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MO Rev Stat § 393.135 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.135 - Charges based on nonoperational property of electrical corporation prohibited.

Effective - 02 Nov 1976   393.135. Charges based on nonoperational property of electrical corporation prohibited. — Any charge made or demanded by an electrical corporation for service, or in connection therewith, which is based on the costs of construction in progress upon any existing or new facility of the electrical corporation, or any other cost associated with owning, operating, maintaining, or financing any property before it is fully operational and used for service, is unjust and unreasonable, and is prohibited. ­­-------- (Adopted by Initiative, Proposition No. 1, November 2, 1976)
MO Rev Stat § 393.136 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.136 - Retroactive operation prohibited.

Effective - 02 Nov 1976   393.136. Retroactive operation prohibited. — Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such charge which is being made or demanded on November 2, 1976, shall not be deemed unjust or unreasonable by reason of section 393.135, and shall not be prohibited thereby, for a period of ninety days after the effective date of this law. ­­-------- (Adopted by Initiative, Proposition No. 1, November 2, 1976)
MO Rev Stat § 393.137 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.137 - Electrical corporation rate adjustment, one time — definitions — when, how calculated — alternative deferral, when, how calculated.

Effective - 01 Jun 2018   393.137. Electrical corporation rate adjustment, one time — definitions — when, how calculated — alternative deferral, when, how calculated. — 1. This section applies to electrical corporations that do not have a general rate proceeding pending before the commission as of the later of February 1, 2018, or June 1, 2018.  2. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall mean:  (1) "Commission", the public service commission;  (2) "Electrical corporation", the same as defined in section 386.020, but shall not include an electrical corporation as described in subsection 2 of section 393.110.  3. If the rates of any electrical corporation to which this section applies have not already been adjusted to reflect the effects of the federal 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 115-97, 94 Stat. 2390, the commission shall have one time authority that shall be exercised within ninety days of June 1, 2018, to adjust such electrical corporation's rates prospectively so that the income tax component of the revenue requirement used to set such an electrical corporation's rates is based upon the provisions of such federal act without considering any other factor as otherwise required by section 393.270. The commission shall also require electrical corporations to which this section applies, as provided for under subsection 1 of this section, to defer to a regulatory asset the financial impact of such federal act on the electrical corporation for the period of January 1, 2018, through the date the electrical corporation's rates are adjusted on a one-time basis as provided for in the immediately preceding sentence. The amounts deferred under this subsection shall be included in the revenue requirement used to set the electrical corporation's rates in its subsequent general rate proceeding through an amortization over a period determined by the commission.  4. Upon good cause shown by the electrical corporation, the commission may, as an alternative to requiring a one-time rate change and deferral under subsection 3* of this section, allow a deferral, in whole or in part, of such federal act's financial impacts to a regulatory asset starting January 1, 2018, through the effective date of new rates in such electrical corporation's next general rate proceeding. The deferred amounts shall be included in the revenue requirement used to set the electrical corporation's rates in its subsequent general rate proceeding through an amortization over a period determined by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 2018 S.B. 564)  Effective 6-01-18 *Number "2" appears in original rolls. CROSS REFERENCE: Nonseverability clause, 393.1675
MO Rev Stat § 393.147 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.147 - Loan programs, certain sewer and water corporations — authorized when, how.

Effective - 09 Jul 1992   393.147. Loan programs, certain sewer and water corporations — authorized when, how. — The commission may enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with the state environmental improvement and energy resources authority for the purpose of establishing and administering loan programs for water corporations and sewer corporations which have one thousand or fewer customers. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1803 merged with S.B. 853)  Effective 7-09-92
MO Rev Stat § 393.152 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.152 - Delinquency in payment, deposit or guarantee to continue service prohibited, when — inapplicability.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   393.152. Delinquency in payment, deposit or guarantee to continue service prohibited, when — inapplicability. — 1. A public utility regulated under this chapter shall not require a deposit or guarantee as a condition of continued residential service to any existing customer who has been delinquent in paying his or her utility bill at least five times in twelve consecutive months if:  (1) Such customer has consistently made a payment for each month during the twelve consecutive months, provided that each payment is made by the delinquent date; and  (2) Each payment made in subdivision (1) of this subsection is at least seventy-five dollars or twenty-five percent of the total outstanding balance, provided that the total outstanding balance is three hundred dollars or less.  2. This section shall not apply to any customer whose total outstanding balance exceeds three hundred dollars or to any customer making payments under a pay plan previously arranged with the utility. ­­-------- (L. 2011 S.B. 48)
MO Rev Stat § 393.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.155 - Electric corporation's rates, increase in, phase-in of, when, how — powers of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.155. Electric corporation's rates, increase in, phase-in of, when, how — powers of commission. — 1. If, after hearing, the commission determines that any electrical corporation should be allowed a total increase in revenue that is primarily due to an unusually large increase in the corporation's rate base, the commission, in its discretion, need not allow the full amount of such increase to take effect at one time, but may instead phase in such increase over a reasonable number of years. Any such phase-in shall allow the electrical corporation to recover the revenue which would have been allowed in the absence of a phase-in and shall make a just and reasonable adjustment thereto to reflect the fact that recovery of a part of such revenue is deferred to future years. In order to implement the phase-in, the commission may, in its discretion, approve tariff schedules which will take effect from time to time after the phase-in is initially approved.  2. If, after hearing, the commission determines that an electrical corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of a public utility holding company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, should be allowed an unusually large increase in total revenue which is primarily due to an unusually large increase in expense resulting from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulation of expenses related to a generating facility owned by another wholly owned subsidiary of the same public utility holding company; then the commission, in its discretion, need not allow the full amount of such increase in total revenue to take effect at one time, but may instead phase in such increase over a reasonable number of years. Any phase-in authorized pursuant to this subsection shall allow the electrical corporation to recover the revenue which would have been allowed in the absence of a phase-in and shall make a just and reasonable adjustment thereto to reflect the fact that recovery of a part of such revenue is deferred to future years, including reasonable financing costs incurred in connection therewith. In order to implement a phase-in authorized pursuant to this subsection, the commission may, in its discretion, approve tariff schedules which will take effect from time to time after the phase-in is initially approved. ­­-------- (L. 1984 H.B. 1477, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1429)  Effective 5-01-86
MO Rev Stat § 393.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.170 - Approval of incorporation and franchises — certificate.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   393.170. Approval of incorporation and franchises — certificate. — 1. No gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation shall begin construction of a gas plant, electric plant, water system or sewer system, other than an energy generation unit that has a capacity of one megawatt or less, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commission.  2. No such corporation shall exercise any right or privilege under any franchise hereafter granted, or under any franchise heretofore granted but not heretofore actually exercised, or the exercise of which shall have been suspended for more than one year, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commission. Before such certificate shall be issued a certified copy of the charter of such corporation shall be filed in the office of the commission, together with a verified statement of the president and secretary of the corporation, showing that it has received the required consent of the proper municipal authorities.  3. The commission shall have the power to grant the permission and approval herein specified whenever it shall after due hearing determine that such construction or such exercise of the right, privilege or franchise is necessary or convenient for the public service. The commission may by its order impose such condition or conditions as it may deem reasonable and necessary. Unless exercised within a period of two years from the grant thereof, authority conferred by such certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission shall be null and void. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5649, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 2018 S.B. 564)  Prior revisions; 1929 § 5193; 1919 § 10481  CROSS REFERENCE: Noneverability clause, 393.1675
MO Rev Stat § 393.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.180 - Right to issue stocks, bonds, notes subject to regulation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.180. Right to issue stocks, bonds, notes subject to regulation. — The power of gas corporations, electrical corporations, water corporations, or sewer corporations to issue stocks, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness and to create liens upon their property situated in this state is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction and control of which is and shall continue to be vested in the state, and such power shall be exercised as provided by law and under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5650, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5194; 1919 § 10482
MO Rev Stat § 393.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.210 - Certificate of commission to be recorded — stock dividend prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.210. Certificate of commission to be recorded — stock dividend prohibited. — No gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation governed by this chapter shall issue any stock, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness, for money, property or services, either directly or indirectly, nor shall it receive any money, property or services in payment of the same, either directly or indirectly, until there has been recorded upon the books of the corporation or person the certificate of the commission herein provided for. No gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation governed by this chapter shall declare any stock, bond or scrip dividend or divide the proceeds of the sale of any stock, bond or scrip among its stockholders unless authorized by the commission so to do. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5653, A.L. 1955 p. 577, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5197; 1919 § 10485
MO Rev Stat § 393.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.240 - Power of commission to require depreciation account of gas, electrical, water and sewer corporations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.240. Power of commission to require depreciation account of gas, electrical, water and sewer corporations. — 1. The commission shall have power, after hearing, to require any or all gas corporations, electrical corporations, water corporations and sewer corporations to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with such rules, regulations and forms of account as the commission may prescribe.  2. The commission may, from time to time, ascertain and determine and by order fix the proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the several classes of property of such corporation, person or public utility. Each gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation and sewer corporation shall conform its depreciation accounts to the rates so ascertained, determined and fixed, and shall set aside the moneys so provided for out of earnings and carry the same in a depreciation fund and expend such fund only for such purposes and under such rules and regulations, both as to original expenditure and subsequent replacement, as the commission may prescribe. The income from investments of moneys in such fund shall likewise be carried in such fund. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5656, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5200; 1919 § 10488
MO Rev Stat § 393.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.250 - Reorganizations of gas, electrical, water and sewer corporations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.250. Reorganizations of gas, electrical, water and sewer corporations. — 1. Reorganizations of gas corporations, electrical corporations, water corporations and sewer corporations shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commission, and no such reorganization shall be had without the authorization of the commission.  2. Upon all such reorganizations the amount of capitalization, including therein all stocks and bonds and other evidence of indebtedness, shall be such as is authorized by the commission, which in making its determinations, shall not exceed the fair value of the property involved, taking into consideration its original cost of construction, duplication cost, present condition, earning power at reasonable rates and all other relevant matters and any additional sum or sums as shall be actually paid in cash; provided, however, that the commission may make due allowance for the discount of bonds.  3. Any reorganization agreement before it becomes effective shall be amended so that the amount of capitalization shall conform to the amount authorized by the commission. The commission may by its order impose such condition or conditions as it may deem reasonable and necessary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5657, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions; 1929 § 5201; 1919 § 10489
MO Rev Stat § 393.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.275 - Commission to notify cities and counties of tariff increases, when, contents of notice — reduction of license tax, when — exception, procedure — to maintain.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   393.275. Commission to notify cities and counties of tariff increases, when, contents of notice — reduction of license tax, when — exception, procedure — to maintain. — 1. The commission shall notify the governing body of each city or county imposing a business license tax pursuant to section 66.300, 92.045, 94.110, 94.270 or 94.360, or a similar tax adopted pursuant to charter provisions in any constitutional charter city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county, on gross receipts of any gas corporation, electric corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation of any tariff increases authorized for such firm doing business in that city or county if the approved increase exceeds seven percent. The commission shall include with such notice to any city or county the percentage increase approved for the utility, together with an estimate of the annual increase in gross receipts resulting from the tariff increase on customers residing in that city or county. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to rate adjustments in the purchase price of natural gas which are approved by the commission.  2. The governing body of each city or county notified of a tariff increase as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall reduce the tax rate of its business license tax on the gross receipts of utility corporations. Within sixty days of the effective date of the tariff increase, the tax rate shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that revenue for the ensuing twelve months will be approximately equal to the revenue received during the preceding twelve months plus a growth factor. The growth factor shall be equal to the average of the additional revenue received in each of the preceding three years. However, a city or county may maintain the tax rate of its business license tax on the gross receipts of utility corporations without reduction if an ordinance to maintain the tax rate is enacted by the governing body of the city or an order to maintain the tax rate is issued by the governing body of the county after September 28, 1985. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to rate adjustments in the purchase price of natural gas which are approved by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1984 H.B. 1477 § 393.190 subsec. 2, § 2, A.L. 1985 H.B. 200, A.L. 1993 H.B. 453)
MO Rev Stat § 393.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.280 - Defense in case of excessive charges for gas, water, electricity or sewer service.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.280. Defense in case of excessive charges for gas, water, electricity or sewer service. — If it be alleged and established in an action brought in any court for the collection of any charge for gas, electricity, water or sewer service that a price has been demanded in excess of that fixed by the commission or by statute, in the municipality wherein the action arose, no recovery shall be had therein, but the fact that such excessive charges have been made shall be a complete defense to such action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5662, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5206; 1919 § 10494
MO Rev Stat § 393.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.290 - Powers of commission relating to other utilities made applicable to heating companies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   393.290. Powers of commission relating to other utilities made applicable to heating companies. — All provisions of chapters 386, 387, 390, 392 and 393, in reference to railroad corporations, street railroad corporations, common carriers, gas corporations, electrical corporations, water corporations, telephone and telegraph corporations, and sewer corporations, in reference to hearings, summoning witnesses, taking of testimony, reports, approval of incorporation and certificates of franchises, the approval of issues of stocks, bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness, consolidation, lease, transfer of franchises, valuation of property, grants and franchises, keeping of accounts, complaints as to quality, price, facilities furnished, the fixing of just and reasonable rates and adequacy of service, forfeitures of all descriptions, forfeitures for noncompliance with the orders, summary proceedings under chapters 386, 387, 390, 392 and 393, excessive charges for product, service or facilities, proceedings before the commission, and proceedings in any court mentioned in chapters 386, 387, 390, 392 and 393, and in all other sections, paragraphs, provisions and parts of chapters 386, 387, 390, 392 and 393, in reference to any other corporations subject to any of the provisions of chapters 386, 387, 390, 392 and 393, so far as the same shall be practically, legally or necessarily applicable to heating companies in this state, are hereby made applicable to such heating companies as designated in said chapters, and shall have full application thereto. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5684, A.L. 1967 p. 578)  Prior revisions; 1929 § 5228; 1919 § 10516
MO Rev Stat § 393.291 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.291 - Steam heating companies, may file under small company rate procedures, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   393.291. Steam heating companies, may file under small company rate procedures, when. — A steam heating company having fewer than one hundred customers in this state may file under a small company rate procedure promulgated by the commission which shall be consistent with 4 CSR 240- 3.240 by giving notice to the secretary of the commission, the public counsel, each customer, and each gas corporation or electric corporation providing utility service in the area. Any customer, gas corporation, or electric corporation responding within thirty days of the date of the notice shall be entitled to copies of all filings subsequently made in the case and may participate in any conferences or hearings therein. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 208 &1)