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Senate committee advances bill to expand PSC and tighten intervention rules; advocates warn it could curb residential voices
Summary
Senate Bill 8, as amended by a committee substitute, would expand the Public Service Commission to five members, set professional qualifications and a five‑mile transmission CPCN threshold, and add new intervention disclosure rules; housing and ratepayer advocates warned Section 2 could limit nonprofit intervention.
Senator Brandon Smith, chair and sponsor presenting Senate Bill 8 with Committee Substitute 2, told the committee the bill modernizes Kentucky’s Public Service Commission and its review processes, including raising the transmission review threshold and strengthening professional qualifications for commissioners.
"The purpose of senate bill 8 is to modernize Kentucky's Public Service Commission to better handle the increasingly complex utility regulation," Smith said, outlining substitute changes such as increasing the certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) review trigger from 1 mile to 5 miles for transmission construction, and expanding the commission from three to five…
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