Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 3 - Filing and Reporting Requirements › Section 20 CSR 4240-3.190 - Reporting Requirements for Electric Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes requirements and
				  procedures for the reporting of certain events by electric utilities to the
				  commission to inform the commission of developments that may affect the
				  rendering of safe and adequate service and to enable the commission to
				  thoroughly and fairly investigate certain accidents and events that may have an
				  impact in future electric rate proceedings at the time and in the context in
				  which those events occur. This rule also includes electrical facilities
				  accident and event reporting requirements for rural electric
				  cooperatives.
(1) Commencing
				on September 1, 1991, every electric utility shall accumulate the following
				information and submit it to the manager of the Energy Department of the
				commission, or his/her designee, no later than the last business day of the
				month following the month to be reported and after that on a monthly basis:
(A) All generating unit outages and derates,
				excluding hydroelectric generating units and units whose capacity comprises
				less than one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of the electric utilities
				accredited capacity;
(B) Monthly
				as-burned fuel report for each carbon-based fuel generating unit, including the
				amount of each type of fuel consumed, the British thermal unit (Btu) value of
				each fuel consumed, and the blending percentages (if applicable);
(C) Net system input for the electric
				utility;
(D) Net hourly generation
				for each generating unit;
(E)
				Megawatt amount and delivery prices of hourly purchases and sales of
				electricity from or to other electrical services providers, independent power
				producers, or cogenera-tors, including the parties to purchases and sales, and
				the terms of purchases and sales.
1. If
				adjustments are made to the price of hourly purchases after the purchase is
				made, provide the amount of the adjustment and the time period over which the
				adjustment was made;
(F)
				Capacity purchases of longer than seven (7) days' duration;
(G) Planned outages of power production
				facilities, as they are scheduled or rescheduled. Changes from the planned
				outage schedule must be reported by telephone or electronic transmission to the
				manager of the Energy Department of the commission or his/her designee prior to
				the initiation of the outage, if the changes result in the planned outage
				schedule being different from the schedule in the most recently submitted
				monthly report;
(H) Planned fuel
				test burns, unit heat-rate tests, and accreditation runs as they are scheduled
				or rescheduled. Changes from previously planned fuel test burns, unit heat-rate
				tests, and accreditation runs must be reported by telephone or electronic
				transmission to the manager of the Energy Department of the commission or
				his/her designee prior to their initiation, if these changes result in the
				schedule for fuel test burns, unit heat-rate tests, and accreditation runs
				being different from the schedule in the most recently submitted monthly
				report;
(I) Citations or notices of
				violation related to power production facilities received from any state or
				federal utility regulatory agency or environmental agency including, but not
				limited to, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the
				Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the Department of Energy
				(DOE);
(J) The terms of new
				contracts or existing contracts which will be booked to Accounts 310-346 or
				Accounts 502-546 of the FERC's Uniform System of Accounts requiring the
				expenditure by the electric utility of more than two hundred thousand dollars
				($200,000) including, but not limited to, contracts for engineering,
				consulting, repairs, and modifications or additions to an electric plant;
				and
(K) Copies of all written
				reports on forced generating unit outages of longer than three (3) days, test
				burns of fuel, heat-rate tests, accreditation runs, and responses to state or
				federal utility regulatory agencies or environmental agencies including, but
				not limited to, the FERC, the NRC, the EPA, the DNR, and the DOE, concerning
				any alleged infractions, deviations, or noncompliance with those agencies'
				rules or standards related to power production facilities.