RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) will hold public hearings in Norton and Richmond to receive comments on a request by Kentucky Utilities to increase its electric base rates. The proposed rate increase would raise the monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity from $70.05 to $91.64, an increase of $21.59 or 30.81 percent.

The SCC suspended the proposed increase through October 31, 2009. The company may, but is not obligated to, implement the proposed rates for service rendered on and after November 1 on an interim basis, subject to refund with interest.

The Norton hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, beginning at 4 p.m. and reconvening at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the John I. Burton High School at 109 11th Street. The hearing will be for the sole purpose of receiving testimony from public witnesses. Any person wishing to comment at the hearing should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff.

The Richmond hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building at 1300 East Main Street.

Written comments on the base rate request must be submitted by December 30, 2009. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, and refer to case number PUE-2009-00029.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2009-00029.

Kentucky Utilities, doing business in Virginia as Old Dominion Power Company, serves 30,000 retail customers in Wise, Lee, Russell, Scott, and Dickenson counties.

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Case Number PUE-2009-00029