The Missouri Public Service Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing at noon on Tuesday, February 22, to receive customer comment in a natural gas rate case filed by Empire District Gas Company d/b/a Liberty.
A news release says the public hearing will be conducted virtually by WebEx and telephone conference. It also will be streamed live on the Commission’s website (psc.mo.gov).
On August 23, 2021, Liberty filed a natural gas rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking an increase in its base distribution revenues of approximately $1.36 million.
Liberty provides natural gas service to approximately 43,500 customers in several Missouri counties, including Saline, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and Pettis in the KMMO listening area.
To attend the virtual public hearing by telephone, at the time of the hearing, call 1 (855) 718-6621, listen to the prompt and enter the meeting number (access code), followed by pound/hashtag symbol (#). If prompted for a password, enter 0320.
A PSC Staff-conducted question-and-answer session will be held at the beginning of the virtual public hearing. The formal virtual public hearing will begin at the conclusion of the Q&A session.
To participate by video/Internet, visit the website www.webex.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.webex.com__;!!EErPFA7f–AJOw!QmcGin2ee5Qk5iJORSequoZmv5J-XpcYwJEXSvRj4OWgu9ZUiXszIXSDp9anuy8060sJxmM$>. You also can download the Cisco WebEx meetings application on your mobile device, laptop, desktop or tablet prior to the hearing and join the meeting at the hearing time by entering the corresponding access code- 2451 816 5889; and password- 0320.
To facilitate an orderly presentation that can be preserved for the record, members of the public who wish to provide statements at the virtual public hearing need to sign up by sending their first and last name, phone number and e-mail address to pscinfo@psc.mo.gov or by calling 1 (800) 392-4211 by 5 p.m. the day before the hearing. Comments at the hearing will be limited to five minutes per person.