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Missouri’s Cold Weather Rule goes into effect Sunday, November 1st, prohibiting the disconnection of service when the temperature is forecasted to drop below 32 degrees for the following 24 hour period.

“The Cold Weather Rule is in place to help low income customers when the weather gets extremely cold,” said Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Clayton in an interview with the Missourinet. “We try to have an orderly system set up to address times when perhaps low income customers cannot afford to pay their bill but it’s also very cold outside, so November 1st is when the Cold Weather Rule becomes in effect.”

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Lawmakers hear bleak testimony on Missouri’s energy future

by Brent Martin 10/27/09 9:14 AM

A legislative committee considering Missouri’s energy future has heard some pretty bleak testimony.
Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Clayton III tells committee members they have drawn a tough assignment.

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Forum debates future of Missouri energy costs

by admin 08/24/09 6:04 PM

It has proven difficult to assess what price Missourians will have to pay to cool their homes in the summer and heat them in the winter, but the Public Service Commission is giving it a try.
A second State of the Electric Industry symposium has been held by the Public [...]

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PSC auditors to determine whether Ameren rate hike request warranted

by admin 07/27/09 5:07 PM

AmerenUE’s request for an 18 percent rate increase set the wheels in motion for Public Service Commission approval or rejection of that request. And, it’s going to be some time before commissioners sit down to discuss the merits of what Ameren wants.
Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Clayton says the PSC [...]

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Utility officials discuss cap-and-trade study, express concerns over possible rate hikes

by admin 06/24/09 7:09 AM

Missouri’s utility officials are watching the federal climate-change legislation. The Waxman-Markey bill is could be taken up by Congress this week … key legislators are still working with agriculture officials on controversial measures in the bill the ag industry says would unfairly penalize rural areas. The study, by the Missouri Public Utility Alliance, says [...]

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