Public Service Commission, Empire District Electric agree to change in fuel adjustment charge

(From the Public Service Commission)

The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement reached by The Empire District Electric Company d/b/a Liberty (Empire), the Public Service Commission Staff and the Office of the Public Counsel which will change the fuel adjustment charge (FAC) on the monthly bills of Empire electric customers effective December 1, 2020.

As a result, the FAC for a residential customer using 1,000 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity a month will drop from approximately $0.43 a month to a credit of approximately $1.90 a month, a decrease of approximately $2.33 a month. 

 

The FAC change reflects Empire’s fuel and purchased power costs for the six month period of March 2020 through August 2020 (Case No. ER-2021-0097). It also reflects Empire’s FAC true-up filing (Case No. EO-2021-0098).

Empire serves approximately 155,400 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.