PR-09-159 -- MEDIA REMINDER: PSC Seeks Public Comment On Electric Rate Cases Filed By Kansas City Power & Light and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations

 Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- MARCH 5, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold two local public hearings in Kansas City on March 12, 2009 to receive customer comment on electric rate cases filed by Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (formerly Aquila, Inc.).  Those who testify can comment on either rate case at the local public hearings.  The local public hearings will also give consumers an opportunity to bring any service related issues to the Commission’s attention.  The Kansas City local public hearing schedule appears below.

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 a building that meets accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Any person who needs additional accommodations to participate in 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 who 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.

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 the area formerly served by Aquila Networks-MPS (for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, the proposed increase would be approximately $12.50 a month).  The company seeks to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $17 million in the area formerly served by Aquila Networks-L&P (for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, the proposed increase would be approximately $10.00 a month).  KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company provides electric service to approximately 300,000 customers in Missouri.

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Case Nos. ER-2009-0089 & ER-2009-0090