(From the Public Service Commission)
The Missouri Public Service Commission has established the hearing schedule in an electric rate case filed by The Empire District Electric Company. Formal evidentiary hearings are scheduled for April 6-10 and April 13-17, 2015, in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Jefferson City.
The Governor Office Building meets accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need additional accommodations to participate in these hearings, please call the Public Service Commission’s Hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearings.
The Commission will be holding local public hearings in this rate case. An order announcing that schedule will be made when dates, times and locations have been finalized.
On August 29, 2014, The Empire District Electric Company filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $24.3 million. According the company, a residential customer using 1,000 kWh (1,000 kilowatt-hours) of electricity would see a monthly increase of approximately $9.87 under the rate request.
The Empire District Electric Company serves approximately 148,200 electric customers in the Missouri counties of Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Polk, St. Clair, Stone and Taney.
Seriously, my electricity goes off when a strong wind blows. With all the increases they have had, one would think they would upgrade some lines. They should not be posting a profit!!
ReplyDeleteIn 2004 our monthly electric bill was $83.31 and in 2013 it was $114.55. Due to frequent outages, we purchased an expensive backup generator so that we would have electricity for our well, stock tank heater and electricity to the house.
ReplyDeleteEnough is enough! People on fixed incomes aren't receiving increases. Empire make your improvement off your profits. I was outraged at your donations, give the money back to people that need it instead of trying to look good.
ReplyDeleteGo to Yahoo! Finance or any of several other sites and look at the compensation packages paid to Empire's executives. Better yet, perhaps Randy will post the information here. It's all public record.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind, Empire is a for-profit corporation that is allowed a state-regulated (ha ha) monopoly.
A friend of mine is a line man for empire and makes 36 bucks an hour with overtime he made over 100 thousand dollar last year and my electric bill runs over 140 dollars a month and I made 17 thousand last year go figure
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