Utility regulator launches investigation into ‘troubling’ Kentucky Power planning practices

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 2, 2026

Words: 428

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Kentucky’s utility regulator has launched an investigation into concerns it has about “troubling” managerial and planning practices at investor-owned electric utility Kentucky Power.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission wrote in a Thursday morning order that it was opening an investigation into the Eastern Kentucky utility following years of concerns the regulator and the Kentucky attorney general have had over the utility’s energy planning decisions.

The regulator specifically referenced Kentucky Power’s decision to try …

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