UTILITIES

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: Establishes state penalties for violation of the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act; makes municipalities that own gas plants subject to Public Service Commission penalties.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to phase in any large increases to a water corporation's rates.

: Requires a roll call on votes to close meetings; penalizes negligent violations of sunshine law; increases penalties for violations of sunshine law.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to phase in any large increases to a water corporation's rates.

: Enacts consumer protections for long distance services.

: Prohibits utilities from charging consumers for underbilling mistakes made by the utility if a correction is not made within ninety days.

: Requires a roll call on votes to close meetings; penalizes negligent violations of sunshine law; increases penalties for violations of sunshine law.

: Amends the law regarding underground facility safety and damage prevention.

: Allows political subdivisions to establish permit procedures for public utility right-of-way users; allows utilities to pass costs of such permits to consumer.

: Regulates natural gas suppliers.

: Instructs the Public Service Commission to develop expedited dispute resolution procedures for utility disputes not already having time frames set by other utilities laws.

: Imposes a temporary rate ceiling on gas and electric corporations.

: Authorizes the General Assembly, for 2001, to make a one-time transfer of up to five million dollars to the Utilicare Stabilization Fund.

: Regulates the transfer of utility generation assets; amends utility taxation and rate laws.

: Authorizes cities imposing a storm water, capital improvement or transportation sales tax to impose a sales tax on utilities by ordinance.

: Creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of natural gas to industrial and commercial customers for the months of February to April and December of 2001, and for January and February of 2002.

: Allows electric utilities to recover certain costs impacted by natural gas prices.

: Redefines who may form joint municipal utility commissions; regulates public water supply district purchases of, and services to, water and sewer corporations.

: Regulates property transfers by gas, water, electric or sewer corporations.

: Requires electrical and gas providers to increase use of renewable energy resources.

: Requires natural gas companies to submit a mitigation strategy for natural gas pricing to the Public Service Commission for approval.

: Prohibits the termination of utility service to certain individuals during cold weather months.

: Requires reporting of certain utility acquisitions to the Public Service Commission.

: Grants preferences in certain instances to rural water supply districts.

: Establishes retail electric customer choice.

: Enacts the Missouri Retail Customer and Worker Protection Act.

: Allows a tax credit for coal-generated plants built with pollution control devices.

: Extends the Joint Interim Committee on Telecommunications and Energy to the Ninety-first General Assembly.

: Declares certain members of the Public Service Commission to be in violation of state law and further declares their positions vacant.

: Directs the Public Service Commission to freeze all utility rates at their current levels until the utility cost crisis is over.

: Urges Congress to consider establishing a strong remedial federal energy policy that delegates emergency powers to individual states.

: Urges the political subdivisions of this state to suspend imposition of the gross receipts tax on natural gas sales until the current natural gas price crisis is over.

: Revises the standard of proof and other aspects of the Sunshine Law.

: Revises various utility taxes.

: Increases the penalties that may be imposed by the Public Service Commission for violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.

: Revises the sunset on disclosure of certain municipal utility records.

: Causing appeals of PSC orders to go directly to the Court of Appeals.

: Allows a municipality to use condemnation in order to construct or acquire natural gas service.

: Dedicated additional revenue to the energy assistance program.

: Revises the operation and participation of the one call notification center for excavators.

: Revises law on public utility right-of-way use.

: Revises the Sunshine Law.

: Allows electric utilities to recover certain costs affected by natural gas prices.

: Enacts Missouri Retail Customer and Worker Protection Act.

: Allows transfer of electric generating plant to wholesale affiliate and limited retail electronic choice.

: Establishes retail electric customer choice.

: Allows transfer of electric generating plant to wholesale affiliate and limited retail electric choice.

: Creates the "Consumer Clean Energy Act.".

: Revises the regulation of unsolicited telephone sales calls.

: Authorizes certain cities and towns to license electricians and plumbers.

: Establishes Joint Legislative Interim Committee on Wireless Telecommunication's Coverage.

: Establishes Joint Interim Committee on Energy Resources.

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