KRS 353.406: Powers of natural gas acquisition authority -- Scope of project capacity.

(1) In addition to the powers delegated to it under the agreement described in KRS

353.404(1), a gas acquisition authority shall have all powers necessary or

convenient to accomplish the purposes for which it was created, including but not

limited to the power to:

(a) Exercise all of the powers of private corporations organized under the laws of

the Commonwealth, as enumerated in KRS 271B.3 -020, to accomplish the

purpose and intent of this section, in order to acquire, purchase, secure, and

finance supplies of natural gas for sale to municipal utilities; provided,

however, that a gas acquisition authority shall not have the power to provide

gas supply services to retail consumers served by any public utility,

cooperative utility, or municipal utility;

(b) Develop, undertake, acquire, construct, own, manage, and operate, or contract

for the management and operation of, one (1) or more projects, in order to

obtain, secure, and provide supplies of natural gas to municipal utilities;

(c) Contract for the purchase of natural gas from any natural gas producer or other

seller, whether within or outside the Commonwealth, containing such terms

and conditions and being for such period as shall be agreed to by the authority;

(d) Contract for the sale of natural gas to th e municipal utilities that created the

authority and to or for the benefit of other municipal utilities, whether within

or outside the Commonwealth, containing such terms and provisions and

being for such period as shall be agreed to by the authority;

(e) Provide to any municipal utility natural gas management, transportation,

storage, and related services and technical, financial, informational,

promotional, engineering, and educational services;

(f) Enter into all other contracts necessary or convenient i n connection with any

project undertaken by the authority or the services it provides to municipal

utilities, including but not limited to contracts for the transportation, storage,

exchange, resale, or remarketing of gas and commodity price exchange, swap ,

cap, floor, or collar agreements, containing such terms and provisions and

being for such period as shall be agreed to by the authority;

(g) Include in any contract provision for the indemnification of the parties upon

early termination or default thereu nder for the rights and remedies of the

parties to the contract to be governed by the laws of another state and

consenting to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or another state

over any action brought in connection with such contract; and

(h) Issue bonds to finance the cost of any project or any of the authority's

purposes and as security for the payment thereof and for the performance by

the authority of its contractual obligations in connection with any project,

grant liens or mortgages upon or otherwise pledge, assign, or encumber any or

all of its property, assets, contractual rights and interests, and all or any part of

the revenues and receipts therefrom, whether then owned or thereafter

acquired.

(2) A gas acquisition authority may u ndertake, acquire, or construct a project with

capacity or service greater than the requirements of the municipal utilities that

created the authority in order to achieve economies of scale or other benefits

determined by the authority, provided that any s urplus or additional capacity or

service shall be sold by the authority to other municipal utilities upon terms

reasonably determined to provide for the full recovery of its costs.