{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-278.016","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 278.016","heading":"Commonwealth to be divided into geographical service areas.","body":"It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, in order to encourage the orderly\ndevelopment of retail electric service, to avoid wasteful duplication of distribution\nfacilities, to avoid unnecessary encumbering of the landscape of the Commonweal th of\nKentucky, to prevent the waste of materials and natural resources, for the public\nconvenience and necessity and to minimize disputes between retail electric suppliers\nwhich may result in inconvenience, diminished efficiency and higher costs in servin g the\nconsumer, the state be divided into geographical areas, establishing the areas within\nwhich each retail electric supplier is to provide the retail electric service as provided in\nKRS 278.016 to 278.020 and, except as otherwise provided, no retail ele ctric supplier\nshall furnish retail electric service in the certified territory of another retail electric\nsupplier.","path":["KRS Chapter 278"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=14039","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:29Z","sha256":"8c65731cc9461f559a8a3fa445bb3b9314b01d6f7fd7f80446cb63e67985e8a4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-278.0154","next":"us-ky/krs-278.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}