				278.030 authorizes utilities to collect fair,
				just, and reasonable rates for their services.
				KRS
				278.170(3) provides that a
				utility may provide free or reduced rate water service to any city, county,
				urban-county, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection district
				for fighting fires or training firefighters under a tariff that is approved by
				the commission and that requires the water user to provide water usage reports
				to the utility on a regular basis.
				KRS
				278.280 authorizes the commission to
				prescribe rules for the performance of any service or the furnishing of any
				commodity of the character furnished or supplied by the utility. This
				administrative regulation governs a utility's provision of water for fire
				protection service.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Private fire protection
			 service" means water service to support the operation of a private fire
			 protection system, including private hydrants, automatic fire sprinkler
			 systems, standpipes, and other appurtenances that a customer installs to assist
			 in extinguishing fires.
(2)
			 "Private fire service line" means a water line that is installed at the
			 customer's expense and that extends from a water main to provide private fire
			 protection service to a single customer, a single multi-unit building or
			 complex, or a single commercial or industrial development.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:110 - Board proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 61.870-61.844,
				278.702,
				278.704,
				278.706,
				278.708,
				278.710,
				278.712,
				278.714,
				278.716
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, and CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.702(3) authorizes the
				Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting.
				KRS
				278.702(3) requires the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement
				KRS
				278.700 to
				278.716.
				KRS
				278.712(2) requires the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations governing a board hearing.
				KRS
				278.706(2)(c) requires an
				applicant seeking to obtain a construction certificate from the board to give
				proper notice of his intention to the public. This administrative regulation
				establishes procedures related to applications, filings, notice requirements,
				hearings, and confidential material.
Section
			 1. General Matters Pertaining to All Formal Proceedings.
(1) Address of the board. Written
			 communication shall be addressed to Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation
			 and Transmission Siting, 211 Sower Boulevard, PO Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky
			 40602-0615.
(2) Form of papers
			 filed. A pleading in a formal proceeding shall be printed or typewritten on one
			 (1) side of the paper only, and typewriting shall be double-spaced.
(3) Signing of pleadings. Every pleading of a
			 party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one (1) attorney
			 of record in his individual name and shall state his address.
(4) Service of process. If a party has
			 appeared by attorney, service upon the attorney shall be deemed proper service
			 upon the party.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - Utilities › Section 807 KAR 5:120 - Applications for certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain electric transmission lines

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				278.020(2), (8)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				278.040(3) authorizes the
				commission to promulgate reasonable administrative regulations to implement the
				provisions of KRS Chapter 278.
				KRS
				278.020(2) requires a
				certificate of public convenience and necessity to be obtained prior to
				construction of an electric transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more and of
				more than 5,280 feet in length. This administrative regulation establishes
				procedures and minimum filing requirements for an application to construct an
				electric transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more and of more than 5,280 feet
				in length.
Section 1. Notice of Intent
			 to File Application.
(1) At least thirty (30)
			 days but no more than six (6) months prior to filing an application to
			 construct an electric transmission line of 138 kilo-volts or more and of more
			 than 5,280 feet in length, an applicant shall file with the commission a notice
			 of intent to file application. If an applicant fails to file an application
			 within six (6) months of the filing of the notice, the notice shall
			 automatically expire without further notice to the applicant.
(2) A notice of intent to file application
			 shall include:
(a) The name, address,
			 telephone number, and electronic mail address of the utility that intends to
			 file the application;
(b) A
			 description of the proposed construction that will be the subject of the
			 application; and
(c) The name of
			 the county or counties in which the construction will be proposed.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 808 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › Chapter 1 - Administration › Section 808 KAR 1:060 - Automated teller machines

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				286.3-180,
				286.5-061,
				286.6-055
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				286.1-020(1) authorizes the
				commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement
				KRS Chapter 286. This administrative regulation provides for the use of an
				automated teller machine by a financial institution and specifies that an
				automated teller machine is not a branch or service facility of the financial
				institution.
Section 1. Definition.
			 "Financial institution" means a state chartered bank, savings and loan
			 association, or credit union.
Section
			 2. A financial institution may receive and act upon a
			 communication from a customer transmitted through an automated teller machine.
			 The communication may:
(1) Request the
			 withdrawal of funds either from the customer's deposit account or from a
			 previously authorized line of credit;
(2) Instruct the institution to receive funds
			 or to transfer funds for the customer's benefit;
(3) Make a balance inquiry;
(4) Instruct the financial institution to
			 receive cash or a check; or
(5)
			 Request the financial institution to dispense cash to the customer at the
			 location of the automated teller machine.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 808 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › Chapter 1 - Administration › Section 808 KAR 1:170 - Licensing and registration

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				12.357, Subchapter 286.4, 286.8-010,
				286.8-020, 286.8-030(1), 286.8-032, 286.8-034, 286.8-036, 286.8-060, 286.8-070,
				286.8-080, 286.8-090(1), 286.8-140(2)(b), 286.8-255, 286.8-260, 286.8-290,
				286.9-010, 286.9-020, 286.9-030, 286.9-040, 286.9-050, 286.9-060, 286.9-071,
				286.9-073, 286.9-080
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				286.4-610(1) authorizes the
				commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations for the proper conduct of
				the consumer loan businesses licensed under KRS Chapter 286.4.
				KRS
				286.4-430(1) authorizes the
				commissioner to establish the form of the application for a license under KRS
				Chapter 286.4. KRS
				286.8-140(1) authorizes the
				commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to accomplish
				the basic purposes of KRS Chapter 286.8.
				KRS
				286.9-090(1) authorizes the
				commissioner to promulgate reasonable administrative regulations for the
				enforcement of KRS Chapter 286.9.
				KRS
				286.9-050 and
				286.9-060 authorize the
				commissioner to establish the form and materials required to apply for a
				license under KRS Chapter 286.9. This administrative regulation establishes
				licensing and registration requirements for consumer loan companies, check
				cashing and deferred deposit service businesses, mortgage loan companies,
				mortgage loan brokers, mortgage loan branches, and mortgage loan originators,
				and procedures for using the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) and
				Registry.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Audited financial statement" means a
			 financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant in accordance
			 with generally accepted accounting principles.
(2) "Nationwide Multistate Licensing System
			 and Registry" is defined by
			 KRS
			 286.8-010(20).
(3) "Surety bond" means a bond provided by a
			 surety company authorized to conduct business in Kentucky.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 808 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › Chapter 3 - Credit Unions › Section 808 KAR 3:050 - Conduct of Credit Unions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				286.6-095,
				286.6-100,
				286.6-225,
				286.6-585,
				286.6-715,
				12 C.F.R. Part 704,
				20
				U.S.C. 1071
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				286.6-070 authorizes the Department of
				Financial Institutions to promulgate administrative regulations necessary for
				the proper conduct and regulation of credit unions. This administrative
				regulation establishes requirements to ensure the proper conduct of credit
				unions.
Section 1. Definition. A
			 "corporate credit union" means a credit union that:
(1) Is operated primarily for the purpose of
			 serving other credit unions;
(2) Is
			 designated by the National Credit Union Administration as a corporate credit
			 union; and
(3) Limits natural
			 person members to the minimum required by state or federal law to charter and
			 operate the credit union.