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HB873 • 2026

AN ACT relating to energy.

AN ACT relating to energy.

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
J. Gooch Jr.
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
03/10/26: to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to energy.

AN ACT relating to energy.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to energy.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Natural Resources & Energy (H)

  2. 2026-03-03 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to energy.

Current Bill Text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 2497
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AN ACT relating to energy. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 278.040 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) The Public Service Commission shall regulate utilities and enforce the provisions of 4
this chapter. The commission shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be 5
sued in its corporate name. The commiss ion may adopt a seal bearing the name 6
"Public Service Commission of Kentucky," which seal shall be affixed to all writs 7
and official documents, and to such other instruments as the commission directs, 8
and all courts shall take judicial note of the seal. 9
(2) The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to all utilities in this state. The 10
commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of rates and 11
service of utilities, but with that exception nothing in this chapter is intended to 12
limit o r restrict the police jurisdiction, contract rights , or powers of cities or 13
political subdivisions. 14
(3) The commission may promulgate[adopt], in accordance[keeping] with KRS 15
Chapter 13A, reasonable administrative regulations to implement the provisions of 16
KRS Chapter 278 and investigate the methods and practices of utilities to require 17
them to conform to the laws of this state, and to all reasonable rules, administrative 18
regulations, and orders of the commission not contrary to law. 19