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MO Rev Stat § 393.292 (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 393.292 - Nuclear power plant decommissioning, expense of, rate increase allowed, when, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   393.292. Nuclear power plant decommissioning, expense of, rate increase allowed, when, how. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the public service commission shall have the power, pursuant to regulations, to review and authorize changes to the rates and charges contained in the schedules of an electric corporation as a result of a change in the level or annual accrual of funding necessary for its nuclear power plant decommissioning trust fund only after a full hearing and after considering all facts relevant to such funding level or accrual rate. The commission shall also have the authority to adopt regulations to govern the procedure for submission, examination, hearing and approval of such tariff changes and to ensure that the amounts collected from ratepayers and paid into such trust funds will be neither greater nor lesser than the amounts necessary to carry out the purposes of the trusts. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 609 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 393.298 (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 393.298 - Definitions.

Effective - 10 Jul 1998   393.298. Definitions. — As used in this section and sections 393.299, 393.301 and 393.302, the following terms mean:  (1) "Commission", the Missouri public service commission;  (2) "Distribution system", the physical plant used to provide energy services including facilities, structures, wires and appurtenances thereto;  (3) "Distributor", an electrical or gas corporation as defined by section 386.020 which is authorized by the commission under this chapter, to provide or distribute energy services;  (4) "Energy services", the retail sale of electricity or natural gas, propane or methane to customers or consumers and all associated services that are necessary for their delivery through a distribution system including but not limited to the generation, production, transmission, distribution, billing and metering of such services;  (5) "Gross receipts", all revenues from energy services which are subject to a business license tax of a political subdivision or a franchise agreement between a distributor and a political subdivision or a PILOT;  (6) "Person", includes any individual, firm, cooperative, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, municipal or private, and whether organized for profit or not, state, county, political subdivision, state department, commission, board, bureau or agency, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number;  (7) "PILOT", the payment or transfer of funds or services by a gas or electric utility owned by a political subdivision and used to provide government services by the political subdivision including the value of free or subsidized services, provided the value of these services are stated annually in an ordinance as a percentage of the total gross receipts of the gas or electric system;  (8) "Political subdivision", any county, municipality or village in the state of Missouri;  (9) "Proportionate share", the seller's gross receipts multiplied by the franchise fee rate, specified in a franchise agreement between a distributor and a political subdivision or the PILOT rate as provided in any ordinance or order of the political subdivision for the corresponding use of rights-of-way, utility easements or the distribution system of a political subdivision;  (10) "Seller", any person who uses, leases or controls the distribution system of a distributor or a political subdivision or any part thereof to sell energy services at retail within the political subdivision other than a distributor or a political subdivision which uses its own distribution system. ­­-------- (L. 1998 S.B. 627)  Effective 7-10-98
MO Rev Stat § 393.300 (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 393.300 - Customer bills in Braille or bold-faced type on request.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   393.300. Customer bills in Braille or bold-faced type on request. — 1. Any provider of telephone, sewer, water, electric or gas utility service, whether public or private, shall, upon the request of a customer of such provider, provide the customer's bills in Braille or no less than twenty-four point bold-faced type print or both.  2. This section shall become effective on August 28, 1999. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1088 § 393.300, § A)  Effective 8-28-99
MO Rev Stat § 393.301 (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 393.301 - Challenging the validity of an agreement, notification — invalidity of section 393.299, effect.

Effective - 10 Jul 1998   393.301. Challenging the validity of an agreement, notification — invalidity of section 393.299, effect. — 1. In the event that any legal action to challenge the validity of any agreement made pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of section 393.299 is filed in any court of competent jurisdiction, the party initiating that action shall immediately furnish a certified copy of the initial pleading to the commission, which act shall be deemed to suspend the provisions of such agreement pending a final and nonappealable judgment or disposition of such action. Upon receipt of the notification, the commission shall immediately notify each affected political subdivision and person providing energy services of the suspension of those agreements. No seller or distributor shall provide energy services after it receives notice from the commission that the seller's agreements have been suspended pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of section 393.299.  2. In the event that the provisions of section 393.299 are declared to be void or invalid by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, no energy services shall be permitted except upon a finding of public convenience and necessity and compliance with all provisions of this chapter, regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, and commission orders. No refund of any tax or fee shall be made to any seller that signs an agreement waiving its right to challenge the validity of section 393.299. ­­-------- (L. 1998 S.B. 627)  Effective 7-10-98
MO Rev Stat § 393.302 (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 393.302 - Tax on energy consumption, ordinance imposing tax, ballot measure required.

Effective - 10 Jul 1998   393.302. Tax on energy consumption, ordinance imposing tax, ballot measure required. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 393.299, a political subdivision may by ordinance impose a tax upon persons who use or consume gas, electricity or energy services within such political subdivision but who take title to such gas, electricity or energy services outside of that political subdivision. Any person liable for the tax under this section, upon proof that such person has paid a tax in another state or political subdivision with respect to a charge for the sale or transfer of such gas, electricity or energy services, shall be allowed a credit against the tax authorized by this section, to the extent of the amount of the tax legally due and paid in the other state or political subdivision with respect to such charge. The tax shall be measured by all charges for gas, electricity or energy services by the person using or consuming the gas, electricity or energy services at a rate equal to the rate of the applicable business license tax, as authorized in section 66.300, section 71.610, section 92.045, section 94.110 or 94.360, or the applicable franchise fee. Such tax shall not become effective unless the governing body of the political subdivision submits to the voters of that political subdivision at any public election allowed pursuant to subsection 1 of section 115.123 a proposal to impose a tax under the provisions of this section. The question shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form:   Shall the ______ (political subdivision) levy a tax for the purpose of equalizing the obligations of all users of gas, electricity or energy services of a percent which is equal to the obligations of current taxpayers on the purchase price of gas, electricity or energy services sold by any person, corporation or other business entity for ultimate use in the political subdivision but not subject to the current tax?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO    ­­If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the question, then the tax shall become effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the election was held. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the question, then the governing body of the political subdivision shall have no power to impose the tax authorized by this section unless and until the governing body of the political subdivision again submits the question to the qualified voters of the political subdivision and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question. ­­-------- (L. 1998 S.B. 627)  Effective 7-10-98
MO Rev Stat § 393.356 (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 393.356 - No modification or elimination of special rate under section 393.355.

Effective - 14 Jun 2017   393.356. No modification or elimination of special rate under section 393.355. — If the commission approves a special rate under section 393.355, the commission shall lack the authority to modify or eliminate any such rate during the specified term subject to conditions established under section 393.355. ­­-------- (L. 2017 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 1) Effective 6-14-17
MO Rev Stat § 393.410 (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 393.410 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.410. Definitions. — As used in sections 393.410 to 393.510:  (1) "Gas" means manufactured or natural gas or any combination or mixture thereof, whether or not the natural gas has been processed by removal of component parts not essential to its use for light, heat, or power;  (2) "Gas storage company" means any corporation, partnership or person, or its trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, including any municipal corporation, any gas corporation as defined by section 386.020, and any corporation engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce of such gas for resale, engaged in or which desires to engage in the business of the underground storage of gas intended in whole or in part for either direct or ultimate distribution to the public by means of pipes or pipelines;  (3) "Underground storage" or "underground storage of gas" means the storing of gas in a geological stratum or strata, formation or formations lying beneath the surface of the earth;  (4) "Underground storage reservoir" means the stratum or strata, formation or formations which are, or are to be, used for underground storage of gas. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 393.420 (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 393.420 - Acquisition of right to use storage reservoir under publicly owned lands.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.420. Acquisition of right to use storage reservoir under publicly owned lands. — In any case where a part of an underground storage reservoir lies in or beneath lands (including the beds of navigable waters) of any public body, a gas storage company desiring to utilize the same for the underground storage of gas may acquire the right to do so, which right every such public body is hereby authorized to grant for such consideration as may be agreed upon with such gas storage company. In the event such gas storage company and such public body cannot agree upon such consideration, or in case there is no public authority other than the general assembly which has power to enter into such an agreement, then such gas storage company may acquire the right to utilize such part of such underground storage reservoir, but not, in such case, the surface of the lands under which such part of such reservoir lies, for the underground storage of gas, by proceeding in the same manner and with the same effect as in cases of condemnation under section 393.430, subject to the limitations and provisions in such cases provided, and in any such case to which the state of Missouri shall be made a party service of process may be had upon the attorney general. The term "public body" as used in this section means the state of Missouri, or any department, board, commission, bureau, institution, public agency or political subdivision thereof including municipal corporations and quasi-municipal corporations of all kinds. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 393.430 (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 393.430 - Gas storage company may exercise eminent domain — purposes — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.430. Gas storage company may exercise eminent domain — purposes — procedure. — Subject to the limitations and provisions provided in sections 393.410 to 393.510, any gas storage company may acquire by condemnation land or interests in land, necessary or convenient to its operations as a gas storage company, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following operations, to wit: Such operations, including the drilling of test holes or wells, as may be necessary or convenient to determine the suitability of a geological stratum or strata, formation or formations for the underground storage of gas (and for this purpose temporary licenses may be acquired by condemnation hereunder); the laying, operation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines necessary or convenient for the transportation of gas to the place of underground storage from the source of such gas; the preparation, establishment, maintenance, utilization and operation of the underground storage reservoir for the underground storage of gas and the injection of gas into such underground storage reservoir and the withdrawal thereof therefrom; the laying, operation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines necessary or convenient for the transportation of gas from the place of underground storage to any other place; the installation, operation and maintenance of any and all facilities and equipment necessary or convenient in connection with any of the foregoing operations. Any gas storage company desiring to acquire by condemnation land or any interest therein, or a temporary license pursuant to this section, may to that end proceed as provided by, and subject to, the provisions of chapter 523, the provisions of which chapter are hereby made applicable in such case, but subject, further, to the limitations and provisions provided in sections 393.410 to 393.510. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 4)  (1956) In action to condemn lands for gas storage under §§ 393.410 to 393.510, owners of lands adjoining those sought to be condemned did not have right to intervene because only damage they could suffer would result from use of condemned lands and not from condemnation. Laclede Gas Co. v. Abrahamson (Mo.), 296 S.W.2d 100.
MO Rev Stat § 393.440 (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 393.440 - Powers not to be exercised until approved by public service commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.440. Powers not to be exercised until approved by public service commission. — None of the following rights, to wit:  (1) The right to condemn any stratum or formation for the purpose of utilization thereof for the underground storage of gas, or  (2) The right to proceed as in cases of condemnation provided for by section 393.420, or  (3) The right to acquire by condemnation temporary licenses pursuant to section 393.430 may be exercised by any gas storage company unless such company shall have first obtained an order from the public service commission finding that the exercise of such rights by such company will be in the public interest. Such order shall be made after hearing, and shall be effective, and subject to application for rehearing and to judicial review, as in the case of other orders of the public service commission. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 10)  (1956) Evidence held to justify authorization of condemnation proceeding by public service commission. Collins v. Pub. Serv. Comm., 365 Mo. 1086, 293 S.W.2d 345.
MO Rev Stat § 393.450 (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 393.450 - Buildings not to be condemned.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.450. Buildings not to be condemned. — No gas storage company shall, by virtue of sections 393.410 to 393.510, be authorized to enter, appropriate or condemn any dwelling, barn, store, warehouse or other building. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 393.460 (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 393.460 - Strata and formations not subject to condemnation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.460. Strata and formations not subject to condemnation. — No stratum or formation lying less than five hundred feet below the surface, and no stratum or formation containing potable water conforming to the mineral content standards of the United States Public Health Service, and no stratum or formation containing natural gas or oil producible through primary production methods in commercially paying quantities or producing domestic supplies of natural gas or oil, and no stratum or formation containing coal or the ores of lead, zinc, iron, copper, barium, or any precious mineral, producible on a commercially paying basis, shall be subject to be condemned for utilization for the underground storage of gas therein. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 5)  (1956) Law held not discriminatory because not allowing condemnation of formations containing potable waters. Collins v. Public Serv. Comm., 365 Mo. 1086, 293 S.W.2d 345.
MO Rev Stat § 393.470 (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 393.470 - Limitation on condemnation of property held for public uses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.470. Limitation on condemnation of property held for public uses. — In case the lands sought to be condemned pursuant to sections 393.410 to 393.510 are held by any corporation, the right to condemn the same pursuant to sections 393.410 to 393.510 shall be limited to such use as shall not materially interfere with the public uses to which, by law, such corporation is authorized to put said lands. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 393.480 (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 393.480 - Law not to restrict other powers of eminent domain.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.480. Law not to restrict other powers of eminent domain. — Nothing herein contained shall limit or impair any right to exercise the power of eminent domain which may be vested in any gas storage company by any other law. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 393.490 (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 393.490 - Rights of owner of land in condemned strata.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.490. Rights of owner of land in condemned strata. — Any and all rights to utilize any strata or formations, underlying any land, for the underground storage of gas, which are acquired by any gas storage company by condemnation pursuant to section 393.430 or by proceeding as in cases of condemnation pursuant to section 393.420, shall be subject to the right of the owner of such land or of other rights or interests therein, to drill, bore or sink shafts through such strata or formations, for the purpose of exploring for or recovering oil, gas or other minerals from other strata or formations, in such manner as will not hamper or impair the operation of the gas storage reservoir, or result in the pollution of gas stored therein, or permit the escape of any gas therefrom. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 393.500 (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 393.500 - Gas in underground storage personal property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.500. Gas in underground storage personal property. — Whenever gas belonging to any person or corporation is injected into underground storage, it shall, unless and until it be abandoned by the owner thereof, be and remain personal property and the property of the owner thereof, and shall not be subject to production, taking, reduction to possession, waste or interference by the owner of the surface of the land under which the gas storage company has obtained the right to store gas, or by any person whomsoever except the owner thereof and persons acting by his authority; provided nothing herein contained shall apply to a person under whose land gas may be stored without the gas storage company having obtained the right to store gas. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 393.510 (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 393.510 - Limitations to begin, when — cause deemed to accrue, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   393.510. Limitations to begin, when — cause deemed to accrue, when. — In civil actions arising under or by virtue of sections 393.410 to 393.510, and by virtue of the powers herein authorized, the statute of limitations shall not begin to run against any right or cause of action until the right or cause of action shall have accrued; provided that for the purposes of sections 393.410 to 393.510 the right or cause of action shall not be deemed to accrue when the wrong is done or the technical breach of contract or duty occurs, but when the damage resulting therefrom is sustained and is capable of ascertainment, and, if more than one item of damage, then the last item, so that all resulting damage may be recovered, and full and complete relief obtained. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 513 § 10A)