STATE OF MISSOURI
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
At a session of the Public Service
Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 14th day of August,
2013.
In the Matter of the Application of KCP&L Greater )
Missouri
Operations Company for Authority to ) File
No. ER-2014-0002
Implement Rate Adjustments Required by ) Tariff No. JE-2014-0001
4 CSR 240-2.090 (4) and the Company’s Approved )
Fuel Adjustment Clause )
ORDER
APPROVING FUEL ADJUSTMENT
CLAUSE TARIFF
Issue Date: August 14, 2013 Effective Date: September 1, 2013
On July 1, 2013, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (KCP&L GMO) filed a proposed tariff sheet intended to adjust the company’s rates under its Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC). As set out in its true-up filing,[1] the company under-recovered $314,403 from customers in its MPS rate district and $357,643 from customers in its L&P district. To account for the under-recovery, the proposed tariff sheet will increase the typical MPS residential customer’s bill by approximately $0.78 per month and by $1.29 per month for residential customers in the L&P district. The Commission issued notice of the proposed tariff increase. There were no applications to intervene.
After verifying the company’s calculations, the Staff of the Commission, on July 30, 2013, filed a recommendation that the Commission approve the tariff sheet to become effective on September 1, 2013.
Under Commission rule[2] the Commission must act on the company’s tariff filing within 60 days of its filing. In this case, that date is September 1, 2013. Further, if the FAC rate adjustment complies with the law[3] and is consistent with the FAC mechanism established in the company’s most recent rate case, the Commission must either approve the adjustment, or allow the tariff sheet to go into effect by operation of law.
The Commission has reviewed KLP&L GMO’s tariff filing and
Staff’s verified recommendation. Based on such, the Commission concludes that
the tariff sheet implementing the adjustment is in compliance with the
Commission’s order establishing the FAC and with the applicable statutes and
Commission rule. The Commission will
therefore approve the proposed tariff sheet.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. The following tariff sheet, filed by KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company and assigned Tariff No. JE-2014-0001, is approved to become effective on September 1, 2013:
PSC
Mo. No. 1
6th Revised Sheet No. 127, Canceling 5th Revised Sheet No. 127.
2. This order shall become effective on September 1, 2013.
3. This file shall be closed on September 2, 2013.
BY
THE COMMISSION
Morris L. Woodruff
Secretary
R. Kenney, Chm.,
Jarrett, Stoll,
and W. Kenney, CC., concur.
Jones, Senior
Regulatory Law Judge