STATE OF MISSOURI

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

At a session of the Public Service Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 27th day of April, 2016.

 

In the Matter of Kansas City Power & Light                    )

Company’s Application to Discontinue Certain             )           File No. ET-2016-0268

Demand-Side Management Programs                            )           Tariff No. JE-2016-0264

 

In the Matter of KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations    )

Company’s Application to Discontinue Certain             )           File No. ET-2016-0269

Demand-Side Management Programs                            )           Tariff No. JE-2016-0265

           

 

ORDER DISCONTINUING DEMAND-SIDE PROGRAM AND APPROVING TARIFFS

 

Issue Date:  April 27, 2016                                                          Effective Date: May 11, 2016

 

On April 11, 2016, Kansas City Power & Light Company (“KCPL”) and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (“GMO”) filed applications for approval to discontinue the MEEIA Cycle 2 Home Appliance Recycling Rebate program. KCPL and GMO desire to discontinue the Home Appliance Recycling Rebate program primarily due to recent changes in the marketplace inhibiting the ability to deliver cost-effective savings to customers. KCPL and GMO also filed revised tariffs to implement discontinuance of the program with an effective date of May 11, 2016. 

The Commission granted applications to intervene submitted by the Missouri Department of Economic Development – Division of Energy and United for Missouri, Inc. The Commission ordered that any party wishing to respond to KCPL and GMO’s applications for approval of their tariffs do so no later than April 22, 2016.  The Commission also ordered its Staff to file a recommendation by that date.  On April 22, 2016, the Commission’s Staff filed its recommendation advising the Commission to permit discontinuance of the Home Appliance Recycling Rebate program and approve the tariffs to be effective on May 11, 2016, as requested.  No other party has filed an objection or response regarding the tariffs.

Commission rule 4 CSR 240-20.094(5) provides that “an electric utility may file an application for approval to discontinue demand-side programs by filing information and documentation required by 4 CSR 240-3.164(5)”[1], which application the Commission must approve or reject within thirty days. KCPL and GMO state that they have provided the applicable information required by the rule, and explain that they wish to discontinue the Home Appliance Recycling Rebate program due to recent changes in the marketplace that inhibit their ability to deliver cost-effective savings to customers. KCPL and GMO’s service providers are no longer able to implement the program because of recent reductions in the price of scrap metal nationally.  Based on its independent and impartial review of Staff’s recommendation and KCPL and GMO’s unopposed applications, the Commission concludes that both the requests to discontinue the program and the submitted tariffs should be approved.

THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

1.            Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company’s requests to discontinue the Home Appliance Recycling Rebate program as described in their applications are approved.

2.            The proposed tariff sheet submitted under Tariff No. JE-2016-0264 by Kansas City Power & Light Company is approved, effective on and after May 11, 2016.  The specific tariff sheet approved is:

P.S.C. MO No. 2

 1st Revised Sheet No. 2.25, Canceling Original Sheet No. 2.25

 

3.         The proposed tariff sheet submitted under Tariff No. JE-2016-0265 by KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company is approved, effective on and after May 11, 2016.  The specific tariff sheet approved is:

P.S.C. MO No. 1

 1st Revised Sheet No. R-101, Canceling Original Sheet No. R-101

 

4.         This order shall become effective on May 11, 2016.

5.         This file shall be closed on May 12, 2016.

 

                                                      BY THE COMMISSION

 

 

 

                                                      Morris L. Woodruff                                                                                                    Secretary

 

Hall, Chm., Stoll, Kenney,

Rupp, and Coleman, CC., concur.

 

Bushmann, Senior Regulatory Law Judge

 


[1] Commission rule 4 CSR 240-3.164(5) states “[w]hen an electric utility files to discontinue a demand-side program as described in 4 CSR 240-20.094(5), the electric utility shall file the following information. All models and spreadsheets shall be provided as executable versions in native format with all formulas intact.

(A) Complete explanation for the utility’s decision to request to discontinue a demand-side program.

(B) EM&V reports for the demand-side program in question.

(C) Date by which a final EM&V report for the demand-side program in question will be filed.”