PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Missouri House of Representatives
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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: Requires owners of certain interests in public utilities and suppliers of public utilities to notify the Public Service Commission.

: Protects certain information furnished by a municipal utility to the Public Service Commission.

: Allows municipalities that own gas plants to be fined by the Public Service Commission.

: Revises utility laws. Requires schools and libraries to restrict access to Internet pornography.

: Authorizes Public Service Commission to direct allocation of certain sums to gas ratepayers.

: Allows telecommunication providers open competition for the business of tenants.

: Allows electric utilities to transfer assets to affiliates with the approval of the Public Service Commission.

: Encourages the use of renewable resources.

: Repeals eight sections of the statutes relating to economy-rate telephone services.

: Revises the law on joint municipal utility projects.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to consider a customers' ability to pay when setting utility rates.

: Provides for the funding of the Office of Public Counsel for the representation of utility customers.

: Requires the Public Service Commission to establish rules for expedited dispute resolution procedures.

: Prohibits members of the Public Service Commission from establishing or maintaining a campaign finance committee.

: Revises Public Service Commission provisions regarding appointment of commissioners, ex parte communications, and employees of the Commission.

: Authorizes the Public Service Commission to review proposed changes in utility ownership and impose conditions to benefit public interest.

: Establishes a Joint Committee on Utility Regulation and Infrastructure Investment.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow joint municipal utility commissions to develop utility projects with cities, electric cooperatives, and public utilities without additional regulation.

: Revises documentation required for telecommunications companies to charge for Internet service.

: Increases penalties that may be imposed by the PSC for safety related violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.

: Creates the Consumer Clean Energy Act to promote energy efficiency.

: Public Service Commission must set ratemaking principles before new generation is constructed and Department of Natural Resources must act on permits within 180 days.

: Appeals of Public Service Commission orders shall go directly to the Court of Appeals.

: Allows for transfers of generation of electrical corporations to an affiliated party.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to consider ability to pay as a factor in setting utility rates.

: Revises requirements for joint municipal utility commissions and projects.

: Creates the "Public Counsel Fund".

: Allows consumers with at least fifty employees to file a rate complaint with the Public Service Commission.

: Revises Public Service Commission provisions regarding appointment of commissioners, employees of the Public Service Commission and ex parte communications.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to consider the ability to pay as a factor in setting utility rates and may establish programs for low-income residents.

: Allows the Public Service Commission to refund ratepayers for unauthorized use charges, penalties and refunds from pipelines after an evidentiary hearing.

: Allows water corporations to bill for security costs.

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Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:08 am