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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 286 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MCCREERY. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 0351S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 386, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to electric service |
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| 9 | 9 | | interruption. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Chapter 386, RSMo, is amended by adding there to 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | one new section, to be known as section 386.1000, to read as 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 386.1000. 1. As used in this section, the following 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | terms mean: 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Commission", the Missouri Public Service 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Commission; 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Electric service interruption", an interruption 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | in electric service to a customer if such electric service 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | interruption was not caused by a customer; 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) "Electric utility", an electrical corporation as 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | defined by section 386.020; 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) "Loss", any financial loss a customer in curs as a 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | result of an electric service interruption, including but 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | not limited to food, medicine, or any other good; 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) "Rate", the same as in section 386.020. 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2. Whenever an electric service interruption occurs 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | that lasts for more than fo rty-eight hours, and a customer 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | incurs a loss as a result of such electric service 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | interruption, an electric utility shall reimburse the 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | customer for the loss from the electric service interruption. 18 SB 286 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3. An electric utility shall create a form for l oss 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | recovery and make the form available on the electric 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | utility's website. 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4. If a loss is greater than two hundred dollars, a 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | customer shall submit receipts or any relevant documents for 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | such loss with the form as provided in subsection 3 of th is 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section to the electric utility before being reimbursed for 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the loss by the electric utility. 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5. The commission shall require an electric utility to 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | maintain a record detailing each instance a transmission of 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | electricity is less than fifty per cent of the standard 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | voltage or whenever an electric service interruption affects 30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | more than ten customers. The record shall not include 31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | disconnection of service to customers for good cause. The 32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | record shall include: 33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) Date, time, and duration of an electric service 34 |
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| 49 | 49 | | interruption; 35 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) Number of customers affected by an electric 36 |
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| 51 | 51 | | service interruption; 37 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) Description of the cause of an electric service 38 |
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| 53 | 53 | | interruption, including any equipment involved in the 39 |
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| 54 | 54 | | electric service interrupt ion if applicable; 40 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (4) The geographic area of an electric service 41 |
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| 56 | 56 | | interruption; 42 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (5) Measures taken by an electric utility to restore 43 |
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| 58 | 58 | | electric service; 44 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (6) Measures taken by an electric utility to prevent 45 |
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| 60 | 60 | | future electric service interru ptions; and 46 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (7) Amounts paid by an electric utility to affected 47 |
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| 62 | 62 | | customers for any loss incurred as a result of an electric 48 |
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| 63 | 63 | | service interruption. 49 SB 286 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 6. Copies of any records detailing the information 50 |
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| 65 | 65 | | required in subsection 5 of this section shal l be made 51 |
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| 66 | 66 | | public by an electric utility on the electric utility's 52 |
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| 67 | 67 | | website. 53 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 7. The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure 54 |
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| 69 | 69 | | compliance with provisions of this section. Any rule or 55 |
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| 70 | 70 | | portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 56 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in 57 |
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| 72 | 72 | | this section shall become effective only if it complies with 58 |
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| 73 | 73 | | and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, 59 |
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| 74 | 74 | | if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 60 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 536 are nonseverable an d if any of the powers vested with 61 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to 62 |
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| 77 | 77 | | delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule 63 |
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| 78 | 78 | | are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 64 |
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| 79 | 79 | | rulemaking authority and any rule propos ed or adopted after 65 |
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| 80 | 80 | | August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void. 66 |
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