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PSC rejects wind surcharge
KU and sister company Louisville Gas and Electric Co. plan to purchase wind power from the breezy prairie of northern Illinois to help meet what they expect will be federal requirements to increase their use of renewable energy.
Last month, they asked the Kentucky Public Service Commission for permission to add a "renewable resource clause" to customer bills so they can recover the costs of the pricier wind power and transmission.
October 21, 2009
by Chuck Stinnett
in The Gleaner
State regulators have nixed a proposal by Kentucky Utilities Co. to automatically charge customers for importing wind-generated electricity that costs twice as much as its own coal-generated power.
KU and sister company Louisville Gas and Electric Co. plan to purchase wind power from the breezy prairie of northern Illinois to help meet what they expect will be federal requirements to increase their use of renewable energy.
Last month, they asked the Kentucky Public Service Commission for permission to add a "renewable resource clause" to customer bills so they can recover the costs of the pricier wind power and transmission.
KU estimated the wind... [continue via Web link]
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