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Kentucky For Data Centers

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Why this page exists

Credibility is a document trail

Utility filings, permits, assessment records and peer-reviewed studies are public. Most disagreements about data centers can be narrowed considerably by reading them.

Regulatory Filing

  • Source: East Kentucky Power Cooperative / Kentucky Public Service Commission

    Rate DCP data center power tariff, Case No. 2025-00140

    Kentucky's most detailed large-load protection on the books: 15 MW threshold, application fees, customer-funded interconnection and dedicated generation, collateral requirements, and a prohibition on behind-the-meter interconnection. Approved October 30, 2025.

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  • Source: Kentucky Public Service Commission

    LG&E/KU generation certificates, Case No. 2025-00045

    Approval of two 645 MW gas units tied to anticipated data center demand, with the proposed special Mill Creek tariff barred and construction conditioned on the load materializing.

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  • Source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Show cause orders on large load interconnection (EL26-67-000, et al.)

    June 2026 orders directing all six regional grid operators, including PJM, to justify or reform tariffs governing large-load interconnection and co-located generation.

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  • Source: Kentucky Public Service Commission

    Case filings, tariffs and Commission orders

    The primary record for Kentucky utility rates, large-load tariffs, special contracts and infrastructure cost allocation. Searchable by case number and utility.

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  • Source: Kentucky Office of the Attorney General

    Office of Rate Intervention filings

    Testimony and briefs filed on behalf of Kentucky residential ratepayers in utility proceedings. Often the clearest statement of what is contested in a case.

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  • Source: Kentucky Division of Water

    Water withdrawal and KPDES discharge permits

    Permit records for water withdrawal and wastewater discharge, including facility-specific conditions.

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  • Source: Kentucky utilities, via the Public Service Commission

    Integrated resource plans

    Long-range utility plans for generation, capacity and load growth, including assumptions about large new loads.

Government Data

  • Source: Kentucky Revised Statutes

    KRS 139.499 — sales and use tax exemption for qualified data center projects

    The statute created by HB 8 (2024), including the five-year capital investment clawback and the annual, non-confidential reporting of tax exempted by project and county.

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  • Source: The White House / U.S. Government Publishing Office

    Ratepayer Protection Pledge Proclamation (91 FR 11439)

    The March 2026 proclamation establishing the voluntary 'build, bring, or buy' pledge for data center power. A stated standard, not an enforceable tariff provision.

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  • Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

    Kentucky State Electricity Profile

    Generation mix, capacity, consumption by sector and retail price data for Kentucky, updated annually.

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  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

    Occupational employment and wage statistics

    Wage benchmarks for data center operations and construction trades occupations, by state and metropolitan area.

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  • Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

    Kentucky economic development announcements and incentive records

    State-level project announcements, approved incentive agreements and reported capital investment figures.

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  • Source: County Property Valuation Administrators

    County property assessment records

    Assessed value records that determine what a project actually contributes to local property tax rolls.

  • Source: Kentucky Department of Education

    SEEK funding formula documentation

    How state and local dollars combine in Kentucky school district funding — essential for understanding the net school impact of new local revenue.

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Academic Study

  • Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    United States Data Center Energy Usage Report

    Peer-reviewed national analysis of data center electricity and water consumption trends, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Industry Report

  • Source: PJM Interconnection / MISO / TVA

    Regional load forecasts and interconnection queues

    Regional transmission organization planning documents showing forecast load growth and the queue of generation and large-load interconnection requests affecting Kentucky.

Economic Analysis

  • Source: Kentucky Center for Statistics

    Kentucky employment and wage data

    County-level employment, wage and industry data useful for evaluating claimed local economic impact.

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