PR-11-92 -- PSC Sets Intervention Deadline In KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company Request

Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- DECEMBER 9, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY—KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking Commission authority and a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct, own and operate an electrical production facility and related facilities in or near St. Joseph, Missouri.

According to the company’s application, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company seeks a certificate for a new electrical production facility to be built near St. Joseph, which will be fueled with a renewable source of energy, specifically, landfill gas from the City of St. Joseph landfill.  The proposed electric production facility will be located on a tract of land adjacent to the landfill.

Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than January 7, 2011, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.

Individual citizens wishing to comment 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 staff, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, email pscinfo@psc.mo.gov .

The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency which represents the general public in cases before the Public Service Commission.

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

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Case No. EA-2011-0165