After more than four months of discussions, the Florence City Council approved two new Electricity Franchise agreements at a Wednesday evening special meeting. The city awarded Duke Energy and Owen Electric Cooperative 20-year contracts to do. The Wednesday meeting was the seventh time the council had considered the agreements since August. It was a long […]
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Agreement ensures restoration of Florence sidewalks, streets during utility repairs
Florence City Administrator Joshua Hunt briefed the City Council on a proposed electric franchise agreement that would set the rules for how electric utilities operate within city rights-of-way on Tuesday. Florence has two electric utilities, Duke Energy and Owen Electric Cooperative. “It ensures that they restore any kind of sidewalks or streets that they tear […]
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Covington sues Duke Energy over franchise agreement
The City of Covington filed suit against Duke Energy this week over the company’s refusal to enter into a franchise agreement with the city. “This is a classic case of a big institution thinking it can do whatever it wants and that it can ignore established, reasonable local ordinances,” said Mayor Joe Meyer in a […]
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Owen Electric power outage reported in Boone County
Roughly 1,100 Owen Electric Customers in Boone County are without power due to a transmission problem with Owen Electric’s supplier, Eastern Kentucky Power Collective.