Applications

PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting relief under statutory or other authority must meet the requirements set forth in this rule. (1) All applications shall comply with the requirements of these rules and shall include the following information: (A) The legal name of each applicant, a brief description of the legal organization of each applicant, whether a Missouri corporation, foreign corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other business organization, the street and mailing address of the principal office or place of business of each applicant and each applicant’s electronic mail address, fax number and telephone number, if any; (B) If any applicant is a Missouri corporation, a Certificate of Good Standing from the secretary of state; (C) If any applicant is a foreign corporation, a certificate from the secretary of state that it is authorized to do business in Missouri; (D) If any applicant is a partnership, a copy of the partnership agreement; (E) If any applicant does business under a fictitious name, a copy of the registration of the fictitious name with the secretary of state; (F) If any applicant is a political subdivision, a specific reference to the statutory provision and a specific reference to any other authority, if any, under which it operates; AND INSURANCE (G) If any applicant has submitted the applicable information as set forth in subsections (1)(B)–(F) of this rule in a previous application, the same may be incorporated by reference to the case number in which the information was furnished, so long as such applicable information is current and correct; (H) A brief statement of the character of business performed by each applicant; (I) Name, title, address, and telephone number of the person to whom correspondence, communications, and orders and decision of the commission are to be sent, if other than to the applicant’s legal counsel; (J) If any applicant is an association, other than an incorporated association or other entity created by statute, a list of all of its members; (K) A statement indicating whether the applicant has any pending action or final unsatisfied judgments or decisions against it from any state or federal agency or court which involve customer service or rates, which action, judgment, or decision has occurred within three (3) years of the date of the application; (L) A statement that no annual report or assessment fees are overdue; and (M) All applications shall be subscribed and verified by affidavit under oath by one (1) of the following methods: if an individual, by that individual; if a partnership, by an authorized member of the partnership; if a corporation, by an authorized officer of the corporation; if a municipality or political subdivision, by an authorized officer of the municipality or political subdivision; or by the attorney for the applicant if the application includes or is accompanied by a verified statement that the attorney is so authorized. (2) 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. (3) If the purchaser or any other necessary party to a transaction for which approval is sought under the provisions of 4 CSR 240-3.110, 4 CSR 240-3.115, 4 CSR 240-3.210, 4 CSR 240-3.215, 4 CSR 240-3.310, 4 CSR 240-3.315, 4 CSR 240-3.405, 4 CSR 240-3.410, 4 CSR 240-3.520, 4 CSR 240-3.525, 4 CSR 240-3.605, or 4 CSR 2403.610 is not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, but will be subject to the commission’s jurisdiction after the transaction, the purchaser or other necessary party must comply with these rules. (4) In addition to the requirements of section (1), applications for variances or waivers from commission rules and tariff provisions, as well as those statutory provisions which may be waived, shall contain information as follows: (A) Specific indication of the statute, rule, or tariff from which the variance or waiver is sought; (B) The reasons for the proposed variance or waiver and a complete justification setting out the good cause for granting the variance or waiver; and (C) The name of any public utility affected by the variance or waiver. (5) Except for telecommunications companies and providers of video services or interconnected voice over Internet protocol (IVoIP) services, a name change may be accomplished by filing the items below with a cover letter requesting a change of name. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, the items required herein may be filed by a nonattorney. Applications for approval of a change of name shall include: (A) A statement, clearly setting out both the old name and the new name; (B) Evidence of registration of the name change with the Missouri secretary of state; and (C) Either an adoption notice and revised tariff title sheet with an effective date which is not fewer than thirty (30) days after the filing date of the application, or revised tariff sheets with an effective date which is not fewer than thirty (30) days after the filing date of the application. (6) In addition to the general requirements set forth above, the requirements found in Chapter 3 of the commission’s rules pertaining to the filing of various types of applications must also be met. AUTHORITY: sections 386.250 and 386.410, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-2.060. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975. Amended: Filed Nov. 7, 1984, effective June 15, 1985. Amended: Filed Sept. 6, 1985, effective Dec. 15, 1985. Amended: Filed Feb. 3, 1987, effective May 1, 1987. Amended: Filed May 11, 1988, effective Aug. 11, 1988. Amended: Filed Feb. 5, 1993, effective Oct. 10, 1993. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 10, 1995, effective Nov. 30, 1995. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Aug. 24, 1999, effective April 30, 2000. Amended: Filed Aug. 16, 2002, effective April 30, 2003. Amended: Filed March 2, 2011, effective Oct. 30, 2011. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-2.060, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1977, 1996. State ex rel. Kansas City Transit, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 406 S.W.2d 5 (Mo. banc 1966). Commission is an administrative body of powers limited to those expressly granted by statute or necessary or proper to effectuate statutory purpose. Commission’s authority to regulate does not include right to dictate manner in which company conducts its business.