ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 21, 2025, entitled "Kentucky Job Openings and Labor Turnover - December 2024": * * * Kentucky had 143,000 job openings in December 2024, compared to 149,000 openings in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Kentuc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie and Vice Chairman Joyce Issue Request for Information to Explore Data Privacy and Security Framework WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commer  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has adjusted Kentucky Power's electric service rates following a ruling by the Franklin Circuit Court. The adjustment, effective for service rendered on or after February 21, 2025, reflects the court's reversal of a previous PSC decision. In January 2024, the PSC issued an order in Case No. 2023-00159, approving a portion of Kentucky Power's proposed rate increase but disallowing $14.2 million in annual PJM LSE OATT ex  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a motion to admit Jacob Elkin, an attorney from Pennsylvania, to practice law before the Commission in Case No. 2024-00370. This case involves the electronic application of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. for certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct new generation resources, a site compatibility certificate, approval of demand-side management tariffs, and other general relief. The  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has officially closed Case No. 2022-00263, which involved an electronic examination of Kentucky Power Company's fuel adjustment clause (FAC) application from November 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022. The decision comes after the Commission consolidated the record of this proceeding into a related case, No. 2023-00008. The PSC, in an order issued in Case No. 2023-00008, had previously announced its intention to conclude  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 22 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation's (Big Sandy RECC) motion for confidential treatment of right-of-way bid information. The decision, issued in Case No. 2024-00287, allows Big Sandy RECC to protect certain commercially sensitive data from public disclosure for a period of ten years. Big Sandy RECC filed its motion on February 4, 2025, citing 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13, and KRS 61.878. The coop  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Federal Government Must Assist Flood Victims, Invest in Flood Resilience & Reauthorize National Flood Insurance Program WASHINGTON, DC - After severe winter storms over the weekend caused major flooding and wind damage across several states, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia, causing multiple deaths and leaving communities in disrepair, U.S. Senator Jack Reed  more