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2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 7th Edition
This list profiles the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2019 General Assembly Regular Session, complete through March 14th.
Continue reading2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 6th Edition
A profile of the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2019 General Assembly Regular Session, complete through March 7, 2019
Continue readingHouse Bill 420 Requires Cabinet To Deny Public Access To Radon Information
HB 420, sponsored by Rep. Adam Bowling, would revise laws governing radon contractor certification. A Committee Substitute added language deny public access to agency records regarding radon measurement, jeopardizing public health.
Continue readingPETITION FILED TO PROTECT WATER SUPPLY SOURCES OF THE HISTORIC TOWNS OF BENHAM AND LYNCH FROM STRIP MINING
Four residents of Harlan County have petitioned to designate the historic districts of the towns Benham and Lynch, Kentucky, the viewshed of those districts, and the water sources of the towns as unsuitable for strip mining.
Continue reading2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 5th Edition
This list profiles the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2019 General Assembly complete through end of day March 1, 2019.
Continue readingProtecting Benham and Lynch from Expanded Mining
A petition to designate the historic districts within the cities of Benham and Lynch Kentucky and the viewshed from those districts, and the watersheds that provide the water supply for the towns as areas unsuitable for mining has been drafted by KRC
Continue readingHB 199 Would Create a Framework for Plugging 14,000 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the State
Over the past 5 years, a working group comprised of oil and gas operators, landowner representatives, agency officials, and the Kentucky Resources Council, have developed several bills that have modernized regulation of oil and gas operations.
Continue readingKentucky American Water Company's SB 163 is Unfair to Ratepayers - KRC Provides Extensive Comments Opposing the Bill
SB 163 would allow Kentucky-American Water Company to overvalue water systems it acquires and use that overvaluation to justify rate increases. KRC provided an extensive analysis as to why SB 163 is a bad deal for ratepayers.
Continue readingKRC's Director Testifies Against SB 2
SB 2 allows a state agency or the General Assembly when sued to request, without any basis or reason, a change of venue that would be determined by a random lottery. KRC director, Tom FitzGerald, testified against the bill.
Continue readingAmendment to SB 100 Addresses Most Concerns with the Latest Utility Industry Effort to Kill Rooftop Solar
The original version of SB 100 was a utility-crafted bill intended to end the net metering of electricity and corner the market on the sun. House Floor Amendment 1 address most of KRC's concerns with the original bill.
Continue reading2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 4th Edition
Read more about the environmental, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2019 General Assembly Regular Session, complete through end of day February 22, 2019.
Continue reading2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 2nd Edition
These are the bills and resolutions that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2019 General Assembly Regular Session, complete through end of legislative day February 8, 2019.
Continue reading2019 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 1st Edition
These are the bills and resolutions we're tracking in the 2019 Legislative Session
Continue readingPublic Service Commission Ordered To Allow Participation In LG&E Rate Case By Low-Income Advocates And Sierra Club
The Franklin Circuit Court granted a Temporary Injunction ordering the Public Service Commission to allow low-income and environmental advocacy groups to participate in pending LG&E and KU rate cases.
Continue readingCourt of Appeals Decision Strikes Underprotective Coal Ash Regulations
In an August 21, 2018 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded several regulations on coal ash disposal, promulgated under the Obama Administration, which the Court found to be underprotective of the environment.
Continue readingPSC Order Accepts Complaint Against Gas Utility Discontinuing Service
In a September 7, 2018 Order, the PSC has directed Peoples Gas Ky LLC to respond to a complaint by Georgia Johnson that their plan to discontinue gas service violates their duty to furnish adequate service. Peoples Gas has ten days to respond.
Continue readingKRC Assists In Challenge To VA Hospital Proposal
KRC is working with the StroboBarkley law firm in the City of Crossgate's challenge to decision of the VA to build a new hospital on Brownsboro Road. The suit raises questions of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act by the VA.
Continue readingEffort By LG&E and KU To Trim Energy Efficiency Programs Awaits PSC Ruling
LG&E and KU's most recent demand-side management and energy efficiency filing proposes to eliminate several programs for residential customers. KRC represents the Metro Housing Coalition in the case, which awaits decision by the PSC.
Continue readingThe Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: A Wrap-Up of the 2018 General Assembly Regular Session
Each year, we provide a brief wrap-up of the significant bills that the Council supported or opposed during the General Assembly's Regular Sessions, and the outcome of those bills and resolutions.
Continue readingPublic Service Commission Denies LG&E and KU Application To Deploy "Smart Meters"
In an Order entered on August 30, 2018, the Kentucky Public Service Commission denied the request by LG&E and KU to Deploy Smart Meters, ruling that the utilities provided insufficient evidence to justify expense.
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