Kentucky Power energy efficiency programs suspended as Public Service Commission reviews costs
Kentucky Power recently announced the discontinuation of most of its 2018 energy efficiency programs, pending a hearing before the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to review overall program costs.
Kentucky Power customers will receive a bill credit every month in 2018 under the Demand Side Management surcharge due to the discontinuation.
A residential customer using an average of 1,324 kilowatt-hours a month will see a credit of approximately $1.60 per month. This credit will replace a one-month charge of $10.61 from 2017. Commercial customers will see a charge of $2.67, as compared to $5.57 in January 2017.
The PSC recently relieved Kentucky Power of its obligation to spend $6 million each year on all customer energy efficiency programs and directed the company to halt spending on all of its energy efficiency programs except for its Targeted Energy Efficiency weatherization program for low-income customers.
“We are committed to being open and transparent with our customers while also helping them to control their energy consumption,” Kentucky Power President Matt Satterwhite said. “We will continue to offer Commission-approved energy efficiency programs that help our customer save energy and money and will work with the Commission to determine the level of customer programs they support moving forward.”
