Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 4240 - Public Service Commission
Chapter 3 - Filing and Reporting Requirements
Section 20 CSR 4240-3.030 - Minimum Filing Requirements for Utility Company General Rate Increase Requests
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the information which must be filed by all electric utilities, all large local exchange telecommunications companies, all large gas, water and sewer utilities, and all steam heating utilities when filing for a general company-wide increase in rates. Additional requirements regarding this subject matter are also found in 4 CSR 240-3.160 for electric utilities and 4 CSR 240-3.235 for gas utilities.
(1) This rule applies to all electric utilities; to all gas utilities with more than ten thousand (10,000) customers; to all water utilities with more than eight thousand (8,000) customers; to all sewer utilities with more than eight thousand (8,000) customers; and to all steam heating utilities with more than one hundred (100) customers.
(2) A general rate increase request is one where the company or utility files for an overall increase in revenues through a company-wide increase in rates for the utility service it provides, but shall not include requests for changes in rates made pursuant to an adjustment clause or other similar provisions contained in a utility's tariffs.
(3) At the time a tariff(s) is filed by any company or utility subject to this rule which contains a general rate increase request, an original or electronic copy of the following information shall be filed with the secretary of the commission and one (1) copy or electronic copy shall be provided to the Office of the Public Counsel:
(4) For good cause shown, the commission may grant a waiver of any of the provisions of this rule.
*Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.