JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.---The Missouri Public Service Commission is announcing a local public hearing and a virtual local public hearing to receive customer comments in a case filed by Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI), for a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) relating to transmission investments in North Central Missouri.
On Dec. 11, 2024, ATXI filed an application for a CCN that would authorize ATXI to construct, install, own, operate, control, manage, and maintain slightly over 200 miles of 345 kV transmission lines across the Missouri counties of DeKalb, Daviess, Grundy, Sullivan, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Macon, and Randolph – referred to as the Denny-Zachary-Thomas Hill-Maywood Project, or DZTM Project. ATXI also requests permission and authority to transfer an undivided 49% interest in certain transmission facilities for the DZTM Project to the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC) shortly before applicable portions of the DZTM Project are placed into service.
Below is the local public hearing schedule:
April 22 – Milan. Milan Community Center, 205 North Market Street, Milan.
The hearing starts at 6 p.m., beginning with a public information/question-and-answer session followed by the Commission receiving testimony from the public.
April 23 – A Virtual Local Public Hearing begins at Noon. See further details below.*
*To attend the virtual local public hearing by telephone, at the time of the hearing call toll free 650-479-3207, listen to the prompt and enter the meeting number/access code 2867 411 6123, followed by # (pound/hashtag symbol). If prompted for a password, enter 0087.
To attend the virtual local public hearing by video/internet, visit the website at
www.webex.com or download the Cisco WebEx Meetings application. At hearing time, enter the meeting number/access code 2867 411 6123 and password 0087.
The in-person 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 these hearings should call the Public Service Commission’s hotline at 800-392-4211 or TDD hotline at 800-829-7541 before the hearings.
To facilitate an orderly hearing that can be preserved for the record, members of the public who wish to testify or present other evidence to the Commission during the virtual local public hearing should register by sending their first and last name, phone number and email address to
pscinfo@psc.mo.gov or by calling 800-392-4211 by 5 p.m. the day before the hearing.
If you are unable to attend a local public hearing and wish to make written comments, you may contact the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, or by using the Commission’s electronic filing system at
https://psc.mo.gov/General/Submit_Comments. When submitting comments, please reference File No. EA-2025-0087.
Missouri Public Service Commission