KRS 278.042: Service adequacy and safety standards for electric utilities --National

Electrical Safety Code.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "NESC" means the National Electrical Safety Code

as published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the commission shall, in enforcing service

adequacy and safety standards for electric utilities, ensure that each electric utility

constructs and maintains its plant and facilities in accordance with accepted

engineering practices as set forth in the commission's administrative regulations and

orders and in the most recent edition of the NESC.