The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement reached by parties in a natural gas rate case filed last December by Ameren Missouri.
According to a news release, under the agreement, permanent annual natural gas revenues will drop by approximately $1 million for service on and after September 1, 2019. A typical residential customer using 100 Ccfs (per hundred cubic feet) of natural gas a month will see permanent rates drop by approximately $0.27 a month. When Ameren Missouri filed its natural gas rate request with the Public Service Commission on December 3, 2018, it sought to increase permanent annual natural-gas revenues by approximately $4.26 million.
The $1 million permanent rate reduction approved under the agreement is an incremental increase from the interim rate reduction of $1.94 million approved by the Commission in late December. That interim rate reduction has remained in effect while the permanent rate case was considered by the Commission. The interim rate reduction appeared as a separate line item on the monthly natural gas bill as a credit. That credit will go away when new permanent rates take effect on September 1, 2019.
Ameren Missouri provides natural-gas service to approximately 131,000 customers in 25 Missouri counties, including Cooper, Howard and Saline in the immediate KMMO listening area.