Overview
As a member-owned generation and transmission cooperative based in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Big Rivers Electric Corporation is a jurisdictional electric utility regulated by the Public Service Commission of Kentucky (the “Commission” – Commission Homepage).
This regulatory webpage provides access to statutes and regulations relevant to the Commission’s regulatory authority. It also provides access to Big Rivers’ present tariff on file with the Commission, a copy of the Customer Bill of Rights, and access to Big Rivers’ open tariff filings before the Commission.
Should you have any comments or feedback regarding this webpage, please e-mail them to regulatory@bigrivers.com with a subject of Regulatory Webpage Feedback. If you prefer, you may mail those comments to:
Big Rivers Electric Corporation
ATTN: Rates and Tariffs
P.O. Box 20015
Owensboro, KY 42304-0015
[Please note: Accessing the information below will require Adobe Acrobat© and sufficient memory capable of opening files approaching 200 +/- MBs.]
Commission’s Regulatory Authority
The links below provide access to KRS Chapter 278, KRS Chapter 279, and 807 KAR Chapter 5. These sites are maintained by the Legislative Research Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (“LRC”). The LRC is solely responsible for these sites.
Big Rivers Present Tariff
You may access Big Rivers’ present tariff on file with the Commission by clicking the link below.
Residential Customers’ Bill of Rights
Residential customers of regulated public utilities in Kentucky are guaranteed certain rights. You may access the Customer Bill of Rights located on the Commission’s website by clicking the link below.
Big Rivers’ Open Tariff Filings
In Case No. 2023-00102, the Commission is reviewing Big Rivers’ proposed QF Tariff filed on March 1, 2023. The proposed QF Tariff is available to qualified cogeneration and small power production facilities with a design capacity between 100 kW and 5 MW. The proposed QF Tariff will replace Big Rivers’ existing QFS and QFP tariffs. You may access Case No. 2023-00102, In the Matter of:
Electronic Tariff Filing of Big Rivers Electric Corporation for Approval of Proposed Changes to its Qualified Cogeneration and Small Power Production Facilities Tariffs located on the Commission’s website by clicking the link below.
On September 1, 2023, Big Rivers filed proposed tariff sheets to revise its Large Industrial Customer Standby Service (“LICSS”) rate schedule. The Standby Service rate schedule is available to any of Big Rivers’ existing Member Cooperatives for service to any large industrial customer of the Member Cooperative with resources capable of supplying all or a portion of the customer’s power requirements who requests Standby Service Power. The Commission is reviewing the proposed tariff changes in Case No. 2023-00312, In the Matter of: Electronic Tariff Filing of Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Kenergy Corp. to Revise the Large Industrial Customer Standby Service Tariff. You may access Case No. 2023-00312 on the Commission’s website by clicking the link below.