JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission has established the deadline for those wishing to intervene and participate in water and sewer rate cases filed by Liberty Utilities (Missouri Water) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty).
Applications to intervene and participate in the water and sewer rate cases must be filed no later than
April 4, 2024, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, or by using the Commission’s Electronic Filing and Information System (EFIS) at
www.psc.mo.gov.
Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel (Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230, telephone (866) 922-2959, email
opcservice@opc.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 that represents the general public in matters before the Commission.
On March 13, 2024, Liberty filed water and sewer rate cases with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to increase annual water revenues by approximately $7.99 million and annual sewer revenues by approximately $75,180. The proposed annual water revenues are an increase of approximately 130.37%. The proposed annual sewer revenues are an increase of approximately 2.2%.
Liberty is also proposing to consolidate its rates into two sets of water rates and two sets of wastewater rates, which would be consolidated from its existing 15 water tariff rate areas and five wastewater tariff rate areas.
According to the filing, Liberty provides water service to approximately 12,100 customers and sewer service to approximately 4,900 customers in 13 Missouri counties (Polk, Cape Girardeau, Jefferson, Stoddard, Stone, Christian, Lawrence, Barry, Taney, Franklin, McDonald, Butler and Wayne).
Missouri Public Service Commission