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The Kentucky Chamber believes that an equitable workers' compensation program must clearly define injury and disability, require independent medical examinations and objective medical findings, protect the integrity of exclusive remedy, and minimize litigation. The Chamber supports legislation that overturns case law that runs counter to these core principles, as well as legislative and regulatory efforts to control rising medical and prescription drug costs. Enacting legislation that controls runaway medical costs generates substantial cost savings for employers, and can be done while ensuring high levels of service to injured workers.
The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Tom Eblen column
Jul 19, 2010
– Lexington Herald-Leader
Tom Eblen Jul. 19, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- New technology can be a game-changer. Even the best conventional house leaks like a sieve. We can build a house now that costs only a little bit more than a conventional house and uses only a fraction of the energy.
KY Power approved for 12.5 percent rate incease
Jul 2, 2010
– Grayson Journal-Enquirer
The PSC conducted a public hearing on the settlement on May 25. The settlement does not address a proposal by Kentucky Power to purchase electricity from a wind farm in Illinois. The cost of wind power is comparable to other power purchases made by Kentucky Power, he said in his dissent.
Dozens oppose proposed power plant at Clark County hearing
Jun 9, 2010
– Lexington Herald-Leader
WINCHESTER -- Opponents of a proposed coal-fueled power plant in southern Clark County were out in force at a public hearing Tuesday night. East Kentucky Power Cooperative wants to build a 278-megawatt plant near the Kentucky River at Trapp. But in the first 90 minutes of the hearing, only one person in the audience -- not counting an East Kentucky Power spokesman -- favored the idea. Several residents of coal-producing counties said they opposed the plant, including Truman Hurt...
EPA raises questions about E. Ky. Power plant
Jun 5, 2010
– Lexington Herald-Leader
... "EPA is right to call out EKPC as failing to justify this expensive, unnecessary coal plant," Lois Kleffman, a customer of EKPC distribution cooperative Jackson Energy, said in a statement. "There are cleaner, better ways to meet energy demands that won't force EKPC to saddle its customers with a billion dollars in debt that they'll be paying off for generations. "EKPC should stop wasting taxpayers' and ratepayers' dollars and start pursuing cleaner options now." Cooperative...
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