Kentucky Senate passes bill exempting state energy planner from open records law

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 372

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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FRANKFORT — Republicans in the Kentucky Senate approved a bill Thursday that would exempt a taxpayer-funded commission that state lawmakers are looking to for advice on energy policy from Kentucky’s Open Records Act.

Senate Bill 100, primarily sponsored by Sen. Robby Mills, R-Henderson would exempt “information, records, data, files, documents, or correspondence” created by the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, or EPIC.

The GOP-controlled legislature created EPIC in 2024 to review …

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