State Ex Rel. Office of the Public Counsel v. Missouri Public Service Commission

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute over the interpretation and application of an administrative rule of the Public Service Commission, known as “the cold weather rule.” See 4 C.S.R. 240-13.055. In this case, the Commission authorized Laclede Gas Company to defer for possible future recovery $2,494,311 as Laclede’s cost of complying with an amendment to the Commission’s cold weather rule, and the circuit court affirmed the Commission’s order. The Office of the Public Counsel appeals asserting that the Commission erred in its order deferring Laclede’s cold weather rule…