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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.186 (2026)

Not to compete with REA corporation

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No board operating an electric and water plant under the provisions of KRS 96.171 to 96.188 shall construct any facilities or extend its existing facilities in competition with any existing facilities of any rural electric cooperative corporation. History: Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 18.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1960–1974 · leading case: City of Nicholasville v. Blue Grass Rural Elec. Coop. Corp., 514 S.W.2d 414 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974).
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City of Nicholasville v. Blue Grass Rural Elec. Coop. Corp., 514 S.W.2d 414 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). “045, which prohibits a city from constructing a municipally owned plant that duplicates an existing plant of another utility then existing in the city; KRS 96.186, which forbids cities of the third class to compete with rural electric cooperatives; and KRS 96.”
Cumberland Valley Rural Elec. Coop. Corp. v. Cox, 332 S.W.2d 534 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “175 does permit the City to “operate, maintain, improve and extend the electric and water plant, and provide electric and water services to any user or consumer within and without the boundaries” of the City, it must be construed in connection with the limitation imposed by KRS…”
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