Reports of the Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri, Volume 24 MPSC 3d, January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

2017·3 MB·English

by  Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance, Missouri Public Service Commission

REPORTS
OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF MISSOURI
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Volume 24 MPSC 3d
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
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Morris Woodruff
Reporter of Opinions

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JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
(2017)
PREFACE
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This volume of the Reports of the Public Service Commission of
the State of Missouri contains selected Reports and Orders issued by
this Commission during the period beginning January 1, 2014 through
December 31, 2014. It is published pursuant to the provisions of
Section 386.170, et seq., Revised Statutes of Missouri, 2016.
The syllabi or headnotes appended to the Reports and Orders
are not a part of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, but
are prepared for the purpose of facilitating reference to the opinions. In
preparing the various syllabi for a particular case an effort has been
made to include therein every point taken by the Commission essential
to the decision.
The Digest of Reports found at the end of this volume has been
prepared to assist in the finding of cases. Each of the syllabi found at
the beginning of the cases has been catalogued under specific topics
which in turn have been classified under more general topics. Case
citations, including page numbers, follow each syllabi contained in the
Digest.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Commission Organization ........................................................................ iv
Table of cases reported .......................................................................... xiii
Reports and Orders of the Commission ................................................... 1
Digest ................................................................................................... 236
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THE COMMISSION
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The following Commissioners served during all or
part of the period covered by this volume

DANIEL YVES HALL

ROBERT S. KENNEY STEPHEN M. STOLL

WILLIAM P. KENNEY SCOTT RUPP

CURRENT COMMISSIONERS
AS OF FEBRUARY, 2018

DANIEL YVES HALL RYAN SILVEY

WILLIAM P. KENNEY SCOTT RUPP

MAIDA COLEMAN
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GENERAL COUNSEL
SHELLEY BRUEGGEMANN

SECRETARY
MORRIS WOODRUFF

ADMINISTRATION & REGULATORY POLICY
LOYD WILSON

COMMISSION STAFF DIRECTOR
NATELLE DIETRICH

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STAFF COUNSEL

KEVIN A. THOMPSON STEVEN DOTTHEIM
Chief Staff Counsel Chief Deputy Counsel

BOB BERLIN JEFF KEEVIL
Deputy Counsel Deputy Counsel

JACOB WESTEN NICOLE MERS
Deputy Counsel Deputy Counsel

MARK JOHNSON MARCELLA (FORCK) MUETH
Senior Counsel Associate Counsel

WHITNEY (HAMPTON) PAYNE ALEXANDRA “LEXI” KLAUS
Associate Counsel Legal Counsel

RON IRVING
Legal Counsel

JAMIE OTT SARAH KLIETHERMES
SAMUEL RITCHIE RACHEL LEWIS
ERIC DEARMONT MEGHAN (MCCLOWRY) WOOLERY
JOHN BORGMEYER CULLY DALE
JENNIFER HERNANDEZ ALEXANDER ANTAL
AKAYLA JONES TIMOTHY OPITZ
CASI ASLIN NATHAN WILLIAMS

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GENERAL COUNSEL

SHELLEY BRUEGGEMANN JENNIFER HEINTZ
General Counsel Chief Litigation Counsel

JOHN BORGMEYER RODNEY MASSMAN
Litigation Counsel Assistant General Counsel

CURTIS STOKES
Litigation Counsel

STEVEN REED ANNETTE SLACK
JOSH HARDEN

ADJUDICATION

MORRIS WOODRUFF RON PRIDGIN
Chief RLJ Deputy RLJ

DANIEL JORDAN KIM BURTON
Senior RLJ Senior RLJ

MICHAEL BUSHMANN NANCY DIPPELL
Senior RLJ Senior RLJ

JOHN CLARK
RLJ

KENNARD JONES

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Reported Cases
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Page
In the Matter of the Application of Union Electric
EA-2012-0281 79
Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri for Permission
and Approval and a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity Authorizing it to
Construct, Install, Own, Operate, Maintain, and
Otherwise Control and Manage a Utility Waste
Landfill and Related Facilities At its Labadie
Energy Center.
In the Matter of the Application of Union Electric
EA-2012-0281 98
Company, d/b/a Ameren Missouri for Permission
and Approval and a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity Authorizing it to
Construct, Install, Own, Operate, Maintain, and
Otherwise Control and Manage a Utility Waste
Landfill and Related Facilities At its Labadie
Energy Center.
In the Matter of Ameren Missouri’s Application
ET-2014-0350 133
for Authorization to Suspend Payment of Solar
Rebates
Noranda Aluminum, Inc., et al., Complainants, v.
EC-2014-0224 114
Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri,
Respondent.
Noranda Aluminum, Inc., et al., Complainants, v.
EC-2014-0223 136
Union Electric Company Ameren Missouri,
Respondent.
In the Matter of the Application of Union Electric
EO-2011-0128 233
Company for Authority to Continue the Transfer
of Functional Control of Its Transmission System
to the Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc.
In the Matter of the Assessment Against the
AO-2014-0359 77
Public Utilities in the State of Missouri for the
Expenses of the Commission for the Fiscal Year
Commencing July 1, 2014

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EX-2014-0205 In The Matter Of Dogwood Energy, LLC’s 1
Petition For Revision Of Commission Rule 4
CSR 240-3.105 I I

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Missouri Landowners Alliance, Complainant, v.
EC-2014-0251 67
Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC, Grain Belt
Express Holding LLC, Clean Line Energy
Partners LLC, Respondent. I I

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In the Matter of the Joint Application of Brandco
WO-2014-0340, et 159
Investments, LLC and Hillcrest Utility Operating
al.
Company, Inc., for Hillcrest to Acquire Certain
Water and Sewer Assets of Brandco and, Inc.
Connection Therewith, Issue Indebtedness and
Encumber Assets

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In the Matter of KCP&L Greater Missouri
EO-2014-0151 230
Operations Company’s Application for Authority
to Establish a Renewable Energy Standard Rate
Adjustment Mechanism
In the Matter of Kansas City Power & Light
EO-2014-0095 70
Company’s Filing for Approval of Demand-Side
Programs and for Authority to Establish A
Demand-Side Programs Investment Mechanism
In the Matter of the Application of Kansas City
EU-2014-0077 106
Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater
Missouri Operations Company for the Issuance
Of an Accounting Authority Order relating to their
Electrical Operations and for a Contingent
Wavier Of the Notice Requirement of 4 CSR
240-4.020(2)

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In the Matter of Lake Region Water & Sewer
WR-2013-0461, et 35
Company’s Application to Implement a General
al.
Rate Increase in Water and Sewer Service
In the Matter of Liberty Utilities (Midstates
GR-2014-0152 206
Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities’ Tariff
Revisions Designed to Implement a General
Rate Increase for Natural Gas Service in the
Missouri Service Areas of the Company
In the Matter of the Application of Lincoln County
SR-2013-0321 9
Sewer & Water, LLC for Approval of a Rate
Increase
In the Matter of the Application of Lincoln County
SR-2013-0321 101
Sewer and Water, LLC for Approval of a Rate
Increase

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In the Matter of the Joint Application of Missouri-
WO-2014-0113 4
American Water Company and Emerald Pointe
& Utility Company for Missouri-American Water
Company to Acquire Certain Water and Sewer
SO-2014-0116
Assets of the Emerald Pointe Utility Company in
Connection Therewith, Certain Other Related
Transactions
In the Matter of the Application of Missouri Gas
GA-2014-0232 32
Energy, a Division of Laclede Gas Company, for
a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity Authorizing It to Construct, Install,
Own, Operate, Control, Manage Maintain a
Natural Gas Distribution System to Provide
Gas Service in Lawrence County, Missouri, as
an Expansion of Its Existing Certified Area
In the Matter of Missouri-American Water
WA-2015-0019 200
Company for a Certificate of Convenience and
Necessity Authorizing It to Install, Own, Acquire,
Construct, Operate, Control, Manage and
Maintain Water and Sewer Systems in Lincoln
County, Missouri
In the Matter of the Amount Assessed on
TO-2014-0333 112
Companies to Fund the Missouri Universal
Service Fund

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In the Matter of the Application of Peaceful
SR-2014-0153 150
Valley Service Company’s Request For Increase
in Sewer Operating Revenues
WR-2014-0154 In the Matter of the Application of Peaceful 150
Valley Service Company’s Request For Increase
in Water Operating Revenues

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GR-2014-0086 In the Matter of Summit Natural Gas of Missouri 73
Inc.’s Filing of Revised Tariffs to Increase Its
Annual Revenues for Natural Gas Service
In the Matter of Summit Natural Gas of Missouri
GR-2014-0086 161
Inc.’s Filing of Revised Tariffs to Increase Its
Annual Revenues for Natural Gas Service

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In the Matter of the Application of TELEXFREE,
DA-2014-0229 100
LLC for Registration to Provide Interconnected
Voice Over Internet Protocol Service

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SM-2015-0014 In the Matter of the Joint Application of West 16 203
Street Sewer Company, W.P.C. Sewer
Company, Village Water and Sewer Company,
Inc. and Raccoon Creek Utility Operating
Company, Inc., for Raccoon Creek to Acquire
Certain Sewer Assets and, in Connection
Therewith, Issue Indebtedness and Encumber
Those Assets.

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