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Chapter 386

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 386

Public Service Commission

386.010Short title of law 386.020Definitions 386.030Chapter not applicable to interstate commerce 386.040Commission established 386.050Appointment of commissioners — qualifications — tenure 386.060Removal of commissioners 386.071General counsel authorized, qualifications, duties 386.090Secretary to the commission — duties 386.110Oath of office — eligibility of commissioners and officers 386.1100Mandatory use of time-of-use rates, opt out, procedure 386.120Office of commission, hours — meetings — official seal — equipment, supplies — commissioners to reside where — service upon commission, what constitutes, how made 386.125Public service commission, rulemaking authority 386.130Organization of commission — quorum — powers of a commissioner 386.135Independent technical staff for commission authorized, qualifications — personal advisors permitted — corresponding elimination of positions required — duties of technical staff 386.140Chairman — his powers 386.145Records destroyed, when 386.150Commissioner's compensation — other employees' compensation, how fixed — reimbursement of expenses, when 386.160Payment of salaries and expenses 386.170Publications commission, powers 386.180Duties of publications commission 386.190Member of publications commission, compensation — report to governor on certain federal actions, when — compensation for extra duties 386.200Conflicts of interest by commissioner or employees of commission prohibited — penalty for violation — violation by utility, penalty — violation by officer of utility, penalty 386.210Conferences, limitation on communications — cooperative agreements, investigations authorized — funds may be received and distributed, how — regulatory and judicial proceedings, intervening permitted 386.230Act as arbitrators 386.240Powers of commission, how exercised 386.250Jurisdiction of commission 386.260Commission to fix units of service 386.266Rate schedules for interim energy charges or periodic rate adjustment — application for approval, procedure — adjustment mechanisms — rulemaking authority — task force to be appointed — surveillance monitoring, requirements 386.270All orders prima facie lawful and reasonable 386.280Orders to be written — recording — effect — utility office, where kept 386.290Certified copies of papers filed to be evidence 386.300Fees authorized — deposited, where, how 386.310Safety and health of public and employees — promulgation of rules — territorial rights, rules 386.315Commission shall not change terms of employment subject to collective bargaining or certain accounting standards — use of accounting standard by utility, requirements — tariff filing allowed, conditions — examination of tariffs, review period 386.320General supervision of telegraph and telephone corporations 386.330Investigatory power of commission, exception, telephone yellow page listings — complaint by public, how made — final order to be made, when 386.360Commission to investigate mandamus or injunctive actions, when — hearings, when held — parties, when joined — form of final judgment 386.370Estimate of expenses — assessments against utilities — public service commission fund — statement on gross intrastate operating revenues 386.371Taxes and costs paid by public utility on reclassification of personal property to real property, recoverable in service rates, when — commission's duties 386.380Reports of commission 386.390Complaint, who may make — procedure to hear — service of process, how had — time and place of hearing, how fixed 386.400Utilities, corporations and persons may file complaint 386.410Commission to adopt rules of procedure, technical rules of evidence not to apply — proceedings to be informal 386.420Persons entitled to be heard — commission to make report, when — depositions authorized — may enforce attendance at hearings — record of proceedings to be kept — detailed reconciliation required, when 386.430Burden of proof on adverse party 386.440Subpoenas, how issued — witness fees, how paid — subpoena service costs, how paid — certified copies of public records to be furnished to commission 386.450Inspection of out of state records 386.460Refusal to attend or produce books or papers, guilty of misdemeanor — penalty 386.470Immunity of witnesses to prosecution 386.480Information not to be divulged — exception — penalty 386.490Service and effect of orders 386.500Rehearing before commission 386.510Review by appellate court 386.515Rehearing, procedure 386.520Appeal, pendency of, staying or suspending operation, when 386.530Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted 386.540Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over other civil cases 386.550Orders to be conclusive 386.560Mishandling records — false statements — penalty — order provisions 386.570Violation of orders — penalty — act of employee declared act of public utility 386.572Natural gas safety standards, gas plants not to violate — maximum penalties for violations, how determined 386.580Employee of public utility guilty of misdemeanor, when 386.590Penalties cumulative 386.600Actions to recover penalties or forfeitures 386.610Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient 386.700Public counsel authorized — qualifications — compensation, how fixed 386.710Powers of public counsel 386.720Expense estimate, contents — allocation of expenses to each subgroup — statement — fund created 386.752Citation of law 386.754Definitions 386.756Utilities prohibited from engaging in HVAC services, exceptions, qualification process — violation investigation — penalty 386.760Public service commission to administer and ensure compliance — promulgation of rules 386.762Authority of public service commission 386.764Construction of certain statutes 386.800Municipally owned electrical supplier, services outside boundaries prohibited, exceptions — annexation — negotiations, territorial agreements, regulations, procedure — fair and reasonable compensation defined — assignment of sole service territories — commission jurisdiction — rural electric cooperatives, service within municipality, when 386.805Electric vehicle charging station considered an addition or expansion of existing structure, when 386.820Opt out for advanced or hub meters — definitions — rules for — procedure — rulemaking authority 386.885Task force on distributed energy resources and net metering established — members — report — meetings — study — expiration 386.890Citation of law — definitions — retail electric suppliers, duties — metering equipment requirements — electrical energy generation units, calculation, requirements — report — rules — liability for damages 386.895Voluntary program authorized — definitions — rules — filing, contents — automatic rate adjustment, when — report, contents — rulemaking authority — sunset provision