STATE OF MISSOURI

 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

At a session of the Public Service Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 25th day of February, 2015.

 

 

In the Matter of Liberty Energy (Midstates) Corp.        )        

d/b/a Liberty Utilities’ Purchased Gas Adjustment        )         File No. GR-2014-0060

Tariff Filing                                                                )

 

ORDER ESTABLISHING ENDING ACA BALANCES

 

Issue Date:  February 25, 2015                                 Effective Date:  March 7, 2015 

 

The Commission opened this case to receive the 2012‑2013 Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA) and Actual Cost Adjustment (ACA) filings of Liberty Energy (Midstates) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities.  On December 19, 2014, the Staff of the Commission filed a recommendation and memorandum indicating that it has completed an audit of billed revenues and actual gas costs for the period September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013, which were included in Liberty Utilities’ computation of its ACA balances.   

Staff’s recommendation and memorandum sets out the ending balances contained in Liberty Utilities’ ACA filing and recommends adjustments to those ending balances.  Staff also offered some non-financial recommendations regarding Liberty Utilities’ policies and practices.  Liberty Utilities responded to Staff’s recommendations on February 2, 2015, indicating its acceptance of Staff’s financial adjustments, and responding to Staff’s non-financial recommendations.  On February 11, 2015, Staff replied to Liberty Utilities’ response, indicating there are no issues that require Commission resolution and advising the Commission to establish the ending ACA balances indicated in Staff’s December 19, 2014 recommendation.     

After reviewing Staff’s recommendations and Liberty Utilities’ response, the Commission concludes that Staff’s ending ACA balances should be accepted as a resolution of Liberty Utilities 2012-2013 ACA audit.  Because Staff’s recommended balances are unopposed, the Commission will give this order a ten-day effective date.    

THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

1.     The ending (over)/under recovery balances for Liberty Energy (Midstates) Corp., d/b/a Liberty Utilities’ 2012‑2013 Actual Cost Adjustment are established as provided in the following table:

 

Balance per Liberty Utilities’ Filing

Staff Adjustments

Ending Balances

8-31-13

SEMO Area:

Demand ACA

 

($176,315)

 

$1,494

 

($174,821)

Commodity ACA

$(2,271,787)

$159,168

$(2,112,619)

Kirksville Area: Demand ACA

 

$117,571

 

$16,867

 

$134,438

Commodity ACA

($272,612)

$23,618

($248,994)

WEMO Area: Demand ACA

 

($11,205)

 

$0

 

($11,205)

Commodity ACA

($67,470)

$22,618

($44,852)

NEMO Area:

Demand ACA

 

($154,448)

 

$0

 

($154,448)

Commodity ACA

$97,183

$67,945

$165,128

 

2.     This order shall become effective on March 7, 2015.

3.     This file shall be closed on March 8, 2015.

 

BY THE COMMISSION

 

 

 

 

                                                            Morris L. Woodruff

                                                            Secretary

 

R. Kenney, Chm., Stoll, W. Kenney,

Hall, and Rupp, CC., concur.

 

 

Woodruff, Chief Regulatory Law Judge