Title XXV — INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

386.490. Service and effect of orders. — 1. Every order of the commission shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby, either by personal delivery of a certified copy thereof, by electronic service, or by mailing a certified copy thereof, in a sealed p…

386.500. Rehearing before commission. — 1. After an order or decision has been made by the commission, the public counsel or any corporation or person or public utility interested therein shall have the right to apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein, a…

386.510. Review by appellate court. — With respect to commission orders or decisions issued on and after July 1, 2011, within thirty days after the application for a rehearing is denied, or, if the application is granted, then within thirty days after the rendition of the decisio…

386.515. Rehearing, procedure. — With respect to commission orders or decisions issued on and after July 1, 2011, an application for rehearing is required to be served on all parties and is a prerequisite to the filing of an appeal under section 386.510. The application for rehea…

386.520. Appeal, pendency of, staying or suspending operation, when. — 1. The pendency of an appeal under section 386.510 shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order or decision of the commission, but with respect to commission orders or decisions issued on and…

386.530. Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted. — All actions or proceedings under this or any other chapter, and all actions and proceedings commenced or prosecuted by order of the commission, and all actions and proceedings to which the commission, the public…

386.540. Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over other civil cases. — 1. The commission and any party, including the public counsel, who has participated in the court of appeals proceeding and is aggrieved by the opinion of the court may seek rehe…

386.550. Orders to be conclusive. — In all collateral actions or proceedings the orders and decisions of the commission which have become final shall be conclusive. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5694) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5238; 1919 § 10526 (1955) Public service commission had power…

386.560. Mishandling records — false statements — penalty — order provisions. — Any person who shall willfully make any false entry in the accounts, books of account, records or memoranda kept by any corporation, person or public utility governed by the provisions of this chapter…

386.570. Violation of orders — penalty — act of employee declared act of public utility. — 1. Any corporation, person or public utility which violates or fails to comply with any provision of the constitution of this state or of this or any other law, or which fails, omits or neg…

386.572. Natural gas safety standards, gas plants not to violate — maximum penalties for violations, how determined. — 1. No corporation, person, public utility, or municipality that owns any gas plant shall violate any law or any order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand,…

386.580. Employee of public utility guilty of misdemeanor, when. — Every officer, agent or employee of any corporation or public utility, who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any corporation, person or public utility of any provisi…

386.590. Penalties cumulative. — All penalties accruing under this chapter shall be cumulative of each other, and the suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any original prosecution again…

386.600. Actions to recover penalties or forfeitures. — An action to recover a penalty or a forfeiture under this chapter or to enforce the powers of the commission under this or any other law may be brought in any circuit court in this state in the name of the state of Missouri …

386.610. Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient. — A substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be sufficient to give effect to all the rules, orders, acts and regulations of the commission, and they shall not be declared inope…

386.700. Public counsel authorized — qualifications — compensation, how fixed. — The director of the department of economic development shall appoint a public counsel to serve at the pleasure of the director of the department. The public counsel shall be an attorney at law licens…

386.710. Powers of public counsel. — 1. The public counsel shall have the following powers and duties: (1) He shall employ a staff or hire on a contract basis such employees and experts as are necessary to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of his office, and shall set t…

386.720. Expense estimate, contents — allocation of expenses to each subgroup — statement — fund created. — 1. The public counsel shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2026, make an estimate of the expenses to be in…

386.752. Citation of law. — The provisions of sections 386.752 to 386.764 shall be known as and may be cited as the "Fair Competition Law". ­­-------- (L. 2025 S.B. 4)

386.754. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 386.752 to 386.764, the following terms mean: (1) "Affiliate", any entity not regulated by the public service commission which is owned, controlled by, or under common control with a utility and is engaged in HVAC services; (2)…

386.756. Utilities prohibited from engaging in HVAC services, exceptions, qualification process — violation investigation — penalty. — 1. A utility may not engage in HVAC services, unless otherwise provided in subsection 8 of this section. 2. No affiliate or utility contractor ma…

386.760. Public service commission to administer and ensure compliance — promulgation of rules. — 1. The public service commission shall have full authority to administer and ensure compliance with sections 386.754 to 386.764, provided that the commission shall not impose, by rul…

386.762. Authority of public service commission. — The public service commission shall have authority to: (1) Review, inspect and audit books, accounts and other records kept by a utility or affiliate for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with sections 386.754 to 386.764 an…

386.764. Construction of certain statutes. — Nothing in sections 386.754 to 386.764 shall be construed as modifying existing legal standards regarding which party has the burden of proof in commission proceedings. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1038)

386.800. Municipally owned electrical supplier, services outside boundaries prohibited, exceptions — annexation — negotiations, territorial agreements, regulations, procedure — fair and reasonable compensation defined — assignment of sole service territories — commission jurisdic…

386.805. Electric vehicle charging station considered an addition or expansion of existing structure, when. — For purposes of sections 91.025, 386.800, 393.106, 394.080, and 394.315 only, when municipally owned electric utilities or rural electric cooperatives are lawfully provid…

386.820. Opt out for advanced or hub meters — definitions — rules for — procedure — rulemaking authority. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Advanced meter", a meter or metering device system that is owned or leased by a utility or its agent and tha…

386.885. Task force on distributed energy resources and net metering established — members — report — meetings — study — expiration. — 1. There is hereby established the "Task Force on Distributed Energy Resources and Net Metering", which shall be composed of the following member…

386.890. Citation of law — definitions — retail electric suppliers, duties — metering equipment requirements — electrical energy generation units, calculation, requirements — report — rules — liability for damages. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Net Met…

386.895. Voluntary program authorized — definitions — rules — filing, contents — automatic rate adjustment, when — report, contents — rulemaking authority — sunset provision. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Biogas", a mixture of carbon dioxide a…