BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

In the Matter of The Empire )

District Electric Company’s Request ) File No. ER-2016-0023

For Authority to Implement a General ) Tracking No.: YE-2016-0104

Rate Increase for Electric Service )

NOTICE OF ORDER GRANTING APPLICATIONS TO INTERVENE

Issue Date: November 12, 2015

The Commission is providing notice to its Data Center that while on the record at a pre-hearing conference on November 10, 2015, the Commission granted the applications to intervene of both Midwest Energy Consumers Group (MECG) and Midwest Energy Users’ Association (MEUA).

BY THE COMMISSION

Morris L. Woodruff

Secretary

Kim S. Burton, Senior Regulatory

Law Judge, by delegation of authority

pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.

Dated at Jefferson City, Missouri,

on this 12^th day of November, 2015.