Legal Opinion
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Kentucky Waterways Alliance
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 2017No. 2015-SC-000461-DG; 2015-SC-000462-DGPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE HUGHES
In April 2010, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Water (the Division) issued a permit to the Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) authorizing it to discharge certain pollutants into the Ohio River in conjunction with the operation of the company’s recently expanded electricity generating facility near Bed-ford, Kentucky, in Trimble County. In subsequent proceedings, the Franklin Circuit Court vacated the permit, and a divided panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed that decision. We granted and consolidated…
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