Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.160 (2026)

Utilities to file and display general schedules of rates and conditions for

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service -- Adherence to schedules -- Exclusion from disclosure of confidential or proprietary provisions in special contracts.

(1) Under rules prescribed by the commission, each utility shall file with the commission, within such time and in such form as the commission designates, schedules showing all rates and conditions for service established by it and collected or enforced. The utility shall keep copies of its schedules open to public inspection under such rules as the commission prescribes.

(2) No utility shall charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its filed schedules, and no person shall receive any service from any utility for a compensation greater or less than that prescribed in such schedules.

(3) The provisions of this section do not require disclosure or publication of a provision of a special contract that contains rates and conditions of service not filed in a utility's general schedule if such provision would otherwise be entitled to be excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 under the provisions of KRS 61.878(1)(c)1. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 300, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 22, effective April 1, 1979. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3952-30, 3952-31.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1989–2010 · leading case: Boone Cnty. Water v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 949 S.W.2d 588 (Ky. 1997).
Boone Cnty. Water v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 949 S.W.2d 588 (Ky. 1997). · cites it 6× “Americoal filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission of Kentucky alleging that Boone did not have a tariff on file for the connection fee as required by the “filed rate doctrine” codified in KRS 278.160. The PSC held an evidentiary hearing and entered an order finding…”
Cincinnati Bell Tel. Co. v. Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 223 S.W.3d 829 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007). “KRS 278.160 provides, in part, as follows: (1) Under rules prescribed by the commission, each utility shall file with the commission, within such time and in such form as the commission designates, schedules showing all rates and conditions for service established by it and…”
Daleure v. Kentucky, 119 F. Supp. 2d 683 (W.D. Ky. 2000). “7 See KRS 278.160 through KRS 278.190. Anyone effected by the filed rates, including callers or recipients of calls, can petition the appropriate regulatory authority for a review of the rates at any time.”
Bowers v. Windstream Kentucky East, LLC., 709 F. Supp. 2d 526 (W.D. Ky. 2010). · cites it 4× “KRS § 278.160(2) states that “[n]o utility shall charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its filed schedules.”
Big Rivers Elec. Corp. v. Thorpe, 921 F. Supp. 460 (W.D. Ky. 1996). · cites it 2× “” KRS 278.160; see also Boone County Sand & Gravel Co.”
Boone Cnty. Sand & Gravel Co. v. Owen Cnty. Rural Elec. Coop. Corp., 779 S.W.2d 224 (Ky. Ct. App. 1989). “KRS 278.160(2), which is similar to the statutes involved in the eases cited, states as follows: No utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its filed…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.160(1) — 1 case
Boone Cnty. Water v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 949 S.W.2d 588 (Ky. 1997). “Americoal filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission of Kentucky alleging that Boone did not have a tariff on file for the connection fee as required by the “filed rate doctrine” codified in KRS 278.160. The PSC held an evidentiary hearing and entered an order finding…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.160(2) — 2 cases
Bowers v. Windstream Kentucky East, LLC., 709 F. Supp. 2d 526 (W.D. Ky. 2010). “KRS § 278.160(2) states that “[n]o utility shall charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its filed schedules.”
Boone Cnty. Sand & Gravel Co. v. Owen Cnty. Rural Elec. Coop. Corp., 779 S.W.2d 224 (Ky. Ct. App. 1989). “KRS 278.160(2), which is similar to the statutes involved in the eases cited, states as follows: No utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than that prescribed in its filed…”
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