State regulator approves reduced increase in Kentucky Power rates following ‘emotional pleas’

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 623

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Eastern Kentucky ratepayers for investor-owned electric utility Kentucky Power will see an increase in electricity rates for the second time in three years, although the size of the increase was reduced by the state’s utility regulator after hearing “emotional pleas” from Kentuckians.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission announced in a Feb. 28 press release that residential Kentucky Power ratepayers in the first year of the approved rate increase will see an average utility …

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