No municipality or board operating an electric plant under the provisions of KRS 96.550 to 96.900 shall enter into competition with, or construct, maintain, or operate, any facilities or service in competition with any rural electric cooperative corporation or electric plant operated by another municipality or board organized under the laws of this state in any territory being served by any such rural electric cooperative corporation or other municipality or board; but any municipality or board operating an electric plant under the provisions of KRS 96.550 to 96.900 may enter into cooperative agreements with any such rural electric cooperative corporation or other municipality or board for a connection for cooperative service upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon between any such municipality or board and any such rural electric cooperative corporation or other municipality or board. Such agreements may provide, but not by way of limitation, for exchange of electric service, the cooperative use of transmission lines and other facilities, and the common use or exchange of other service or facilities.
KRS 96.890
Competition with rural electric cooperative or other municipal plant forbidden -- Cooperative agreements
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case City of Nicholasville v. Blue Grass Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. (1974)
Most recently applied in City of Nicholasville v. Blue Grass Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. (June 1974)
History: Created 1942 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.