republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-172.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to utility fuel adjustment and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 278.277 to permit the Public Service Commission to allow, upon the request of an electric utility, an extension of the period for recovery of an electric utility's fuel adjustment costs to reduce volatility for consumers and encourage stability in rates.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 172	Kentucky SB 172 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Energy Public Utilities	enacted	G. Elkins G. Neal G. Williams M. Deneen P. Wheeler R. Mills R. Webb S. Madon	3	27	2	2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fa22c30f-8675-4b5b-9c33-1a0d6d1313b0	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb172.html	a16e81d446b17d8383b330c0f9ce59e3ddb264b080ab2abcc90d44c54f589194	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 172 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to utility fuel adjustment and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 278.277 to permit the Public Service Commission to allow, upon the request of an electric utility, an extension of the period for recovery of an electric utility's fuel adjustment costs to reduce volatility for consumers and encourage stability in rates.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 172 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• G. Neal — primary (person)
• G. Williams — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• R. Webb — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Natural Resources & Energy (H)
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa22c30f-8675-4b5b-9c33-1a0d6d1313b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).