(1) The Public Service Commission shall regulate utilities and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. The commission may adopt a seal bearing the name "Public Service Commission of Kentucky," which seal shall be affixed to all writs and official documents, and to such other instruments as the commission directs, and all courts shall take judicial note of the seal.
(2) The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to all utilities in this state. The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of rates and service of utilities, but with that exception nothing in this chapter is intended to limit or restrict the police jurisdiction, contract rights or powers of cities or political subdivisions.
(3) The commission may adopt, in keeping with KRS Chapter 13A, reasonable regulations to implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 278 and investigate the methods and practices of utilities to require them to conform to the laws of this state, and to all reasonable rules, regulations and orders of the commission not contrary to law. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 8, effective April 1, 1979. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 2, effective March 29, 1976. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3952-2, 3952-12, 3952-13, 3952-27.
Notes of Decisions
Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Conway, 324 S.W.3d 373 (Ky. 2010).
· cites it 18× “The broad role of the PSC in regulating and investigating utilities to ensure that utilities comply with state law is set forth in KRS 278.040, which provides, in pertinent part: (1) The Public Service Commission shall regulate utilities and enforce the provisions of this…”
City of Greenup v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 182 S.W.3d 535 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 2× “010(3)(c); KRS 278.040(1). Historically, South Shore has obtained its entire water supply from a “wellfield” situated in Greenup County.”
Kentucky CATV Ass'n v. Volz, 675 S.W.2d 393 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983).
· cites it 2× “KRS 278.040. We must agree with the finding by the Commission that the rates charged for pole attachments are “rates” within the meaning of KRS 278.”
Peoples Gas Co. of Kentucky v. City of Corbin, 625 S.W.2d 848 (Ky. 1981).
· cites it 5× “Although not addressed by the trial court, the record shows some of the problems attendant to a changeover from a low-pressure to a high-pressure system.”
Benzinger, Police Judge v. Union Light, Etc., 170 S.W.2d 38 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
· cites it 2× “Both opinions quoted and referred to the last clause in section 3952-27; of Baldwin’s 1936 Revision of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes (being section 278.040 of KRS), which says: “Nothing in this section or elsewhere in this act contained is intended or shall be construed to limit…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.040(1) — 5 cases
City of Greenup v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 182 S.W.3d 535 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005).
“010(3)(c); KRS 278.040(1). Historically, South Shore has obtained its entire water supply from a “wellfield” situated in Greenup County.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.040(2) — 16 cases
Peoples Gas Co. of Kentucky v. City of Corbin, 625 S.W.2d 848 (Ky. 1981).
“Although not addressed by the trial court, the record shows some of the problems attendant to a changeover from a low-pressure to a high-pressure system.”
City of Greenup v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 182 S.W.3d 535 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005).
“010(3)(c); KRS 278.040(1). Historically, South Shore has obtained its entire water supply from a “wellfield” situated in Greenup County.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.040(3) — 5 cases
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