Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 40 - Gas Utilities and Gas Safety Standards › Section 20 CSR 4240-40.085 - Filing Requirements for Gas Utility Rate Schedules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule streamlines provisions formerly in
				  Chapter 3.
(1) Every gas
				corporation engaged in the manufacture, furnishing, or distribution of gas of
				any nature whatsoever for light, heat, or power, within the state of Missouri,
				is directed to have on file with this commission and keep open for public
				inspection, schedules showing all rates and charges in connection with such
				service of whatever nature made by the gas corporations for each and every kind
				of service which it renders together with proper supplements covering all
				changes in the rate schedules authorized by this commission if any.
(2) Rate schedules shall be published on the
				gas corporation's website. All sheets, except the title page sheet, must show
				in the marginal space at the top of the page the name of the gas corporation
				issuing, the PSC number of schedule, and the number of the page. In the
				marginal space at the bottom of sheet should be shown the date of issue, the
				effective date, and the name, title, and address of the officer by whom the
				schedule is issued. All schedules shall bear a number with the prefix PSC Mo.
				_____. Schedules shall be numbered in consecutive order beginning with number 1
				for each gas corporation. If a schedule or part of a schedule is cancelled, a
				new schedule or part thereof (sheet(s) if loose-leaf) will refer to the
				schedule canceled by its PSC number; thus: PSC Mo. No. __ canceling PSC Mo. No.
				__.
(3) All schedules filed with
				the commission shall be accompanied by a letter of transmittal which shall be
				prepared consistent with the format designated by the commission. If filing a
				paper copy and a paper receipt is desired, a duplicate copy should be submitted
				for return.
(4) All proposed
				changes in rates, charges, or rentals or in rules that affects rates, charges,
				or rentals filed with the commission shall be accompanied by a brief summary,
				approximately one hundred (100) words or less of the effect of the change on
				the company's customers. A copy of any proposed change and summary shall also
				be served on the public counsel and be available for public inspection and
				reproduction during regular office hours at the general business office of the
				utility.
(5) Thirty (30) days'
				notice to the commission is required as to every publication relating to gas
				rates or service except where publications are made effective on less than
				statutory notice by permission, rule, or requirement of the commission.
(6) Except as is otherwise
				provided, no schedule or supplement will be accepted for filing unless it is
				delivered to the commission via the Electronic Filing and Information System
				(EFIS), or if filing a paper copy, by transmiting or hand-delivering one (1)
				copy of each rate schedule, supplement, or other charges or regulations to the
				commission. Schedules sent for filing must be addressed to: Public Service
				Commission, PO Box 360, Jefferson City, MO 65102 and be free from all charges
				or claims for postage, the full thirty (30) days required by law before the
				date upon which the schedule or supplement is stated to be effective. No
				consideration will be given to or for the time during which a schedule or
				supplement may be held by the post office authorities because of insufficient
				postage. When a schedule or a supplement is issued and as to which the
				commission is not given the statutory notice, it is as if it had not been
				issued and a full statutory notice must be given of any reissuance. In those
				cases the schedule will be returned to the sender and correction of the neglect
				or omission cannot be made which takes into account any time elapsing between
				the date upon which the schedule or supplement was received and the date of the
				attempted correction. For rate schedules and supplements issued on short notice
				under special permission of the commission, literal compliance with the
				requirements for notice named in any order, rule, or permission granted by the
				commission will be exacted.
*Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963,
					 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 393.140, RSMo 1939,
					 amended 1949, 1967.