JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in June in complaint cases filed by Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 individual customers against Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri. The local public hearing schedule appears below.
June 9, 2014--Caruthersville. Caruthersville Armory, 801 West 3rd Street. A PSC staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m., with the taking of sworn statements to follow.
June 10, 2014--St. Louis. Harris Stowe State University, Givens Administration Building, Main Auditorium, #112, 3026 Laclede. A PSC staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m., with the taking of sworn statements to follow.
June 11, 2014--Jefferson City. Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Room 450. A PSC staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m., with the taking of sworn statements to follow.
These local public hearings will be held in facilities that meet the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any person who needs additional accommodations to participate in these hearings should call the Public Service Commission's hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearings.
Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 other individual customers filed a complaint against Ameren Missouri on February 12, 2014, alleging that Ameren Missouri is earning in excess of its authorized return on equity. The complaint asks the Commission to review Ameren Missouri's rates and to revise those rates to just and reasonable levels (Case No. EC-2014-0223).
In a separate complaint case (Case No. EC-2014-0224), Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 other individual customers allege the rate Noranda currently pays to Ameren Missouri for its electricity is now unreasonable. The complaint alleges that because of low aluminum prices and other business conditions, Noranda must have a rate reduction for its aluminum smelter to remain financially viable.
The complaint asks the Commission to reduce the rate Noranda pays to $30.00/MWh and to increase the rate paid by Ameren Missouri's other customers to make the adjustment revenue neutral for Ameren Missouri.
Ameren Missouri provides electric service to approximately 1.2 million customers in Missouri.