Filing Requirements for Gas Utility Applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

PURPOSE: Applications to the commission requesting that the commission grant a certificate of convenience and necessity 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), applications for a certificate of convenience and necessity by a gas company shall include the following information: (A) If the application is for a service area— 1. A statement as to the same or similar utility service, regulated and nonregulated, available in the area requested; 2. If there are ten (10) or more residents or landowners, the name and address of no fewer than ten (10) persons residing in AND INSURANCE the proposed service area or of no fewer than ten (10) landowners in the event there are no residences in the area, or, if there are fewer than ten (10) residents or landowners, the name and address of all residents and landowners; 3. The legal description of the area to be certificated; 4. A plat drawn to a scale of one-half inch (1/2") to the mile on maps comparable to county highway maps issued by the Missouri Department of Transportation or a plat drawn to a scale of two thousand feet (2,000') to the inch; and 5. A feasibility study containing plans and specifications for the utility system and estimated cost of the construction of the utility system during the first three (3) years of construction; plans for financing; proposed rates and charges and an estimate of the number of customers, revenues and expenses during the first three (3) years of operations; (B) If the application is for gas transmission lines— 1. A description of the route of construction and a list of all electric and telephone lines of regulated and nonregulated utilities, railroad tracks or any underground facility, as defined in section 319.015, RSMo, which the proposed construction will cross; 2. The plans and specifications for the complete construction project and estimated cost of the construction project or a statement of the reasons the information is currently unavailable and a date when it will be furnished; and 3. Plans for financing; (C) When no evidence of approval of the affected governmental bodies is necessary, a statement to that effect; (D) When approval of the affected governmental bodies is required, evidence must be provided as follows: 1. When consent or franchise by a city or county is required, approval shall be shown by a certified copy of the document granting the consent or franchise, or an affidavit of the applicant that consent has been acquired; and 2. A certified copy of the required approval of other governmental agencies; and (E) The facts showing that the granting of the application is required by the public convenience and necessity. (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. AUTHORITY: section 386.250, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-3.205. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 2002, effective April 30, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-3.205, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.