AN ACT relating to retail electric suppliers.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to declare that policy of the Commonwealth is for retail electric suppliers under the Public Service Commission (PSC) to procure electric generation sufficient to meet customer demand using an open, competitive process and at a rate that is the lowest possible; require retail electric suppliers to conduct integrated resource planning every 3 years and set forth the parameters of the integrated resource plan process; exempt elective cooperatives from…

Introduced: February 19, 2026

Last action: March 5, 2026

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This bill sets out new rules for how Kentucky's electric utilities plan for and purchase electricity, requiring them to go through a formal planning process every three years to show they can reliably meet customer demand at the lowest possible cost. It also establishes that the right to serve customers in a given area is a privilege belonging to the state, not an automatic right of the utility, and allows very large electricity users above…

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