State ex rel. City of Lake Lotawana v. Public Service Commission

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

The present appeal involves an order of the Public Service Commission which ordered, among other rate adjustments, a 97 percent increase of telephone rates for optional Extended Area Service in the Lake Lotawana exchange served by United Telephone Company of Missouri. Extended Area Service (“EAS”) is a service wherein, for a flat monthly fee, the consumer in one telephone exchange is able to make and receive an unlimited number of telephone calls from an area beyond the exchange boundaries. In the case of the Lake Lota-wana exchange, the EAS extends between such…