BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

 

 

Noranda Aluminum, Inc., et al,                              )

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                                      Complainants,      )

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v.                                                              )         File No. EC-2014-0223

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Union Electric Company, d/b/a                    )

Ameren Missouri                                        )

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                                      Respondent.         )

 

 

ORDER SHORTENING TIME TO RESPOND TO DATA REQUESTS

 

Issue Date: April 18, 2014                                           Effective Date: April 18, 2014

          The Commission has established an expedited procedural schedule to consider the complaint brought by Noranda Aluminum and multiple other customers alleging that Ameren Missouri is earning money at an excessive rate.  The order that established that procedural schedule states that the response time for all data requests shall be ten calendar days, with five calendar days to object.  On April 17, 2014, the Staff of the Commission filed a motion asking the Commission to shorten the response times for data requests to five business days to respond and three business days to object.  Staff’s motion represents that counsel for each party has been consulted and that none object to Staff’s motion.     

          The Commission finds that Staff’s motion is reasonable and is not opposed by any party.  The Commission will grant that motion.

THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

1.               Staff’s Motion to Shorten Time to Respond to Discovery is granted.

2.               The response time for all data requests shall be five business days, with three business days to object or notify the requesting party that more than five business days will be needed to provide the requested information.

3.               This order shall become effective upon issuance.

 

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 18th day of April, 2014.