Certain gas corporations to file set of experimental tariffs with PSC,minimum requirements--extension of tariffs.
393.310. 1. This section shall only apply to gas corporations asdefined in section 386.020, RSMo. This section shall not affect anyexisting laws and shall only apply to the program established pursuantto this section.
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Aggregate", the combination of natural gas supply andtransportation services, including storage, requirements of eligibleschool entities served through a Missouri gas corporation's deliverysystem;
(2) "Commission", the Missouri public service commission; and
(3) "Eligible school entity" shall include any seven-director,urban or metropolitan school district as defined pursuant to section160.011, RSMo, and shall also include, one year after July 11, 2002, andthereafter, any school for elementary or secondary education situated inthis state, whether a charter, private, or parochial school or schooldistrict.
3. Each Missouri gas corporation shall file with the commission,by August 1, 2002, a set of experimental tariffs applicable the firstyear to public school districts and applicable to all school districts,whether charter, private, public, or parochial, thereafter.
4. The tariffs required pursuant to subsection 3 of this sectionshall, at a minimum:
(1) Provide for the aggregate purchasing of natural gas suppliesand pipeline transportation services on behalf of eligible schoolentities in accordance with aggregate purchasing contracts negotiated byand through a not-for-profit school association;
(2) Provide for the resale of such natural gas supplies, includingrelated transportation service costs, to the eligible school entities atthe gas corporation's cost of purchasing of such gas supplies andtransportation, plus all applicable distribution costs, plus anaggregation and balancing fee to be determined by the commission, not toexceed four-tenths of one cent per therm delivered during the firstyear; and
(3) Not require telemetry or special metering, except forindividual school meters over one hundred thousand therms annually.
5. The commission may suspend the tariff as required pursuant tosubsection 3 of this section for a period ending no later than November1, 2002, and shall approve such tariffs upon finding that implementationof the aggregation program set forth in such tariffs will not have anynegative financial impact on the gas corporation, its other customers orlocal taxing authorities, and that the aggregation charge is sufficientto generate revenue at least equal to all incremental costs caused bythe experimental aggregation program. Except as may be mutually agreedby the gas corporation and eligible school entities and approved by thecommission, such tariffs shall not require eligible school entities tobe responsible for pipeline capacity charges for longer than is requiredby the gas corporation's tariff for large industrial or commercial basictransportation customers.
6. The commission shall treat the gas corporation's pipelinecapacity costs for associated eligible school entities in the samemanner as for large industrial or commercial basic transportationcustomers, which shall not be considered a negative financial impact onthe gas corporation, its other customers, or local taxing authorities,and the commission may adopt by order such other procedures notinconsistent with this section which the commission determines arereasonable or necessary to administer the experimental program.
7. Tariffs in effect as of August 28, 2005, shall be extendeduntil terminated by the commission.
(L. 2002 H.B. 1402, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 686, A.L. 2004 S.B. 878 merged with S.B. 968 and S.B. 969, A.L. 2006 S.B. 558)
Certain gas corporations to file set of experimental tariffs with PSC,minimum requirements--extension of tariffs.
393.310. 1. This section shall only apply to gas corporations asdefined in section 386.020, RSMo. This section shall not affect anyexisting laws and shall only apply to the program established pursuantto this section.
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Aggregate", the combination of natural gas supply andtransportation services, including storage, requirements of eligibleschool entities served through a Missouri gas corporation's deliverysystem;
(2) "Commission", the Missouri public service commission; and
(3) "Eligible school entity" shall include any seven-director,urban or metropolitan school district as defined pursuant to section160.011, RSMo, and shall also include, one year after July 11, 2002, andthereafter, any school for elementary or secondary education situated inthis state, whether a charter, private, or parochial school or schooldistrict.
3. Each Missouri gas corporation shall file with the commission,by August 1, 2002, a set of experimental tariffs applicable the firstyear to public school districts and applicable to all school districts,whether charter, private, public, or parochial, thereafter.
4. The tariffs required pursuant to subsection 3 of this sectionshall, at a minimum:
(1) Provide for the aggregate purchasing of natural gas suppliesand pipeline transportation services on behalf of eligible schoolentities in accordance with aggregate purchasing contracts negotiated byand through a not-for-profit school association;
(2) Provide for the resale of such natural gas supplies, includingrelated transportation service costs, to the eligible school entities atthe gas corporation's cost of purchasing of such gas supplies andtransportation, plus all applicable distribution costs, plus anaggregation and balancing fee to be determined by the commission, not toexceed four-tenths of one cent per therm delivered during the firstyear; and
(3) Not require telemetry or special metering, except forindividual school meters over one hundred thousand therms annually.
5. The commission may suspend the tariff as required pursuant tosubsection 3 of this section for a period ending no later than November1, 2002, and shall approve such tariffs upon finding that implementationof the aggregation program set forth in such tariffs will not have anynegative financial impact on the gas corporation, its other customers orlocal taxing authorities, and that the aggregation charge is sufficientto generate revenue at least equal to all incremental costs caused bythe experimental aggregation program. Except as may be mutually agreedby the gas corporation and eligible school entities and approved by thecommission, such tariffs shall not require eligible school entities tobe responsible for pipeline capacity charges for longer than is requiredby the gas corporation's tariff for large industrial or commercial basictransportation customers.
6. The commission shall treat the gas corporation's pipelinecapacity costs for associated eligible school entities in the samemanner as for large industrial or commercial basic transportationcustomers, which shall not be considered a negative financial impact onthe gas corporation, its other customers, or local taxing authorities,and the commission may adopt by order such other procedures notinconsistent with this section which the commission determines arereasonable or necessary to administer the experimental program.
7. Tariffs in effect as of August 28, 2005, shall be extendeduntil terminated by the commission.
(L. 2002 H.B. 1402, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 686, A.L. 2004 S.B. 878 merged with S.B. 968 and S.B. 969, A.L. 2006 S.B. 558)
Certain gas corporations to file set of experimental tariffs with PSC,minimum requirements--extension of tariffs.
393.310. 1. This section shall only apply to gas corporations asdefined in section 386.020, RSMo. This section shall not affect anyexisting laws and shall only apply to the program established pursuantto this section.
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Aggregate", the combination of natural gas supply andtransportation services, including storage, requirements of eligibleschool entities served through a Missouri gas corporation's deliverysystem;
(2) "Commission", the Missouri public service commission; and
(3) "Eligible school entity" shall include any seven-director,urban or metropolitan school district as defined pursuant to section160.011, RSMo, and shall also include, one year after July 11, 2002, andthereafter, any school for elementary or secondary education situated inthis state, whether a charter, private, or parochial school or schooldistrict.
3. Each Missouri gas corporation shall file with the commission,by August 1, 2002, a set of experimental tariffs applicable the firstyear to public school districts and applicable to all school districts,whether charter, private, public, or parochial, thereafter.
4. The tariffs required pursuant to subsection 3 of this sectionshall, at a minimum:
(1) Provide for the aggregate purchasing of natural gas suppliesand pipeline transportation services on behalf of eligible schoolentities in accordance with aggregate purchasing contracts negotiated byand through a not-for-profit school association;
(2) Provide for the resale of such natural gas supplies, includingrelated transportation service costs, to the eligible school entities atthe gas corporation's cost of purchasing of such gas supplies andtransportation, plus all applicable distribution costs, plus anaggregation and balancing fee to be determined by the commission, not toexceed four-tenths of one cent per therm delivered during the firstyear; and
(3) Not require telemetry or special metering, except forindividual school meters over one hundred thousand therms annually.
5. The commission may suspend the tariff as required pursuant tosubsection 3 of this section for a period ending no later than November1, 2002, and shall approve such tariffs upon finding that implementationof the aggregation program set forth in such tariffs will not have anynegative financial impact on the gas corporation, its other customers orlocal taxing authorities, and that the aggregation charge is sufficientto generate revenue at least equal to all incremental costs caused bythe experimental aggregation program. Except as may be mutually agreedby the gas corporation and eligible school entities and approved by thecommission, such tariffs shall not require eligible school entities tobe responsible for pipeline capacity charges for longer than is requiredby the gas corporation's tariff for large industrial or commercial basictransportation customers.
6. The commission shall treat the gas corporation's pipelinecapacity costs for associated eligible school entities in the samemanner as for large industrial or commercial basic transportationcustomers, which shall not be considered a negative financial impact onthe gas corporation, its other customers, or local taxing authorities,and the commission may adopt by order such other procedures notinconsistent with this section which the commission determines arereasonable or necessary to administer the experimental program.
7. Tariffs in effect as of August 28, 2005, shall be extendeduntil terminated by the commission.
(L. 2002 H.B. 1402, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 686, A.L. 2004 S.B. 878 merged with S.B. 968 and S.B. 969, A.L. 2006 S.B. 558)
