| Last Action | 03/11/26: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026 |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 2085 |
| Sponsors | R. Mills, G. Elkins |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 164.2807 to provide for the administrative attachment of the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, and the independent functions of EPIC; require EPIC to maintain separate accounts for all funds appropriated to it; provide the executive director of EPIC with the sole authority to hire staff and retain contractors; allow the commission in its sole discretion to set compensation for its professional employees; allow the commission to conduct its own procurements and perform its own bidding and negotiations under KRS Chapter 45A; limit the membership of the EPIC board to no more than 2 members who reside outside of the Commonwealth; amend the membership of the EPIC executive committee to consist of the EPIC commission board chair, the vice chair, 2 appointees made by the Attorney General, and 1 appointee elected by the membership of the board; require, instead of allow, EPIC to employ an executive director; allow the executive director to have the full authority to act on behalf of EPIC in all matters, with the advice of the commission; specify the termination and compensation adjustment procedures for the executive director; provide that all information, records, and data submitted by utilities and produced by EPIC members and staff shall be confidential and exempt from disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; establish the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission fund and specify the purposes of the fund; make conforming changes; require the Attorney General to make appointments to the EPIC executive committee on or before August 1, 2026, and terminate the terms of the current appointees for those positions on the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, removal, administrative hearing Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, advisory role, executive director Attorney General - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive committee, appointments Boards And Commissions - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, board, executive director, duties, authority Energy - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, board, executive director, duties, authority Public Officers And Employees - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, authority, compensation, termination Public Utilities - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, board, executive director, duties, authority Universities And Colleges - UK Center for Applied Energy Research, EPIC, administrative attachment Effective Dates, Emergency - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, board, executive director, duties, authority |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; authorize the executive director of the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) to attend all EPIC executive committee and commission meetings and to be privy to all information, records, and data considered at those meetings; limit annual compensation increases for the executive director to 10%; require state agencies to cooperate with EPIC and to submit requested data, records, reports, and other information within 30 days of the request, unless the executive director otherwise grants an extension; require the executive committee to share all information considered in a utility's proposal to retire any existing fossil fuel-fired electricity generating plant with the executive director; allow the executive director to submit his or her own written report, statement of position, or dissenting findings to the Public Service Commission within 180 days of EPIC receiving a proposal from a utility to retire an existing fossil fuel-fired electricity generating plant; allow the executive director to have standing either jointly or separately with the executive committee to intervene in any case before the Public Service Commission; change multiple references to the EPIC commission back to the EPIC executive committee and the executive director. |
| Index Headings |
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, PSC cases, standing Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, information access, separate reports Boards And Commissions - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, information access, separate reports Energy - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, information access, separate reports Public Officers And Employees - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, compensation, annual increase, cap Public Utilities - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, executive director, information access, separate reports State Agencies - Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, state agencies, information requests, compliance |
Last updated: 3/11/2026 6:52 PM (EDT)