Reports of the Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri, Volume 7 MPSC 3d, December 1, 1997 Through November 30, 1998

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by  Missouri Department of Economic Development, Public Service Commission

REPORTS
OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF MISSOURI
Volume 7 MPSC 3d
December 1, 1997 Through November 30, 1998
Kevin Kelly
Reporter of Opinions
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
(2001)
PREFACE
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 December 1, 1997 through November 30, 1998. It is published
pursuant to the provisions of Section 386.170, et seq., Revised Statutes of Missouri,
1978, as amended.
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
Commission Organization........................................................................ vii
Table of cases reported............................................................................ xiii
Table of unreported utility cases............................................................. xx
Reports and Orders of the Commission................................................... 1
Digest....................................................................................................... 5
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ORGANIZATION OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
SHEILA LUMPE
CONNIE MURRAY
KELVIN SIMMONS
Appointed June 1, 2000
STEVEN GAW
Appointed April 2, 2001
M. DIANNE DRAINER
Resigned May 3, 2001
ROBERT SCHEMENAUER
Appointed March 6, 1998
Resigned March 31, 2001
HAROLD CRUMPTON
Resigned June 1, 2000
Dale Hardy Roberts, Secretary/Chief Regulatory Law Judge
Cecil I. Wright, Executive Director
Resigned August 31, 1998
Gordon Persinger, Interim Executive Director
Appointed August 17, 1998
Brian Kinkade, Executive Director
Appointed February 14, 2000
Resigned May 18, 2001
GENERAL COUNSEL
DAN JOYCE STEVEN DOTTHEIM
General Counsel Chief Deputy General Counsel
THOMAS R. SCHWARZ, JR. WILLIAM HAAS
Deputy General Counsel Deputy General Counsel
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ORGANIZATION ix
KEITH KRUEGER MARC POSTON
Deputy General Counsel Senior Counsel
CLIFF SNODGRASS DENNY FREY
Senior Counsel
LERA SHEMWELL NATHAN WILLIAMS
ROBERT FRANSON DAVID MEYER
VICTORIA KIZITO BRUCE BATES
ERIC ANDERSON DAVID STUEVEN
CHERLYN MCGOWAN CAROL KEITH
STEPHEN GUNN PENNY G. BAKER
BLAIR HOSFORD JULIE KARDIS
DAVID WOODSMALL CYNTHIA BRYANT
ROGER STEINER
REGULATORY LAW JUDGES
DALE HARDY ROBERTS LEWIS MILLS
Chief R.L.J. Deputy Chief R.L.J.
KEVIN THOMPSON NANCY DIPPELL
Deputy Chief R.L.J. Senior R.L.J.
BILL HOPKINS MORRIS WOODRUFF
Senior R.L.J. Senior R.L.J.
VICKY RUTH SHELLY REGISTER
ORGANIZATION xi
KEITH THORNBURG L. ANNE WICKLIFFE
AMY RANDLES BRIAN HARPER
ELAINE BENSAVAGE JOSEPH DERQUE III
THOMAS LUCKENBILL GREGORY GEORGE
KEVIN HENNESSEY ANJALI GANDHI
UTILITY OPERATIONS DIVISION
WESS HENDERSON
DIRECTOR
UTILITY SERVICES DIVISION
BOB SCHALLENBERG
DIRECTOR
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
DONNA KOLILIS
DIRECTOR
RESEARCH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION
GORDON PERSINGER
DIRECTOR
CASES REPORTED
Page No.
— A —
TO-97-16 Adaptive Telephone Equipment Program (Order clarifying and
revising program) .................................................................... 108
EO-97-314, et alAlbright (Eight customers seeking change in electric supplier, cases were
either closed or denied)............................................................ 134
TR-97-567 ALLTEL Missouri, Inc. (Consolidation of access rate tariffs,
granted).................................................................................... 441
MC-97-542 Amega Mobile Home Sales, Inc. d/b/a Quality Preowned Homes,
Public Service Commission Staff v. (Complaint case, allegations of a
home being sold without a HUD or Missouri State Seal affixed to the
house, dismissed)...................................................................... 455
TM-99-76 Ameritech/Southwestern Bell (Merger, motion to establish procedural
schedule and hold hearings, denied)......................................... 528
TO-98-212 Area Codes (314 area code decision; geographic split authorized) 319
GR-97-272 Associated Natural Gas Company (Rate increase, granted, Report &
Order) ...................................................................................... 4
GR-97-272 Associated Natural Gas Company (Rate case, order denying
applications for rehearing and reconsideration, granting motion for
stay and granting motion for expedited treatment)................ 114
GO-98-567 Associated Natural Gas Company (Variance from rule allowing for
extending the service life of meter change-outs, granted)...... 309
TO-98-115 AT&T Communications (Petition for second compulsory arbitration,
Report & Order)...................................................................... 54
TO-97-63 AT&T and GTE Midwest Inc. (Interconnection agreement, granted) 315
TO-97-40 AT&T, MCI (Arbitration of interconnection agreements with South-
TO-98-200 western Bell, order setting procedural schedule and directing
the filing of partial interconnection agreements)................... 148
TC-97-335 AT&T v. Ozark Telephone Company (Complaint case, allegations of
inadequate service, order approving agreement)..................... 175
TO-98-115 AT&T and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Interconnection
agreement, order approving agreement filed in compliance with
Commission order).................................................................. 252
— B —
TO-98-278 Birch Telecom of Missouri, Inc./Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
(Interconnection, arbitration, Report & Order)..................... 260
TR-98-344 Bourbeuse Telephone Company and Fidelity Telephone Company
(Investigation into the earnings of Fidelity and Bourbeuse, revenue
reduction approved)................................................................. 365
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xiv CASES REPORTED
TM-98-444 Bourbeuse Telephone Company and Fidelity Telephone Company (Merger
of Bourbeuse into Fidelity, granted)........................................ 375
— C —
TC-98-254 Cable & Wireless, Inc., Public Service Commission Staff v.
(Complaint case, allegations CWI increased its rates in June or
July 1997 and failed to file tariff sheets reflecting those increases
for approval until August, Commission approves agreement in which
CWI would make refunds to affected customers).................... 307
TW-98-356 Calling scopes, Investigation of (Case established)....................... 161
TR-98-346 Citizens Telephone Company (Investigation into the earnings of telephone
company, revenue reduction, approved)................................. 548
GC-96-452 City of Granby, Public Service Commission Staff v. (Complaint case, gas
safety, order approving modification to agreement, approved)
247
EO-98-279 Gascosage Electric Cooperative and Union Electric Company (Territorial
agreement designating boundaries within portions of Camden,
Miller, Maries, Pulaski and Phelps, granted)........................... 301
TW-97-333 Community Optional Service (Order extending deadline)............. 159
TW-97-333 Community Optional Service (Order extending deadline for mandatory
elimination of COS)................................................................. 522
— D —
MC-98-92 Discount Manufactured Housing, Inc., Public Service Commission Staff
v. (Complaint, alleging failure to arrange for the proper initial setup of
a manufactured home sold in Missouri without first obtaining a written
waiver of that service from the purchaser and deducting an amount
equal
to the cost of setup from total cost of manufactured home, order
approving agreement)............................................................. 490
— F —
TR-98-344 Fidelity Telephone Company and Bourbeuse Telephone Company
(Investigation into the earnings of Fidelity and Bourbeuse, revenue
reduction approved)................................................................. 365
TM-98-444 Fidelity Telephone Company and Bourbeuse Telephone Company
(Merger of Bourbeuse into Fidelity, granted).......................... 375
— G —
TA-98-157 Green Hills Communications, Inc. (Certificate of service authority, local
exchange and IXC, granted).................................................... 286
CASES REPORTED xv
TO-98-188 GTE Midwest Incorporated (Application for designation of eligible
telecommunications carrier under federal Telecommunications Act of
1996, agreement approved).................................................... 104
TT-98-311 GTE Midwest Incorporated (Revision of long distance message
telecommunications tariff to introduce extended calling plan service,
order rejecting second request for rehearing).......................... 272
TO-97-63 GTE Midwest Inc. and AT&T (Interconnection agreement, granted) 315
— I —
SC-98-180 Imperial Utility Corporation, West Elm Place Corporation v. (Complaint
case, order regarding default)................................................... 145
OX-98-183 Interaffiliate transactions (Rulemaking to govern interaffiliate transactions
among electric, gas, heating, water and sewer companies, order closing
case)......................................................................................... 259
TW-98-356 Investigation of calling scopes (Case established)......................... 161
TO-99-14 Investigation of number conservation (Docket opened to investigate
number conservation).............................................................. 343
TW-98-207 Investigation of payphone issues pursuant to Federal Telecommunications
Act of 1996 (Case established)................................................ 33
TW-98-207 Investigation of payphone issues pursuant to Federal Telecommunications
Act of 1996 (Order regarding investigation) .......................... 533
— K —
EO-97-84 Kansas City Power & Light (Cost estimates and funding levels for
nuclear decommissioning costs, approved)............................. 124
— L —
GR-98-374 Laclede Gas Company (Rate case, agreement filed with no revenue
increase, approved).................................................................. 541
TR-98-372 Le-Ru Telephone Company (Investigation into the earnings of the
telephone
company, telephone revenue reduction, approved)................ 526
TC-98-119 Local Fone Service, Inc., Public Service Commission Staff v.
(Complaint case, allegations that Local Fone Service, Inc. had been
providing basic local telecommunications services without an approved
tariff, order approving agreement) ......................................... 256
— M —
TO-97-40 & MCI, AT&T (Arbitration of interconnection agreements
TO-98-200 with Southwestern Bell, order setting procedural schedule and directing
the filing of partial interconnection agreements)................... 148
TO-98-200 MCI Telecommunications Corporation and its affiliates and Southwestern
Bell (Interconnection agreement, granted)............................. 354
xvi CASES REPORTED
SC-97-339 & McLard, Jeff and Melissa/ McClain, Jeff and Amy
SC-97-343 v. Stoddard County Sewer Company (Complaint regarding alleged
overcharge for sewer hook up, relief sought was granted)...... 1
TO-98-49 Mid-Missouri Group and Small Telephone Company Group (Application
for designation of eligible telecommunications carriers under federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996, agreement approved)...... 25
GS-97-494& Missouri Gas Energy, Public Service Commission Staff v. (Complaint case,
GC-98-113 natural gas incident, 8814B Smart Street, Independence, order
approving .................................................................................................
agreement) 131
GR-98-140 & Missouri Gas Energy (Rate increase, granted)............................... 394
GT-98-237
ER-97-394, Missouri Public Service (Rate case, electric, rate reduction ordered) 178
ET-98-103 &
EC-98-126
GO-98-508 Missouri Public Service (Request for waiver, increase pipeline pressure on
three miles of line near Nevada, granted)............................... 348
GR-95-273 Missouri Public Service (1994-95 Actual Cost Adjustment, approved) 492
TX-98-56 Missouri Universal Service Fund (Proposed Commission rules regarding
Missouri Universal Service Fund, order denying applications for
rehearing and clarification).................................................... 268
— N —
TT-99-92 New London Telephone Company (Tariffs seeking to add E-911
service, rejected)...................................................................... 453
TO-98-216 & Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company (Investigation into the
TT-98-277 earnings of telephone company, annual telephone revenues
reduced).................................................................................... 381
TO-99-14 Number conservation, Investigation of (Docket opened to investigate
number conservation).............................................................. 343
— O —
TR-98-348 Oregon Farmers Mutual Telephone Company (Investigation into the
earnings of telephone company, revenue reduction, approved)
523
GA-98-227 Ozark Natural Gas Company (Certificate of public convenience and
necessity to build and operate an intrastate natural gas pipeline in
southwestern Missouri, Stone, Taney & Christian Counties,
approved)................................................................................. 367
TC-97-335 Ozark Telephone Company, AT&T v. (Complaint case, allegations of
inadequate service, order approving agreement)..................... 175
TF-98-549 Ozark Telephone Company (Order approving financing)............ 350