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PR-09-139 -- PSC Sets Local Public Hearing Schedule In KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company 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 KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (formerly Aquila, Inc.). The schedule appears below.
March 2-Lee’s Summit. Lee’s Summit North High School, Lecture Hall, 901 NE Douglas Street. 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 3-Sedalia. State Fair Community College, Thompson Conference Center-Side A, Heckart Science and Allied Health Center, 3201 West 16th Street. 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 4-St. Joseph. Missouri Western University, Spratt Hall-Room 201, 4525 Downs Drive. 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 11-Nevada. Nevada TeleCenter, Cafeteria, 2015 N. West Street. 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 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, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The company seeks to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $66 million in its MPS service area and by approximately $17 million in its L&P service area. For the average MPS residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, the proposed increase would be approximately $12.50 a month. For the average L&P residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, the proposed increase would be approximately $10.00 a month. The proposed increase is approximately 14% in each of the company’s service territories.
KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company provides electric service to approximately 242,000 customers in the area formerly served by Aquila Networks-MPS and to approximately 66,000 electric customers in the area formerly served by Aquila Networks-L&P.
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Case No. ER-2009-0090
