PSC schedules Empire Electric rate case hearings
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In the regularly scheduled Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) agenda meeting Thursday, commissioners unanimously approved four new orders and discussed an upcoming rate case...
View ArticlePSC to approve Ameren request to issue up to $150 million in bonds
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) is expected on Wednesday to approve a request from Ameren Missouri to issue and sell up to $150 million in bonds to refinance the...
View ArticlePSC opts, for the moment, not to look at grid modernization
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission opted on Wednesday – reluctantly for some of its members – not to open a working case that would have taken a closer look at a state energy...
View ArticlePSC to examine communications rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has signaled its intentions to examine its governing rules about how it receives and gathers information to see if changes should be...
View ArticlePSC considering changes to ‘ex parte’ rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) wants to relax its so-called “ex parte rules” – those that govern publicly disclosing its meetings with utilities – but only those...
View ArticlePSC modifies Ameren order so utility can take advantage of more favorable...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In a move expected to benefit ratepayers, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has modified an order allowing Ameren Missouri to sell up to $150 million in bonds to...
View ArticlePSC denies transfer of customers from TNCI To Matrix
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed an application asking permission to transfer customers from TNCI Operating Co. to Matrix Telecom Wednesday morning....
View ArticlePSC denies Great Plains request for expedited answer on Westar deal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved four new orders at its regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday in addition to hearing a 20-minute presentation from...
View ArticleAmeren files rate case in response to Noranda closing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Ameren UE filed a rate case Friday with the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) asking for a $206 million rate increase. The company proposes that $74 million would go to...
View ArticlePSC allows OPC to defend overearnings complaint
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In dismissing a motion to a complaint that Laclede Gas Company has been overearning. the Public Service Commission (PSC) allowed the Office of Public Counsel (OPC), who compiled...
View ArticlePSC tackles DSIMs, denies rehearing application
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved six orders Wednesday ranging from transferring property, raising rider charges, and denying a water company’s rehearing...
View ArticleSenate utilities hearing opening door to grid mod
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Senate Interim Committee on Utility Regulation and Infrastructure Investment met Tuesday and Wednesday, hearing from consumer groups, utilities, and utility regulators. The...
View ArticleKCP&L acquisition to give Missouri another Fortune 500 company
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today the Missouri Public Service Commission placed on the agenda discussion of the acquisition of Westar by the parent company Kansas City Power & Light. The acquisition...
View ArticlePSC asks Staff for update on Westar/Great Plains merger
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission asked Staff to file whether they intend to file a complaint against Westar/Great Plains in their merger or at the very least a status update...
View ArticlePSC questions jurisdiction over electric car charging stations
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – It looks like Ameren’s plan to install electric car charging stations will be put on hold until they can decide whether they have jurisdiction over the pilot program. The Public...
View ArticlePSC renews United Way’s 2-1-1 service, reluctantly approves Raccoon Creek...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Public Service Commission has approved United Way of Greater Kansas City, Inc.’s request to continue serving as an information and referral service provider, providing 2-1-1...
View ArticlePSC lays out guidelines for new legislation on Missouri utilities
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After months of in-depth research and study, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued its final report on how Missouri policies on electric utility regulation could be...
View ArticlePSC approves Ameren Missouri’s ISRS shutdown, customers could see credit
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Customers of Ameren Missouri could soon see a small one-time credit added to their bill because the company filed a tariff with the Missouri Public Service Commission, seeking to...
View ArticleCommissioner Rupp takes energy education to a new level with new website
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Former Missouri lawmaker Scott Rupp has now spent roughly three years serving as a commissioner on the Missouri Public Services Commission (PSC), and though his contributions to...
View ArticlePSC allows OPC to defend overearnings complaint
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In dismissing a motion to a complaint that Laclede Gas Company has been overearning. the Public Service Commission (PSC) allowed the Office of Public Counsel (OPC), who compiled...
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