# KRS § 278.012: 278.012 Water association subject to Public Service Commission -- Exceptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 278.012
- **Heading:** 278.012 Water association subject to Public Service Commission -- Exceptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 278 / Section 278.012

## Text

278.012 Water association subject to Public Service Commission -- Exceptions.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, any water

association formed for the purpose of furnishing water or sewer services to the general

public pursuant to KRS Chapter 273 is deemed to be and shall be a public utility and shall

be subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission in the same manner and

to the same extent as any other utility as defined in KRS 278.010, except:

(1) As provided in KRS 278.023; or

(2) When a wholesale supplier selling water or providing sewage treatment to a water

association increases its rates, the water association shall have the authority to

increase its rates commensurate with the wholesale supplier without prior approval

by the commission.

Within twenty (20) days after any such increase in rates, the association shall file its

revised tariffs with the commission, together with a copy of the notice from its wholesale

supplier showing the increase in the rate charged to the utility, and a statement of the

volume of purchased water used or sewage treated to calculate the increase in rates. The

commission shall approve the filing or establish revised rates by order no later than thirty

(30) days after the above documents are filed with it. Prior to or at the time of the first

billing of the new rates, the district shall give notice to its customers of the increase.

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