{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.113","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.113","heading":"Consumer use of specified utility services and liquefied petroleum gas not to","body":"be restricted -- Authority of Public Service Commission and local government.\n(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no law, ordinance, policy,\nresolution, code, or other form of executive, administrative, or legislative action\nshall be enacted, adopted, or enforced that has the purpose or effect of prohibiting,\ndiscriminating against, restricting, limiting, or impairing, based upon the energy\nsource, a consumer's ability to use:\n(a) The utility services that are described in KRS 278.010(3)(a), (b), or (c) and\nthat are provided by a utility that is regulated by the Public Service\nCommission under KRS Chapter 278 or is otherwise incorporated under KRS\nChapter 279; or\n(b) Liquefied petroleum gas as defined in KRS 234.100.\n(2) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or construed to prohibit or alter the\npowers and authority of the Public Service Commission under KRS Chapter 278, or\nthe ability of a local government to act in any manner under the laws of the\nCommonwealth in all matters other than those enumerated in subsection (1) of this\nsection, including but not limited to the power to act:\n(a) Pursuant to authority granted under KRS Chapter 100;\n(b) Pursuant to authority granted under Sections 163 and 164 of the Kentucky\nConstitution and any law enacted pursuant to those sections; and\n(c) Through the local government or its utilities to provide any lawful utility\nservice to its customers pursuant to state law.\n(3) As used in this section, \"local government\" means any city, county, urban -county\ngovernment, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter\ncounty government.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51275","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:20Z","sha256":"c92a79a1a0c5661407bd4f61a308f21a2ed2b2b8949ee511112cf3e9b1aca7c0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.112","next":"us-ky/krs-65.114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}