Follow the Process
The Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) conducts the Kentucky Energy Adequacy Plan (KEAP) through a transparent public process. Meeting notices, recordings, approved background materials, and final findings will be posted as they are released. These materials allow policymakers, stakeholders, and the public to follow how the work develops without confusing preliminary discussion with final EPIC conclusions.
Three Areas of Work
Three committees bring focused expertise to the KEAP process. Their work is connected: the demand outlook informs the supply and infrastructure questions, while transmission and regional coordination determine whether energy can move where and when Kentucky needs it. EPIC integrates the work into the statewide process.
Demand Forecasting Committee
The Demand Forecasting Committee examines how much electricity Kentucky may need in the years ahead and what could drive that growth. It compares forecasts and assumptions across utilities, industries, regions, and proposed large loads such as data centers. That work helps inform a credible statewide demand outlook that the rest of KEAP can use.
- How quickly could Kentucky’s electricity demand grow, and what is driving it?
- How do utility and regional forecasts differ, and which assumptions explain those differences?
- How should uncertain or overlapping large-load requests be treated in statewide planning?
| Member | Committee role | Represented interest or organization |
| Jeff Noel | Co-Chair | Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development |
| John Crockett | Co-Chair | Kentucky investor-owned utilities |
| Ashli Watts | Member | Kentucky economic interests; EPIC Commission Chair |
| Mark Gooch | Member | Investment banking and utility finance |
| Jeffrey Brock | Member | Kentucky coal producers |
| Wesley Cate | Member | Oil and gas |
| Kevin Nolan | Member | Residential electricity consumers |
| Matt Ricketts | Member | Crounse Corporation |
| Tony Campbell | Member | East Kentucky Power Cooperative |
Primary Energy Supply Assessment Committee
The Primary Energy Supply Assessment Committee examines the resources that can serve Kentucky’s future energy needs, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, renewable resources, and supporting infrastructure. It considers availability, reliability, cost, investment conditions, and the time required to bring resources into service.
- What fuel and generation resources may be available to serve Kentucky’s future demand?
- What infrastructure, investment, or market conditions could affect their cost or timing?
- How could changing federal, state, and market conditions affect Kentucky’s supply outlook?
| Member | Committee role | Represented interest or organization |
| Jeffrey Brock | Co-Chair | Kentucky coal producers |
| Wesley Cate | Co-Chair | Oil and gas |
| Keith Murt | Member | Nuclear electric generation, mining, and conversion |
| Caryl Pfeiffer | Member | Purchasing of fossil fuels |
| Nathaniel Adams | Member | Commercial and industrial electrical power |
| Talina Mathews | Member | Kentucky generation and transmission cooperatives |
| Matt Partymiller | Member | Producers of renewable electricity |
| Tony Campbell | Member | East Kentucky Power Cooperative |
| John Lyons | Agency Liaison | Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet |
Transmission and Regional Coordination Committee
The Transmission and Regional Coordination Committee examines Kentucky’s ability to move power where and when it is needed and how decisions across PJM, MISO, the TVA region, and systems outside an organized regional transmission organization affect the Commonwealth. Its work helps connect statewide needs with regional planning and infrastructure realities.
- Where could transmission constraints affect reliability or economic growth?
- How do regional planning decisions affect Kentucky’s utilities and customers?
- Where could stronger coordination improve Kentucky’s ability to anticipate and address needs?
| Member | Committee role | Represented interest or organization |
| Talina Mathews | Co-Chair | Kentucky generation and transmission cooperatives |
| Brian Weisker | Co-Chair | Transportation of natural gas |
| Todd Case | Member | Transportation of coal |
| Caryl Pfeiffer | Member | Purchasing of fossil fuels |
| Suzanne Miles | Legislative Liaison | Kentucky House of Representatives |
| Steve West | Legislative Liaison | Kentucky Senate |
What KEAP Will Produce
KEAP will assemble a statewide demand outlook, an assessment of primary energy supply and infrastructure, and a review of transmission and regional coordination. Scenario comparisons will help EPIC identify risks, gaps, opportunities, and decisions that may require additional lead time. The process will result in findings, practical options, and recommendations for consideration by Kentucky’s leaders, supported by public data and technical materials where appropriate. KEAP will not predetermine which resources should be built or retired, and it will not replace the planning or regulatory responsibilities assigned to other institutions.
Reports and Current Work
EPIC’s topical reports allow the agency to address significant issues facing Kentucky while the longer-term KEAP process moves forward.
EPIC Report 2026-001, focused on data centers and other large energy users, examined how Kentucky can pursue economic-development opportunities while protecting reliability and existing customers from costs and risks they did not create. Future reports will continue to connect immediate policy questions with the broader statewide perspective being developed through KEAP. Together, the reports, dashboard, committees, and KEAP process show how EPIC turns information into practical value for Kentucky’s leaders.