PR-10-218 -- PSC Sets Intervention Deadline And Hearing Schedule in KCP&L Rate Case

Contact: Gregg Ochoa (573) 522-2760

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- JUNE 14, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Public Service Commission established the deadline for those parties wishing to intervene and participate in an electric rate case filed by Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L).

Applications to intervene and participate in this case should be filed no later than July 1, 2010, 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: James M. Fischer, Esq. Fischer & Dority. P.C., 101 Madison Street, Suite 400, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101; Roger Steiner, Esq., Sonnenschien Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1100,  Kansas City, Missouri 64111; William G. Riggins, Esq. and Curtis Blanc, Esq., Kansas City Power & Light Company, 1200 Main,  Kansas City, Missouri 64105; and the Office of the Public Counsel, Post Office Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.    

The Commission has scheduled hearings for January in the rate case.  Hearings, to be held in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building in Jefferson City (200 Madison Street), are scheduled for January 3-7, and January 10-14, 2011.       

The Governor Office Building meets accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.  If any person needs additional accommodations to participate in the hearings, please call the Public Service Commission’s hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 prior to the hearings.

On June 4, 2010, Kansas City Power & Light filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to increase annual electric operating revenues by approximately $92.1 million.  According to a KCP&L press release, a typical Missouri residential customer would see a less than $15 per month increase in charges.

KCP&L serves approximately 271,000 electric customers in 13 western Missouri counties.

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Case No. ER-2010-0355