BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
In the Matter
of Summit
Natural
Gas
of
Missouri’s )
Filing of Revised Tariffs to Increase its Annual ) Case No. GR-2014-0086
Revenues for
Natural Gas Service. ) Tariff No. YG-2014-0285
ORDER
MODIFYING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE
Issue
Date: March 20, 2014 Effective Date: March 20, 2014
The Commission is granting, with one alteration as to position
statements, the Joint Motion to Modify
the Procedural Schedule (“motion”)[1] filed by Staff on all
parties’ behalf. The motion, in conjunction with a similar filing in File No.
GR-2014-0152,[2]
addresses the scheduling conflicts cited in the Order Setting Procedural Schedule and Terms of Discovery.[3] Therefore, the Commission
will grant the motion as set forth below.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. The Joint Motion to Modify the Procedural Schedule is granted.
2. The procedural schedule shall be as follows.
Item |
Date |
Discovery Conference |
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
Discovery Conference |
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 |
Staff’s Revenue Requirement Calculation |
Tuesday, May 23, 2014 |
Revenue Requirement Direct
Testimony (non-Company Parties) |
Friday, May 30, 2014 |
Discovery Conference |
Tuesday, June 12, 2014 |
Rate Design Direct (non-Company Parties) |
Friday, June 13, 2014 |
Local Public Hearings – Warsaw and Lebanon |
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
Preliminary Reconciliation (circulated to Parties) |
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
Local Public Hearings – Branson and West Plains |
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
Local Public Hearing – Gallatin |
Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
Settlement Conference |
Monday, June 23, 2014 –Friday, June 27, 2014 |
End of True-up Period |
Monday, June 30, 2014 |
Preliminary Issues List |
Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
Rebuttal Testimony (all
parties) |
Friday, July 11, 2014 |
Discovery Conference |
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
True-up Information Available |
Friday, July 18, 2014 |
Preliminary Issues List (circulated
to Parties) |
Friday, July 24, 2014 |
Surrebuttal Testimony/Cross-Surrebuttal Testimony (all Parties) |
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
Discovery Conference |
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
List of Issues, List and Order of
Witnesses, Order of Opening
and Order of Cross-Examination |
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
Direct
Case Discovery Ends |
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
Reconciliation |
Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
Statement of Positions |
Friday, 3 p.m., August 15, 2014 |
Evidentiary Hearing |
Monday, August 18, 2014 –Friday, August 29, 2014 |
True-up Direct Testimony |
Friday, September 5,
2014 |
True-up Rebuttal Testimony |
Friday, September
12, 2014 |
True-up Discovery Ends |
Friday, September
12, 2014 |
True-up Hearing |
Monday, September
15, 2014 |
Initial
Briefs |
Tuesday, September
16, 2014 |
True-up/Reply Briefs |
Friday, September
26, 2014 |
Report
& Order Issue Date |
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
Operation of Law Date |
Monday, December
1, 2014 |
3. This order is effective immediately on issuance.
BY THE COMMISSION
Morris
L. Woodruff
Secretary
Daniel
Jordan, Senior Regulatory Law Judge,
by
delegation of authority pursuant to
Section 386.240,
RSMo 2000.
Dated
at
on this 20th day of March, 2014.
[1] Electronic Filing and Information
System (“EFIS”) No. 32, filed on March 13, 2014.
[2] File No. GR-2014-0152, In the Matter of Liberty Utilities
(Midstates Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities’ Tariff Revisions
Designed to Implement a General Rate Increase for Natural Gas Service in the
Missouri Service Areas of the Company, EFIS No. 15, Joint Proposed Procedural Schedule and
Discovery Order, filed on March 20, 2014.
[3] File No. GR-2014-0086, EFIS No. 27,
issued on February 26, 2014.