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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.270 (2026)

Orders by commission as to rates

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Whenever the commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint as provided in KRS 278.260, and after a hearing had upon reasonable notice, finds that any rate is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall by order prescribe a just and reasonable rate to be followed in the future. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 31, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 34, effective April 1, 1979 -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3952-14.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2024 · leading case: Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Conway, 324 S.W.3d 373 (Ky. 2010).
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Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Conway, 324 S.W.3d 373 (Ky. 2010). · cites it 4× “260 [9] , KRS 278.270 [10] and KRS *379 278.280, [11] authorize the PSC to conduct investigations and hearings and enter appropriate orders concerning rates or services.”
Cincinnati Bell Tel. Co. v. Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 223 S.W.3d 829 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “With respect to how rates are adjusted, KRS 278.270 provides as follows: Whenever the commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint as provided in KRS 278.”
Nat'l-Southwire Aluminum Co. v. Big Rivers Elec. Corp., 785 S.W.2d 503 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “030(1) and KRS 278.270. KRS 278.030(1) authorizes utilities to collect "fair, just and reasonable rates.”
Kentucky Indus. Util. Customers, Inc. v. Kentucky Utils. Co., 983 S.W.2d 493 (Ky. 1998). “However, to add the requirement that the Utility demonstrate that it is not earning in excess of a previously approved rate base would mandate a full review of the Utility’s earnings, or a general rate case pursuant to KRS 278.190. The judicial imposition of such a requirement…”
Mayfield Gas Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 259 S.W.2d 8 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). · cites it 2× “260 and KRS 278.270, and amounts to a denial of due process as guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.”
South Cent. Bell Tel. Co. v. Util. Regulatory Comm'n, 637 S.W.2d 649 (Ky. 1982). “KRS 278.270 deals with rates. It provides the Commission the authority to investigate and to prescribe just and reasonable rates.”
Mike Little Gas Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 574 S.W.2d 926 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “Appellant seeks to invoke equitable relief, claiming that a refund of a portion of the money already collected under the incorrect rate structure would work an undue burden on it.”
Big Rivers Elec. Corp. v. Thorpe, 921 F. Supp. 460 (W.D. Ky. 1996). “KRS 278.270. While all of these statutes and cases clearly set forth the underlying principles of *465 the filed rate doctrine, neither they nor the doctrine forbids a customer of a utility from suing a person or an entity that the customer claims has injured the utility and the…”
City of Pikeville v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “260, and KRS 278.270. Under these provisions, the Commission has the 2 See KRS 278.”
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