Kentucky PSC Investigating Rising Gas, Electricity Costs

Kentucky PSC investigating rising gas, electricity costs

Kentucky’s utility regulator has launched an effort to study the affordability of electric and natural gas utility service for residential ratepayers, arguing that utility access is “fundamental to the health, safety and well-being of Kentuckians.”

Kentucky opens utility affordability probe as residential power costs jump 21.8%

Kentucky regulators are taking a closer look at what is causing energy costs to become a growing financial burden for households across the state.

Kentucky Public Service Commission Opens Investigation into Utility Affordability

Coalition of Kentucky advocacy organizations had asked the Commission to open the case FRANKFORT, Ky. — On August 26, 2026, the Kentucky Public Service Commission issued an order opening an investigation into the affordability of electric and natural gas utility service in the Commonwealth. The new proceeding, Case No. 2026-00185, will examine the drivers of rising utility […] The post Kentucky Public Service Commission Opens Investigation into …

PSC opens statewide probe into affordability of utilities - The Mountain Eagle

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has opened a statewide investigation into whether electric and natural gas service is becoming unaffordable for Kentucky households and what can be done about it. The proceeding comes as Kentucky’s average residential electricity price increased nearly 22 percent in five years and amid continuing concern in eastern Kentucky about electric bills that consume an increasingly […] The post PSC opens statewide p…