RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has scheduled a public hearing in May to receive comments on a request by Kentucky Utilities Company to increase the company’s fuel rate. The increase takes effect on an interim basis on April 1.

Kentucky Utilities, doing business as Old Dominion Power Company in Virginia, says the fuel rate adjustment is necessary because of an under-recovery of past fuel costs to generate electricity and to meet the projected costs of fuel through March 2010. As filed, the company seeks to raise its current fuel rate from 2.597 cents per kilowatt hour (¢/kWh) to 3.360¢/kWh. A typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month would see their monthly bill increase by $7.63.

A public hearing on the request is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. It will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond. Any person wishing to comment at the hearing should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff.

Written comments on the proposal must be submitted by April 24, 2009. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, VA 23218, and refer to case number PUE-2009-00008.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2009-00008

Kentucky Utilities provides electric service to approximately 30,000 customers in Wise, Lee, Russell, Scott, and Dickenson counties.

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Case Number: PUE-2009-00008