In the Matter of the Application of Ameren Transmission )
Company of Illinois for Other Relief or, in the Alternative, )
a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity )
Authorizing it to Construct, Install, Own, Operate, )
Maintain and Otherwise Control and Manage a ) File No. EA-2015-0145
345,000-volt Electric Transmission Line in Marion )
County, Missouri, and an Associated Switching Station )
Near Palmyra, Missouri. )
Issue Date: March 25, 2015 Effective Date: March 25, 2015
On February 20, 2015, Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (“ATXI”) asked the Commission to either find that it does not have jurisdiction over this project or, in the alternative, to grant ATXI a certificate of convenience and necessity to build it. The Commission provided notice and set a deadline for applications to intervene. The Commission received timely intervention requests from United for Missouri, Inc., and Missouri Industrial Energy Consumers, which the Commission granted.
The Commission notes that ATXI requests the Commission to rule on this application no later than April 30, 2015. Thus, the Commission will order its Staff to file a recommendation or an alternative pleading on how it believes the Commission should proceed.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. The Staff of the Commission shall respond as ordered above no later than April 6, 2015.
2. This order shall be effective when issued.
BY THE COMMISSION
Morris L. Woodruff
Secretary
Ronald D. Pridgin, Deputy Chief Regulatory
Law Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated
at
on this 25th day of March, 2015.