BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
Staff of the Missouri Public Service )
Commission, )
)
Complainant, )
)
v. ) File
No. EC-2015-0315
)
Union Electric Company, d/b/a )
Ameren Missouri, )
)
Respondent. )
Issue Date: July 23, 2015
On
June 1, 2015, the Commission’s Staff filed a complaint against Union Electric
Company, d/b/a Ameren Missouri, alleging that the company has failed to comply
with the Commission rule that requires it to provide recent avoided cost
information to its independent evaluation, measurement and verification
contractors. Ameren Missouri filed its
answer to that complaint on July 2. On
July 23, the Missouri Department of Economic Development – Division of Energy
filed an application to intervene in this matter.
The
Division of Energy contends that it has an interest in Staff’s complaint that
differs from that of the general public in that it shares Staff’s interest in
enforcing Ameren Missouri’s compliance with the requirements of the Missouri
Energy Efficiency Investment Act (MEEIA).
The Division of Energy also contends its intervention will serve the public
interest, and indicates it will accept the case in its current state.
Commission
rule 4 CSR 240-2.075(3) provides that the Commission may grant an application
to intervene if it finds that the proposed intervenor has an interest in the
case that differs from that of the general public and that may be adversely
affected by a final order arising from the case. In the alternative, the Commission may grant
an application to intervene if it finds that granting the intervention would
serve the public interest. Another rule,
4 CSR 240-2.075(10), provides that the Commission may grant late-filed
applications to intervene upon a showing of good cause.
Counsel
for the Division of Energy attended the procedural conference held on July 23
and offered an oral motion to be allowed to intervene. At the conference, while on the record, the
presiding officer asked counsel for Ameren Missouri, Staff, and Public Counsel
whether their clients wished to oppose the Division of Energy’s application to
intervene. No one indicated opposition
to that application.
The
presiding officer found that the Division of Energy has an interest in this
complaint that differs from that of the general public and that allowing it to
intervene will serve the public interest.
The presiding officer also found that the Division of Energy has shown
good cause for filing its application to intervene more than thirty days after
the Commission issued notice to Ameren Missouri of the filing of the complaint
in that notice of that complaint was not sent to the Division of Energy. The Division of Energy is now a party to this
case.
BY THE COMMISSION
Morris
L. Woodruff
Secretary
Morris L. Woodruff, Chief Regulatory Law
Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated at Jefferson City, Missouri,
on this 23rd day of July, 2015.