Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
(1) In addition to the requirements of
4 CSR
240-2.060(1), applications for a
certificate of convenience and necessity by a gas company shall include the
following information:
(A) If the application
is for a service area-
1. A statement as to
the same or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in
the area requested;
2. If there are
ten (10) or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than
ten (10) persons residing in the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten
(10) landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there
are fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all
residents and landowners;
3. The
legal description of the area to be certificated;
4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch
(1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the
Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two
thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and
5. A feasibility study containing plans and
specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of
the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for
financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of
customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of
operations;
(B) If the
application is for gas transmission lines-
1.
A description of the route of construction and a list of all electric and
telephone lines of regulated and nonregulated utilities, railroad tracks or any
underground facility, as defined in section
319.015, RSMo, which
the proposed construction will cross;
2. The plans and specifications for the
complete construction project and estimated cost of the construction project or
a statement of the reasons the information is currently unavailable and a date
when it will be furnished; and
3.
Plans for financing;
(C)
When no evidence of approval of the affected governmental bodies is necessary,
a statement to that effect;
(D)
When approval of the affected governmental bodies is required, evidence must be
provided as follows:
1. When consent or
franchise by a city or county is required, approval shall be shown by a
certified copy of the document granting the consent or franchise, or an
affidavit of the applicant that consent has been acquired; and
2. A certified copy of the required approval
of other governmental agencies; and
(E) The facts showing that the granting of
the application is required by the public convenience and
necessity.
(2) If any of
the items required under this rule are unavailable at the time the application
is filed, they shall be furnished prior to the granting of the authority
sought.
*Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963,
1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995,
1996.
