PR-11-48 -- PSC Schedules An Additional Local Public Hearing In KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company Electric Rate Case

Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- OCTOBER 5, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold another local public hearing in Kansas City to receive customer comment in an electric rate case filed by the KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company.  Testimony will also be taken from customers of Kansas City Power & Light Company which also has an electric rate case before the PSC.  The local public hearing schedule appears below. 

December 2—Kansas City.  Hillcrest Community Center, Meeting Room A, 10401 Hillcrest Road.  A PSC staff public information/question and answer session starts at 5:30 p.m. with the local public hearing and the taking of sworn testimony to follow.

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.

If you wish to comment or secure information, you may contact the Office of the Public Counsel, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230, telephone 1-866-922-2959, email opcservice@ded.mo.gov or the Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, email pscinfo@psc.mo.gov .

In addition to the Kansas City local public hearing on December 2, the Commission will hold local public hearings in Nevada (November 30), St. Joseph (December 6), two in Kansas City (December 7), Riverside (December 8), Lee’s Summit (December 8), Sedalia (December 9) and Carrollton (December 13) in this case.

On June 4, 2010, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission stating it was seeking to increase annual electric operating revenues by approximately $75.8 million in its MPS service territory and by approximately $22.1 million in its L&P service territory.  According to KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company, a typical residential customer would see an increase of less than $15 a month under the company’s request. 

The company is also asking the PSC to modify its fuel adjustment clause (FAC) to allow the company to recover certain additional transmission costs through its FAC charge.  The company’s modified FAC allows it to adjust customers’ bills two times a year based on variations in certain costs and revenues related to fuel and purchased power.  Any increase or decrease in fuel and purchased power costs will be reflected in the FAC-portion of the customer’s bill.

KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company serves approximately 308,000 electric customers in Missouri.

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Case No. ER-2010-0355