PR-10-120 -- MEDIA ADVISORY: PSC To Hold Local Public Hearing In Excelsior Springs In AmerenUE Electric Rate Case

Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- JANUARY 14, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold a local public hearing in Excelsior Springs on January 27, 2010, to receive customer comment in an electric rate case filed by Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE.  Customers who have had any service related problems may also bring those to the attention of the Commission during the local public hearing.  The Excelsior Springs local public hearing schedule appears below.

Please note the local public hearing will be held in a different room than originally scheduled due to an anticipated large turnout.   

The January 27, 2010 local public hearing will be held at Excelsior Springs High School, Commons, 612 Tiger Drive.  A question and answer session starts at 5:30 p.m.  The local public hearing will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. or until all those who wish to testify have done so, whichever is sooner.

This local public hearing will be held in a facility that meets the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Any person who needs additional accommodations to participate in this hearing should call the Public Service Commission’s hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearing.

Consumers unable to attend the local public hearing and wish to make written comments may contact the Office of the Public Counsel, 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 1-800-392-4211, e-mail pscinfo@psc.mo.gov .  Comments may also be registered in the case using the Commission’s electronic filing system at https://www.efis.psc.mo.gov/mpsc/Comments.html .

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Case No. ER-2010-0036