BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
In the Matter of Liberty Utilities (Midstates Natural )
Gas)
Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities’ Tariff Revisions )
Designed to Implement a General Rate Increase for ) File No. GR-2014-0152
Natural Gas Service in the Missouri Service Areas )
of the Company. )
ORDER TO DELIVER NOTICE OF RATE INCREASE
Issue Date: February 17, 2015 Effective Date:
February 17, 2015
The Missouri Public Service Commission is ordering delivery of the notice required by Section 393.275.1.[1] That statute requires the Commission, for each city or county imposing a business license tax on gross receipts of any gas, electric, water, or sewer corporation to notify the governing body of any rate increase over seven percent approved for that utility corporation. The statute requires the Commission to notify those bodies of:
. . . the percentage increase approved for the utility, together with an estimate of the annual increase in gross receipts resulting from the tariff increase on customers residing in that city or county.
That notice is attached to this order. Section 393.275.2 also requires the taxing authority to take certain actions with regard to its gross receipts tax rates, but does not require any further review or action by the Commission. Therefore, the Commission will order delivery of the attached notice.
THE
COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1.
The Commission’s Data Center shall mail a copy
of this order to the governing body of each city or county identified in the
attached notice.
2. This order shall be effective when issued.
BY THE COMMISSION
Morris L. Woodruff
Secretary
Ronald D. Pridgin, Deputy Chief
Regulatory Law Judge, by delegation
of authority pursuant to Section 386.240,
RSMo 2000.
Dated at Jefferson City, Missouri,
on this 17th
day of February, 2015.
NOTICE
Please be advised that the Missouri Public
Service Commission has authorized a general rate increase for In the
Matter of Liberty Utilities (Midstates Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty
Utilities’ Tariff effective December 22, 2014.
The Commission is providing this notification in accordance with Section 393.275,
RSMo, which requires notification to taxing authorities when any such increase
exceeds seven percent.
The rate increase
approved represents a 7.05% percent increase for Liberty Utilities’ SEMO
district. The below table represents the
estimated increase in franchise fees for each municipality in the SEMO district
due to the rate increase.
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% of Avg. Rate |
Estimated Annual |
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Municipality |
Franchise Fees Paid |
Increase Authorized |
Increase |
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Name/Address |
01-2014 to 12-2014 |
Division |
by Division |
in Franchise Fees* |
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CITY OF ARBYRD |
5,972$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
421$ |
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CITY OF ARCADIA |
7,877$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
555$ |
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CITY OF BENTON |
9,306$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
656$ |
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CITY OF BERTRAND |
7,217$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
509$ |
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City of Campbell |
23,434$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,652$ |
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CITY OF CARDWELL |
6,764$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
477$ |
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CITY OF CARUTHERSVILLE |
88,818$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
6,262$ |
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CITY OF CHAFFEE |
39,511$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
2,786$ |
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CITY OF CHARLESTON |
68,089$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
4,800$ |
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CITY OF CLARKTON |
11,281$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
795$ |
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CITY OF COOTER |
5,194$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
366$ |
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City of Doniphan |
28,022$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,976$ |
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City of East Prairie |
37,309$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
2,630$ |
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CITY OF GIDEON |
12,594$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
888$ |
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City of Gordonville |
5,382$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
379$ |
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City of Greenville |
5,145$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
363$ |
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CITY OF HAYTI |
49,085$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
3,461$ |
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CITY OF HAYTI HEIGHTS |
5,474$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
386$ |
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CITY OF HOLCOMB |
7,990$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
563$ |
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CITY OF HOLLAND |
3,355$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
236$ |
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CITY OF HORNERSVILLE |
6,958$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
491$ |
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City of Howardville |
2,539$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
179$ |
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CITY OF IRONTON |
23,811$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,679$ |
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City of Jackson |
191,591$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
13,507$ |
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CITY OF LILBOURN |
10,462$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
738$ |
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CITY OF MALDEN |
51,616$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
3,639$ |
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City of Marston |
12,819$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
904$ |
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City of Matthews |
10,338$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
729$ |
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CITY OF MINER |
18,686$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,317$ |
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CITY OF MOREHOUSE |
8,644$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
609$ |
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CITY OF MORLEY |
6,041$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
426$ |
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City of Naylor |
3,840$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
271$ |
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CITY OF NEELYVILLE |
1,957$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
138$ |
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City of New Madrid |
22,078$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,557$ |
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City of Oak Ridge |
2,557$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
180$ |
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CITY OF ORAN |
19,884$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,402$ |
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CITY OF PIEDMONT |
28,813$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
2,031$ |
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CITY OF PORTAGEVILLE |
43,936$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
3,098$ |
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CITY OF PUXICO |
9,097$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
641$ |
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CITY OF QULIN |
2,910$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
205$ |
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CITY OF SENATH |
19,742$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,392$ |
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CITY OF SIKESTON |
215,756$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
15,211$ |
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CITY OF STEELE |
26,142$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
1,843$ |
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CITY OF WARDELL |
4,210$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
297$ |
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Village of Lambert |
468$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
33$ |
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Village of North Lilbourn |
369$ |
SEMO |
7.05% |
26$ |
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*The estimated annual increase
in franchise fees is based upon the franchise fees paid during calendar year
2014, multiplied by the percentage increase in total rate revenues for the
SEMO District (7.05%). The actual increase in revenues for Liberty Utilities
and the corresponding increase in franchise fees for the municipality may
vary significantly from this estimate based on many factors, including, but
not limited to, customer counts by class for each municipality, customer
usage, conservation, |
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