PSC approves 65 cent fuel adjustment charge reduction for Empire District customres

(From the Public Service Commission)

The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved a request filed by The Empire District Electric Company (Empire) to change the fuel adjustment charge (FAC) on the monthly bills of its electric customers.

A residential customer using 1,000 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity a month will see the FAC decrease by approximately $0.65 a month. The change is expected to take effect on December 1, 2014.

The FAC change reflects Empire’s fuel and purchased power costs for the six month period of March 2014 through August 2014 (Case No. ER-2015-0085). It also reflects Empire’s annual FAC true-up for the period ending May 31, 2014 (EO-2015-0086).

The Empire District Electric Company serves approximately 149,100 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.