PR-09-138 -- PSC Sets Local Public Hearing Schedule In KCP&L Electric Rate Case

Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- FEBRUARY 3, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold four local public hearings in March to receive customer comment on an electric rate case filed by Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL).  The schedule appears below.

 March 5-Marshall.  Saline County Career Center, Room 2 (the ITV room), 900 West Vest.  Question and answer session starts at 5:30 p.m.  The local public hearing will start at 6:00 p.m. and will continue until all of those who wish to testify have done so.

 March 9-Carrollton.  Carrollton Public Library, Videoconference Center, 1 North Folger.  Question and answer session starts at 5:30 p.m.  The local public hearing will start at 6:00 p.m. and will continue until all of those who wish to testify have done so.

 March 12-Kansas City.  Two local public hearings at the Kansas City Public Library-Plaza Branch, Cohen Conference Center, 4801 Main Street. 

The first local public hearing question and answer session will start at 11:30 a.m.  The local public hearing will start at noon and will continue until all of those who wish to testify have done so. 

The second local public hearing question and answer session starts at 5:30 p.m.  The local public hearing will start at 6:00 p.m. and will continue until all of those who wish to testify have done so.

These local public hearings will be held in buildings that meet the accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Any person who needs additional accommodations to participate in any of these hearings should call the Public Service Commission’s hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 prior to the hearings.

Consumers unable to attend the local public hearings and wish to make written comments may contact 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 Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 800-392-4211, e-mail pscinfo@psc.mo.gov .

On September 5, 2008, Kansas City Power & Light Company filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission.  The company seeks to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $102 million (17.5%).  For the average residential customer, the increase would be approximately $14.00 a month.

Kansas City Power & Light Company serves approximately 271,000 electric customers in western Missouri.

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Case No. ER-2009-0089