BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

 

 

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-2015-0146

345,000-volt Electric Transmission Line from Palmyra,           )

Missouri, to the Iowa Border and Associated Substation    )

Near Kirksville, Missouri.                                                  )

 

 

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATIONS TO INTERVENE

 

Issue Date:  July 1, 2015                                              Effective Date:  July 1, 2015

 

 

On May 29, 2015[1], 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, asked the Commission to grant ATXI a certificate of convenience and necessity to build it.  The Commission issued notice and received intervention requests from:  Neighbors United Against Ameren’s Power Line, United for Missouri, and Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., (“MISO”). 

The Commission ordered that any responses to applications to intervene must be filed no later than June 29.   The Commission received no responses to those applications.  Consequently, the Commission will take them up unopposed. 

Commission Rule 4 CSR 240-2.075(4) allows the Commission to grant intervention to a person who has an interest different from that of the general public and which may be adversely affected by a final order arising from the case, or if granting intervention would serve the public interest.  Upon review of the unopposed applications, the Commission finds that the applicants meet the standard in Commission Rule 4 CSR 240‑2.075(4).  Therefore, the Commission will grant the applications to intervene.

THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

1.               The above-referenced applications to intervene are granted.

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 Jefferson City, Missouri,

on this 1st day of July, 2015.



[1] Calendar references are to 2015.