The Missouri Public Service Commission regulates investor-owned electric, steam, natural gas, water and sewer and telephone companies. Its mission is to ensure Missouri consumers have access to safe, reliable and reasonably priced utility service while allowing those utility companies under our jurisdiction an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on their investment. The PSC also regulates manufacturers and retail dealers who sell new and used manufactured homes and modular units. The commission was established in 1913. The PSC is comprised of five commissioners, who are appointed by the governor.
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PR-08-135 -- PSC Sets Intervention Deadline In AmerenUE/Pemiscot-Dunklin Electric Cooperative, Inc. Case
Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – APRIL 3, 2008
JEFFERSON CITY—Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE and Pemiscot-Dunklin Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Pemiscot-Dunklin) have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking commission authority to transfer approximately 2,700 Dunklin County customers from AmerenUE to Pemiscot-Dunklin. Affected customers live in the communities of Cardwell, Arbyrd, Senath, Hornersville and Hollywood.
To accomplish the transfer, the joint applicants seek commission approval of their request for a change in electric supplier for those customers, approval for the sale of certain AmerenUE assets to Pemiscot-Dunklin and approval of a territorial agreement between the applicants.
The joint applicants state the transfer is in the public interest because it will improve electric service reliability, will provide emergency personnel certainty in knowing which utility serves a particular facility, will permit AmerenUE and Pemiscot-Dunklin to prudently employ their capital resources, will limit the duplication of facilities and will improve efficiency by decreasing travel time to operate and maintain facilities, which will result in shorter outage periods.
Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than April 21, 2008 with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102. Copies of the application should be sent to: Wendy Tatro, Esq., Ameren Services Company, P.O. Box 66149, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-6149; John Dalton, Jr., Esq., 203 College Street, P.O. Box 529, Kennett, Missouri 63857-0529; General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102; and the Office of the Public Counsel, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230.
The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency which represents the general public in matters before the commission. Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel (Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230, telephone (866) 922-2959, e-mail opcservice@ded.mo.gov) or the Public Service Commission staff (P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, e-mail pscinfo@psc.mo.gov).
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