Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.015

Water district; combined water, gas, or sewer district; or water

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commission a public utility subject to Public Service Commission -- Exceptions. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of KRS Chapter 74, any water district; combined water, gas, or sewer district; or water commission, except a joint commission created under the provisions of KRS 74.420 to 74.520, shall be a public utility and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as any other utility as defined in KRS 278.010, except: (1) As provided in KRS 278.023; or (2) When a wholesale supplier selling water or providing sewage treatment to a water district; combined water, gas, or sewer district; or water commission increases its rates, the water district or combined water, gas, or sewer district shall have the authority to increase its rates commensurate with the wholesale supplier without prior approval by the commission. Within twenty (20) days after any such increase in rates, the district shall file its revised tariffs with the commission, together with a copy of the notice from its wholesale supplier showing the increase in the rate charged to the utility, and a statement of the volume of purchased water used or sewage treated to calculate the increase in rates. The commission shall approve the filing or establish revised rates by order no later than thirty (30) days after the above documents are filed with it. Prior to or at the time of the first billing of the new rates, the district shall give notice to its customers of the increase. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 495, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 3, effective April 1, 1979. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 2.

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Cited in 5 cases, 1992–2017 · leading case: Utility Management Group, LLC v. Pike County Fiscal Court

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Utility Management Group, LLC v. Pike County Fiscal Court (2017) ky · cites it 2× “KRS 278.015. Beginning July 3, 2005, the District's Board of Commissioners entered into a five-year contract with UMG whereby UMG would perform the operations, management and maintenance of the District for an annual fe~ of $6,819,000, subject to annual adjustment for an…”

Simpson County Water District v. City of Franklin (1994) ky · cites it 3× “The statutory exception applicable to rates and service as provided will prohibit cities from exercising control over rates charged and the service provided to customers of local utilities.”

Boone County Water v. Public Service Commission (1997) ky “012), and water districts organized pursuant to KRS Chapter 74 (KRS 278.015). Based upon this analysis, the Commission has concluded that sanitation districts are not utilities within the meaning of KRS 278.”

Kentucky Public Service v. Cumberland Falls Highway Water District (1992) kyctapp · cites it 7× “HAYES, Judge: The single issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court erred in concluding that KRS 278.015 and 807 KAR 5:068 permit a water district to automatically pass through to its ratepayers sums agreed to in settlement when those sums represent ar-rearages in water…”

Utility Management Group, LLC v. Pike County Fiscal Court (2017) ky “KRS 278.015. Beginning July 3, 2005, the District's Board of .”

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Simpson County Water District v. City of Franklin (1994) ky “The statutory exception applicable to rates and service as provided will prohibit cities from exercising control over rates charged and the service provided to customers of local utilities.”

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