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Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 2 - Practice and Procedure › Section 20 CSR 4240-2.180 - Rulemaking

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides a procedure for
				  rulemaking, and petitioning for rulemaking, pursuant to Chapter 536,
				  RSMo.
(1) Promulgation,
				amendment, or rescission of rules may be initiated by the commission through an
				internally-generated rulemaking case, or pursuant to a rulemaking petition
				filed with the commission.
(2)
				Petitions for promulgation, amendment, or rescission of rules shall be filed
				with the secretary of the commission in writing and shall include:
(A) The name, street address, and mailing
				address of the petitioner;
(B) One
				(1) of the following:
1. The full text of the
				rule sought to be promulgated;
2.
				The full text of any rule sought to be amended, including the suggested
				amendments clearly marked;
3. The
				full number of any rule sought to be rescinded;
(C) A statement of petitioner's reasons in
				support of the promulgation, amendment, or rescission of the rule, including a
				statement of all facts pertinent to petitioner's interest in the
				matter;
(D) Citations of legal
				authority which authorize, support, or require the rulemaking action requested
				by the petition;
(E) An estimation
				of the effect of the rule-making on private persons or entities with respect to
				required expenditures of money or reductions in income, sufficient to form the
				basis of a fiscal note as required under Chapter 536, RSMo; and
(F) A verification of the petition by the
				petitioner by oath.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 2 - Practice and Procedure › Section 20 CSR 4240-2.205 - Variance or Waiver

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PURPOSE: This rule consolidates variance and waiver
				  into one (1) rule.
The commission may grant variance from or waive any rule or
				  provision of a rule promulgated by the commission upon a finding of good
				  cause.
*Original authority: 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947,
					 1977, 1996.
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 4240-3.030 - Minimum Filing Requirements for Utility Company General Rate Increase Requests

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the information which
				  must be filed by all electric utilities, all large local exchange
				  telecommunications companies, all large gas, water and sewer utilities, and all
				  steam heating utilities when filing for a general company-wide increase in
				  rates. Additional requirements regarding this subject matter are also found in
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.160 for electric utilities and
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.235 for gas utilities.
(1) This rule applies to all electric
				utilities; to all gas utilities with more than ten thousand (10,000) customers;
				to all water utilities with more than eight thousand (8,000) customers; to all
				sewer utilities with more than eight thousand (8,000) customers; and to all
				steam heating utilities with more than one hundred (100) customers.
(2) A general rate increase request is one
				where the company or utility files for an overall increase in revenues through
				a company-wide increase in rates for the utility service it provides, but shall
				not include requests for changes in rates made pursuant to an adjustment clause
				or other similar provisions contained in a utility's tariffs.
(A) With regard to any telecommunications
				company subject to this rule, any increase in revenues as a result of an
				increase in rates within a previously approved rate band for a transitionally
				competitive or competitive service pursuant to sections
				392.500
				and
				392.510,
				RSMo will not be considered a general rate increase and thereby not be subject
				to these minimum filing requirements.
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 4240-3.130 - Filing Requirements and Schedule of Fees for Applications for Approval of Electric Service Territorial Agreements and Petitions for Designation of Electric Service Areas

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements and
				  schedule of fees that applications to the commission for approval of
				  territorial agreements between electric service providers and petitions for
				  designation of electric service areas must meet. As noted in the rule,
				  additional requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for
				commission approval of territorial agreements and petitions for designation of
				electric service areas shall include:
(A) A
				copy of the proposed territorial agreement and a specific designation of the
				requested boundaries, including maps showing the requested boundaries and a
				schedule of the applicable Townships, Ranges and Sections, by county. If the
				requested boundary cannot reliably be ascertained from the information supplied
				by the applicant, such applicant shall provide additional information as
				requested by the commission or its staff, if necessary, including the legal
				description of the area that is the subject of the application or
				petition;
(B) A list of other
				electric utilities that serve in the affected area(s), if any;
(C) An illustrative tariff which reflects any
				changes in a regulated utility's operations or certification;
(D) An explanation as to why the territorial
				agreement is not detrimental to the public interest or the proposed electric
				service area designation(s) is in the public interest; and
(E) A list of all persons and structures
				whose utility service would be changed by the proposed agreement at the time of
				filing.
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 4240-3.135 - Filing Requirements and Schedule of Fees Applicable to Applications for Post-Annexation Assignment of Exclusive Service Territories and Determination of Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements that
				  must be met and a schedule of fees for applications to the commission for
				  post-annexation assignment of exclusive service territories and determination
				  of compensation. As noted in the rule, additional requirements pertaining to
				  such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1), municipally owned
				  electric utility applications for post-annexation assignment of exclusive
				  service territories and determination or compensation shall include:
(A) An explanation as to why the requested
				  relief is in the public interest;
(B) A specific designation of the proposed
				  exclusive electric service territory boundary including maps showing the
				  boundary and a schedule of the applicable Townships, Ranges, and Sections, by
				  county. If the requested boundary cannot reliably be ascertained from the
				  information supplied by the applicant, such applicant shall provide additional
				  information as requested by the commission or its staff, if necessary,
				  including the legal description of the area;
(C) The electric rates that will be charged
				  if the proposed change of supplier is allowed;
(D) The municipal electric utility's estimate
				  of the fair and reasonable compensation to be paid to the affected electric
				  supplier for the existing distribution system within the proposed exclusive
				  electric service territory, for any proposed acquisitions or transfers,
				  including the valuation formulas and factors used to calculate fair and
				  reasonable compensation;
(E) Any
				  effect on the municipal electric utility's system operation, including, but not
				  limited to, how the increased load will be served;
(F) Any power contracts that the municipality
				  has agreed to with the affected electric supplier to serve the annexed
				  area;
(G) Any issues on which the
				  municipally owned electric utility and the affected electric supplier
				  agree;
(H) A copy of the newspaper
				  notification, as well as notifications sent to any affected supplier;
				  and
(I) Affirmation of compliance
				  with the deadlines for negotiation as outlined in section
				  386.800,
				  RSMo.
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 4240-3.140 - Filing Requirements for Applications for Authority for a Change of Electrical Suppliers

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Applications to the commission for the
				  approval of a change of electrical suppliers must meet the requirements set
				  forth in this rule. As noted in the rule, additional requirements pertaining to
				  such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for the
				approval of a change in electrical suppliers shall include:
(A) A description of the type of structure
				where the change of supplier is sought, and the street address, if any, of the
				structure;
(B) The name and address
				of the electrical supplier currently providing service to the
				structure;
(C) The name and address
				of the electrical supplier to which the applicant wishes to change;
(D) The applicant's reasons for seeking a
				change of supplier;
(E) If the
				applicant's reasons involve service problems, a description of the problems and
				dates of occurrence, if known;
(F)
				If the applicant's reasons involve service problems, a description of the
				contacts which applicant has had with the current supplier regarding the
				problems, if any, and what efforts the current supplier has made to solve the
				problems, if any;
(G) The reasons a
				change of electrical suppliers is in the public interest;
(H) If the current electrical supplier and
				the requested electrical supplier agree to the requested change, a verified
				statement for each supplier with the application, indicating agreement;
				and
(I) If the applicant is an
				electrical supplier, a list of the names and addresses of all customers whose
				electrical supplier is proposed to be changed.
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 4240-3.150 - Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Promotional Practices

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Electric utilities with promotional
				  practices must meet the filing requirements in this rule prior to offering a
				  promotional practice.
(1) Any
				promotional practices offered by an electric utility must meet the requirements
				set out in the commission's rules regarding utility promotional practices (4
				CSR 240-14).
(2) No electric
				utility or its affiliate shall offer or grant any additional promotional
				practice or vary or terminate any existing promotional practice, directly or
				indirectly, or in concert with others, or by any means whatsoever, until a
				tariff filing showing the addition or variation or termination in the form
				prescribed by this rule has been made with the commission and a copy furnished
				to each other electric utility providing the same or competing utility service
				in any portion of the service area of the filing utility.
(A) The utility shall provide the following
				information on the tariff sheets:
1. The
				name, number or letter designation of the promotional practice;
2. The class of persons to which the
				promotional practice is being offered or granted;
3. Whether the promotional practice is being
				uniformly offered to all persons within that class;
4. A description of the promotional practice
				and a statement of its purpose or objective;
5. A statement of the terms and conditions
				governing the promotional practice;
6. If the promotional practice is offered or
				granted, in whole or in part, by an affiliate or other person, the identity of
				the affiliate or person and the nature of their participation; and
7. Other information relevant to a complete
				understanding of the promotional practice.
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 4240-3.155

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*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.
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 4240-3.156 - Electric Utility Renewable Energy Standard Filing Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides a reference to the
				  commission's electric utilities rule regarding this subject.
(1) The requirements for filings regarding
				the electric utility renewable energy standard are contained in commission rule
				4 CSR
				240-20.100.
*Original authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939; 386.250, RSMo
					 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996; and
					 393.1030, RSMo 2007, amended 2008.
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 4240-3.160 - Filing Requirements for Electric Utility General Rate Increase Requests

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes information which must
				  be filed by all electric utilities when filing for a general company-wide
				  increase in rates. As noted in the rule, additional provisions pertaining to
				  the filing requirements for general rate increase requests are found at
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.030.
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-3.030, any electric utility which submits a
				general rate increase request shall submit the following:
(A) Its depreciation study, database and
				property unit catalog. However, an electric utility need not submit a
				depreciation study, database or property unit catalog to the extent that the
				commission's staff received these items from the utility during the three (3)
				years prior to the utility filing for a general rate increase or before five
				(5) years have elapsed since the last time the commission's staff received a
				depreciation study, database and property unit catalog from the utility. The
				depreciation study, database and property unit catalog shall be compiled as
				follows:
1. The study shall reflect the
				average life and remaining life of each primary plant account or
				subaccount;
2. The database shall
				consist of dollar amounts, by plant account or subaccount, representing-
A. Annual dollar additions and dollar
				retirements by vintage year and year retired, beginning with the earliest year
				of available data;
B. Reserve for
				depreciation;
C. Surviving plant
				balance as of the study date; and
D.
				 Estimated date of final retirement and surviving dollar
				investment for each warehouse, electric generating facility, combustion
				turbine, general office building or other large structure; and
3.  The property unit catalog
				shall contain a description of each retirement unit used by the
				utility.
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 4240-3.175 - Submission Requirements for Electric Utility Depreciation Studies

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirements
				  regarding the submission of depreciation studies by electric
				  utilities.
(1) Each electric
				utility subject to the commission's jurisdiction shall submit a depreciation
				study, database and property unit catalog to the manager of the commission's
				energy department and to the Office of the Public Counsel, as required by the
				terms of subsection (1)(B).
(A) The
				depreciation study, database and property unit catalog shall be compiled as
				follows:
1. The study shall reflect the
				average life and remaining life of each primary plant account or
				subaccount;
2. The database shall
				consist of dollar amounts, by plant account or subaccount, representing-
A. Annual dollar additions and dollar
				retirements by vintage year and year retired, beginning with the earliest year
				of available data;
B. Reserve for
				depreciation;
C. Surviving plant
				balance as of the study date; and
D. Estimated date of final retirement and
				surviving dollar investment for each warehouse, electric generating facility,
				combustion turbine, general office building or other large structure;
				and
3.  The property unit
				catalog shall contain a description of each retirement unit used by the
				company.
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 4240-3.205 - Filing Requirements for Gas Utility Applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting
				  that the commission grant a certificate of convenience and necessity must meet
				  the requirements set forth in this rule. As noted in the rule, additional
				  requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for a
				certificate of convenience and necessity by a gas company shall include the
				following information:
(A) If the application
				is for a service area-
1. A statement as to
				the same or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in
				the area requested;
2. If there are
				ten (10) or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than
				ten (10) persons residing in the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten
				(10) landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there
				are fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all
				residents and landowners;
3. The
				legal description of the area to be certificated;
4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch
				(1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the
				Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two
				thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and
5. A feasibility study containing plans and
				specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of
				the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for
				financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of
				customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of
				operations;
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 4240-3.230 - Filing Requirements for Gas Storage Companies Requesting the Authority to Acquire Property Through Eminent Domain Proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Applications to the commission for the
				  authority to acquire property through eminent domain proceedings must meet the
				  requirements of this rule. As noted in the rule, additional requirements
				  pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for gas
				storage companies for authority to acquire property through eminent domain
				proceedings shall include:
(A) The legal
				description of the areas to be acquired;
(B) A map showing the areas to be
				acquired;
(C) Names and addresses
				of all persons who may have any legal or equitable title of record in the
				property to be acquired; and
(D)
				The reasons it is necessary to acquire the property and why it is in the public
				interest.
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 4240-3.255 - Filing Requirements for Gas Utility Promotional Practices

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the filing requirement
				  for present, proposed or revised promotional practices.
(1) Any promotional practices offered by a
				gas utility must meet the requirements set out in the commission's rules
				regarding utility promotional practices (4 CSR 240-14).
(2) No gas utility or its affiliate shall
				offer or grant any additional promotional practice or vary or terminate any
				existing promotional practice, directly or indirectly, or in concert with
				others, or by any means whatsoever, until a tariff filing showing the addition
				or variation or termination in the form prescribed by this rule has been made
				with the commission and a copy furnished to each other gas utility providing
				the same or competing utility service in any portion of the service area of the
				filing utility.
(A) The utility shall provide
				the following information on the tariff sheets:
1. The name, number or letter designation of
				the promotional practice;
2. The
				class of persons to which the promotional practice is being offered or
				granted;
3. Whether the promotional
				practice is being uniformly offered to all persons within that class;
4. A description of the promotional practice
				and a statement of its purpose or objective;
5. A statement of the terms and conditions
				governing the promotional practice;
6. If the promotional practice is offered or
				granted, in whole or in part, by an affiliate or other person, the identity of
				the affiliate or person and the nature of their participation; and 7. Other
				information relevant to a complete understanding of the promotional
				practice.
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 4240-3.265 - Natural Gas Utility Petitions for Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharges

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the definitions,
				  parameters and procedures relevant to the filing and processing of petitions
				  pertaining to an infrastructure system replacement surcharge (ISRS), including
				  the information that a natural gas utility must provide when it files a
				  petition and associated rate schedules to establish, change or reconcile an
				  ISRS.
(1) As used in this
				rule, the following terms mean:
(A)
				Appropriate pretax revenues-the revenues necessary to:
1. Produce net operating income equal to the
				natural gas utility's weighted cost of capital multiplied by the net original
				cost of eligible infrastructure system replacements, including recognition of
				accumulated deferred income taxes and accumulated depreciation associated with
				eligible infrastructure system replacements that are included in a currently
				effective infrastructure system replacement surcharge (ISRS);
2. Recover state, federal, and local income
				or excise taxes applicable to such income; and 3. Recover all other ISRS
				costs;
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 4240-3.285 - Filing Requirements Regarding Certification of Gas Sellers

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedure for
				  certification of gas sellers pursuant to sections
				  393.297
				  through
				  393.301,
				  RSMo.
(1) Each natural gas
				seller seeking certification shall submit an agreement containing only the
				following, pursuant to section
				393.299,
				RSMo:
(A) Its agreement to pay all applicable
				business license taxes, or its proportionate share of the franchise fee or
				payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) in each political subdivision in which it
				sells gas;
(B) A statement that it
				waives its right to challenge the validity of the agreement;
(C) A statement that it waives its right to
				the refund of any amounts paid pursuant to the agreement; and
(D) Its agreement to make its records
				available to the commission and the political subdivision with the right to
				audit the records.
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 4240-3.300 - Definitions Pertaining Specifically to Sewer Utility Rules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the definitions of
				  certain terms used in rules
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.305 through
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.340, which are in addition to the definitions
				  set forth in rule 4 CSR 240-3.010 of this
				  chapter.
(1) Outlet means a
				service sewer connection to the collecting sewer.
(2) Sewage means ground garbage, human and
				animal excretions and all other liquid waste normally disposed of by a
				residential, commercial or industrial establishment, through the sanitary sewer
				system.
(3) Sewer service means the
				removal and treatment of sewage.
(4) Sewer system includes all pipes, pumps,
				canals, lagoons, plants, structures and appliances and all other real estate,
				fixtures and personal property, owned, operated, controlled or managed in
				connection with or to facilitate the collection, carriage, treatment and
				disposal of sewage for municipal, domestic or other beneficial or necessary
				purpose.
*Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963,
					 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995,
					 1996.
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 4240-3.305 - Filing Requirements for Sewer Utility Applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting
				  that the commission grant a certificate of convenience and necessity must meet
				  the requirements set forth in this rule. As noted in the rule, additional
				  requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for a
				certificate of convenience and necessity by a sewer company shall include the
				following information:
(A) If the application
				is for a service area-
1. A statement as to
				the same or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in
				the area requested;
2. If there are
				ten (10) or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than
				ten (10) persons residing in the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten
				(10) landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there
				are fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all
				residents and landowners;
3. The
				legal description of the area to be certificated;
4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch
				(1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the
				Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two
				thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and
5. A feasibility study containing plans and
				specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of
				the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for
				financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of
				customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of
				operations;
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 4240-3.400 - Filing Requirements for Steam Heating Utility Applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting
				  that the commission grant a certificate of convenience and necessity must meet
				  the requirements of this rule. As noted in the rule, additional requirements
				  pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for a
				certificate of convenience and necessity shall include the following
				information:
(A) If the application is for a
				service area-
1. A statement as to the same
				or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in the area
				requested;
2. If there are ten (10)
				or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than ten (10)
				persons residing in the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten (10)
				landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there are
				fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all
				residents and landowners;
3. The
				legal description of the area to be certificated;
4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch
				(1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the
				Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two
				thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and
5. A feasibility study containing plans and
				specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of
				the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for
				financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of
				customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of
				operations;
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 4240-3.600 - Filing Requirements for Water Utility Applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

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PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting
				  that the commission grant a certificate of convenience and necessity must meet
				  the requirements set forth in this rule. As noted in the rule, additional
				  requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1).
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for a
				certificate of convenience and necessity by a water company shall include the
				following information:
(A) If the application
				is for a service area-
1. A statement as to
				the same or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in
				the area requested;
2. If there are
				ten (10) or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than
				ten (10) persons residing in the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten
				(10) landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there
				are fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all
				residents and landowners;
3. The
				legal description of the area to be certificated;
4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch
				(1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the
				Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two
				thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and
5. A feasibility study containing plans and
				specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of
				the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for
				financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of
				customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of
				operations;
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 4240-3.625 - Filing Requirements for Applications for Approval of Water Service Territorial Agreements

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PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements that
				  applications to the commission for approval of territorial agreements between
				  water service providers must meet. As noted in the rule, additional
				  requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in
				  4 CSR
				  240-2.060(1) and
				  4 CSR
				  240-3.630.
(1) In addition to the requirements of
				4 CSR
				240-2.060(1), applications for
				commission approval of territorial agreements between water service providers
				shall include:
(A) A copy of the territorial
				agreement and a specific designation of the boundary, including legal
				description;
(B) An illustrative
				tariff which reflects any changes in a regulated utility's operations or
				certification;
(C) An explanation
				as to why the territorial agreement is in the public interest;
(D) A list of all persons whose utility
				service would be changed by the agreement; and
(E) A check for the initial filing fee set
				forth in 4
				CSR 240-3.630.
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 4240-3.630 - Schedule of Fees Applicable to Applications for Approval of Water Service Territorial Agreements and Petitions for Designation of Water Service Areas

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PURPOSE: This rule establishes a schedule of fees for
				  commission review of proposed territorial agreements and petitions for
				  commission designation of water service areas between water service
				  providers.
(1) Commission
				review of an application for a proposed territorial agreement or a petition for
				commission designation of water service areas between water service providers
				shall be accompanied by an initial filing fee in the amount of five hundred
				dollars ($500).
(2) In addition to
				the filing fee, the fee for commission review of an application for approval of
				a proposed territorial agreement between water service providers or a petition
				for commission designation of water service areas is set at six hundred
				eighty-five dollars ($685) per hour of hearing time, subject to a minimum
				charge for hearing time of six hundred eighty-five dollars ($685). There is an
				additional charge of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per page of
				transcript. These fees are in addition to the fees authorized by section
				386.300,
				RSMo.
(3) The parties shall be
				responsible for payment of any unpaid fees on and after the effective date of
				the commission's report and order relating to the water service territorial
				agreement or designation of water service area. The executive director shall
				send an itemized billing statement to the applicants on or after the effective
				date of the commission's report and order. Responsibility for the payment of
				the fees shall be that of the parties to the proceeding as ordered by the
				commission in each case.
(4) An
				application for commission review of proposed amendment(s) to an existing
				territorial agreement between water service providers shall not be subject to
				the fee of five hundred dollars ($500) specified in section (1) of this rule.
				However, the applicants shall be responsible for the payment of a fee which
				reflects necessary hearing time (including the minimum hearing time charge) and
				the transcript costs as specified in section (2) of this rule.
(5) On July 1 of each year, the filing fee
				and the fee per hour of evidentiary hearing time will be modified to match any
				percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the twelve (12)-month period
				ending December 31 of the preceding year.
*Original authority: 247.172, RSMo 1939, amended 1976,
					 1978, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963,
					 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995,
					 1996.
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 4240-3.650 - Water Utility Petitions for Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharges

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PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the definitions,
				  parameters and procedures relevant to the filing and processing of petitions
				  pertaining to an infrastructure system replacement surcharge (ISRS), including
				  the information that an eligible water utility must provide when it files a
				  petition and associated rate schedules to establish, change or reconcile an
				  ISRS.
(1) As used in this
				rule, the following terms mean:
(A)
				Appropriate pretax revenues-the revenues necessary to:
1. Produce net operating income equal to the
				eligible water utility's weighted cost of capital multiplied by the net
				original cost of eligible infrastructure system replacements (original cost of
				eligible infrastructure system replacements, net of accumulated deferred income
				taxes and accumulated depreciation associated with the replacements), including
				recognition of accumulated deferred income taxes and accumulated depreciation
				associated with eligible infrastructure system replacements that are included
				in a currently effective ISRS;
2.
				Recover state, federal, and local income or excise taxes applicable to such
				income; and
3. Recover all other
				ISRS costs;
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct › Section 20 CSR 4240-4.017 - General Provisions

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PURPOSE: This rule sets forth provisions that are
				  applicable to both ex parte and extra-record communications.
(1) Any person that intends to file a case
				shall file a notice with the secretary of the commission a minimum of sixty
				(60) days prior to filing such case. Such notice shall detail the type of case
				and issues likely to be before the commission and shall include a summary of
				all communication regarding substantive issues likely to be in the case between
				the filing party and the office of the commission that occurred in the ninety
				(90) days prior to filing the notice. The filing of such notice shall initiate
				a new noticed case and be assigned an appropriate case designation and number.
				If the expected case filing is subsequently made, it shall be filed in the
				noticed case. If the expected case filing is not made within one hundred eighty
				(180) days, the noticed case shall close.
(A)
				The commission may reject any filing not in compliance with this
				section.
(B) This section shall not
				apply to small formal complaints under commission rule
				4 CSR
				240-2.070 or small utility rate cases under commission
				rule 4 CSR
				240-3.050.
(C) This section shall not apply to formal
				complaints under section
				386.390,
				RSMo, or commission rule
				4 CSR
				240-2.070. However, formal complaints shall include,
				contemporaneous with the filing initiating the complaint, a summary of any
				communication regarding substantive issues likely to be in the case between the
				filing party and the office of the commission that occurred in the sixty (60)
				days prior to filing the complaint.
(D) A party may request a waiver of this
				section for good cause. Good cause for waiver may include, among other things,
				a verified declaration from the filing party that it has had no communication
				with the office of the commission within the prior one hundred fifty (150) days
				regarding any substantive issue likely to be in the case or that circumstances
				prevented filing the required notice and delaying the filing for sixty (60)
				days would cause harm.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct › Section 20 CSR 4240-4.020 - Ex Parte Communications

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PURPOSE: To set forth the standards to promote the
				  public trust in the commission with regard to pending filings and cases. This
				  rule regulates communication between members of the office of the commission
				  and parties regarding substantive issues.
(1) Neither any party nor any member of the
				office of the commission shall initiate, participate in, or undertake, directly
				or indirectly, an
ex parte
communication.
(A) If such a communication occurs, the party
				and the member of the office of the commission involved in the communication
				should immediately terminate the communication.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct › Section 20 CSR 4240-4.030 - Extra-Record Communications

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PURPOSE: To set forth the standards to promote the
				  public trust in the commission with regard to pending filings and cases. This
				  rule regulates communication between members of the office of the commission
				  and persons who are not parties to a case regarding substantive
				  issues.
(1) If any person
				initiates an extra-record communication, that person shall, within one (1)
				business day following such communication, give notice of that communication as
				follows:
(A) If the communication is written,
				file a copy of the written communication in the official case file for the
				discussed case; or
(B) If the
				communication is not written, file a memorandum summarizing the communication
				in the official case file for each discussed case. Alternatively, a recording
				or transcription of the communication may be filed, as long as that recording
				or transcription indicates the date, time, location, approximate duration, and
				means of communication.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct › Section 20 CSR 4240-4.040 - Communications that are not Ex Parte or Extra-Record Communications

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PURPOSE: To identify examples of communications that
				  are not ex parte or extra-record communications.
(1) In accordance with section 386.210.3,
				RSMo, no communication shall be prohibited by, or subject to, the disclosure
				and notice requirements of rule
				4 CSR
				240-4.020 or
				4 CSR
				240-4.030, if those communications are made before an
				evidentiary hearing has been scheduled in the case and are-
(A) Made at a public agenda meeting of the
				commission where such matter has been posted in advance as an item for
				discussion or decision; or
(B) Made
				at a forum where representatives of the public utility affected thereby, the
				Office of the Public Counsel, and any other party to the case are
				present.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct › Section 20 CSR 4240-4.050 - Limitation on Appearance before Commission

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PURPOSE: To set forth the standards of conduct to
				  promote the public trust and maintain public confidence in the commission's
				  integrity and impartiality with regard to pending filings and
				  cases.
No person who has served as a member of the office of the
				  commission shall, after termination of service with the office of the
				  commission, appear before the commission in relation to any contested case that
				  existed while that person served with the office of the commission.
*Original authority: 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947,
					 1977, 1996.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 10 - Utilities › Section 20 CSR 4240-10.060 - Gross Receipts Tax

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PURPOSE: This rule establishes a procedure by which
				  the commission may obtain the information it needs to give notice of rate
				  increases of seven percent or more to cities and counties that impose a utility
				  gross receipts tax.
(1) When
				any gas, electric, sewer or water corporation, pursuant to a commission report
				and order or under a Purchased Gas Adjustment provision in its tariffs, files a
				tariff which includes an increase in annual revenues in excess of seven percent
				(7%) in the whole or within any part of that company's service territory, the
				corporation shall file with the tariff the following information:
(A) A list of all cities and counties within
				its certificate area which implies a business license tax on the corporation's
				gross receipts, together with the name, mailing address and title (that is,
				collector, treasurer, clerk) of the official responsible for administration of
				the gross receipts tax or business license tax in each of the listed cities and
				counties. The corporation shall update this list throughout the period of time
				before the date the tariff takes effect;
(B) A reasonable estimate of the resulting
				annual increase in the corporation's annual gross receipts in each affected
				city and county; and
(C) An
				explanation of the methods used in developing those estimates.