Filing Requirements for Electric, Gas, Water, Sewer, and Steam Heating Utility Applications for Authority to Sell, Assign, Lease, or Transfer Assets

PURPOSE: Applications to the commission for the authority to sell, assign, lease, or transfer assets must meet the requirements set forth in this rule. As noted in the rule, additional requirements pertaining to such applications are set forth in 4 CSR 240-2.060(1). (1) In addition to the requirements of 4 CSR 240-2.060(1), ap plications for authority to sell, assign, lease, or transfer assets shall include: (A) A brief description of the property involved in the trans action, including any franchises, permits, operating rights, or certificates of convenience and necessity; (B) A copy of the contract or agreement of sale; (C) The verification of proper authority by the person signing the application or a certified copy of resolution of the board of directors of each applicant authorizing the proposed action; (D) The reasons the proposed sale of the assets is not detri mental to the public interest; (E) If the purchaser is subject to the jurisdiction of the com mission, a balance sheet and income statement with adjust ments showing the results of the acquisitions of the property; and (F) A statement of the impact, if any, the sale, assignment, lease, or transfer of assets will have on the tax revenues of the political subdivisions in which any structures, facilities, or equipment of the companies involved in that sale are located. (2) If the purchaser is not subject to the jurisdiction of the com mission, but will be subject to the commission’s jurisdiction after the sale, the purchaser must comply with these rules. (3) If any of the items required under this rule are unavailable at the time the application is filed, they shall be furnished prior to the granting of the authority sought. AUTHORITY: section 386.250, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-10.105. Original rule filed June 14, 2018, effective Jan. 30, 2019. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-10.105, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.