Kentucky GOP bill would rework Kentucky commission that sets electricity rates

Kentucky GOP bill would rework Kentucky commission that sets electricity rates

Sen. Brandon Smith, a Republican from Hazard, talks on the Senate floor a day after filing Senate Bill 8, which would restructure the Public Service Commission.(Sylvia Goodman / KPR)Groups that advocate for low-income Kentuckians and the environment would be largely barred from participating in cases over rising electricity costs and others put in front of the state’s utility regulators under newly filed Republican legislation.Senate Bill 8 woul…