STATE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
At a session of the Public Service Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 28th day of January, 2014.
In the Matter of
Union Electric Company, d/b/a ) File No. ER-2014-0258
Ameren Missouri’s Tariff
to Increase Its ) Tariff No. YE-2015-0003
Revenues for Electric Service )
Issue Date: January 28, 2015 Effective Date: January 28, 2015
On January 9, 2015, the Commission’s Staff and Union Electric
Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri filed a nonunanimous stipulation and agreement
regarding heat rate testing requirements for utilities with fuel adjustment
clauses. The stipulation and agreement is nonunanimous in that it was not signed by
all parties. However, Commission rule 4
CSR 240-2.115(2) provides that other parties have seven days in which to object
to a nonunanimous stipulation and agreement.
If no party files a timely objection to a stipulation and agreement, the
Commission may treat it as a unanimous stipulation and agreement. More than seven days have now passed since the
stipulation and agreement was filed, and no party has objected. Therefore, the Commission will treat the stipulation
and agreement as a unanimous stipulation and agreement.
The effect of the
stipulation and agreement is to remove, from this case, questions regarding the
interpretation of heat rate testing provisions in the Commission’s fuel
adjustment clause rules. Staff and Ameren
Missouri agree to work together to propose appropriate revisions to those rules
in a future rulemaking proceeding.
After reviewing the stipulation and agreement, the
Commission independently finds and concludes that the stipulation and agreement
is a reasonable resolution of the issues addressed by the stipulation and
agreement and that such stipulation and agreement should be approved.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. The Nonunanimous Stipulation and Agreement Regarding Heat Rate – Related Testing Issues, filed on January 9, 2015, is approved as a resolution of the issues addressed in that stipulation and agreement. The signatory parties are ordered to comply with the terms of the stipulation and agreement. A copy of the stipulation and agreement is attached to this order.
2. This order shall be effective when issued.
BY
THE COMMISSION
Morris
L. Woodruff
Secretary
R. Kenney, Chm.,
Stoll, W. Kenney,
Hall, and Rupp,
CC., concur.