Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission
Section 386.762 - Authority of public service commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998
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 and make findings available to the commission; and
(2) Investigate the operations of a utility or affiliate and their relationship to each other for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with sections 386.754 to 386.764.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1038)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission

Section 386.010 - Short title of law.

Section 386.020 - Definitions.

Section 386.030 - Chapter not applicable to interstate commerce.

Section 386.040 - Commission established.

Section 386.050 - Appointment of commissioners — qualifications — tenure.

Section 386.060 - Removal of commissioners.

Section 386.071 - General counsel authorized, qualifications, duties.

Section 386.090 - Secretary to the commission — duties.

Section 386.110 - Oath of office — eligibility of commissioners and officers.

Section 386.120 - Office of commission, hours — meetings — official seal — equipment, supplies — commissioners to reside where — service upon commission, what constitutes, how made.

Section 386.125 - Public service commission, rulemaking authority.

Section 386.130 - Organization of commission — quorum — powers of a commissioner.

Section 386.135 - Independent technical staff for commission authorized, qualifications — personal advisors permitted — corresponding elimination of positions required — duties of technical staff.

Section 386.140 - Chairman — his powers.

Section 386.145 - Records destroyed, when.

Section 386.150 - Commissioner's compensation — other employees' compensation, how fixed — reimbursement of expenses, when.

Section 386.160 - Payment of salaries and expenses.

Section 386.170 - Publications commission, powers.

Section 386.180 - Duties of publications commission.

Section 386.190 - Member of publications commission, compensation — report to governor on certain federal actions, when — compensation for extra duties.

Section 386.200 - Conflicts of interest by commissioner or employees of commission prohibited — penalty for violation — violation by utility, penalty — violation by officer of utility, penalty.

Section 386.210 - Conferences, limitation on communications — cooperative agreements, investigations authorized — funds may be received and distributed, how — regulatory and judicial proceedings, intervening permitted.

Section 386.230 - Act as arbitrators.

Section 386.240 - Powers of commission, how exercised.

Section 386.250 - Jurisdiction of commission.

Section 386.260 - Commission to fix units of service.

Section 386.266 - Rate schedules for interim energy charges or periodic rate adjustment — application for approval, procedure — adjustment mechanisms — rulemaking authority — task force to be appointed — surveillance monitoring, requirements.

Section 386.270 - All orders prima facie lawful and reasonable.

Section 386.280 - Orders to be written — recording — effect — utility office, where kept.

Section 386.290 - Certified copies of papers filed to be evidence.

Section 386.300 - Fees authorized — deposited, where, how.

Section 386.310 - Safety and health of public and employees — promulgation of rules — territorial rights, rules.

Section 386.315 - Commission shall not change terms of employment subject to collective bargaining or certain accounting standards — use of accounting standard by utility, requirements — tariff filing allowed, conditions — examination of tariffs, rev...

Section 386.320 - General supervision of telegraph and telephone corporations.

Section 386.330 - Investigatory power of commission, exception, telephone yellow page listings — complaint by public, how made — final order to be made, when.

Section 386.360 - Commission to investigate mandamus or injunctive actions, when — hearings, when held — parties, when joined — form of final judgment.

Section 386.370 - Estimate of expenses — assessments against utilities — public service commission fund — statement on gross intrastate operating revenues.

Section 386.371 - Taxes and costs paid by public utility on reclassification of personal property to real property, recoverable in service rates, when — commission's duties.

Section 386.380 - Reports of commission.

Section 386.390 - Complaint, who may make — procedure to hear — service of process, how had — time and place of hearing, how fixed.

Section 386.400 - Utilities, corporations and persons may file complaint.

Section 386.410 - Commission to adopt rules of procedure, technical rules of evidence not to apply — proceedings to be informal.

Section 386.420 - Persons entitled to be heard — commission to make report, when — depositions authorized — may enforce attendance at hearings — record of proceedings to be kept — detailed reconciliation required, when.

Section 386.430 - Burden of proof on adverse party.

Section 386.440 - Subpoenas, how issued — witness fees, how paid — subpoena service costs, how paid — certified copies of public records to be furnished to commission.

Section 386.450 - Inspection of out of state records.

Section 386.460 - Refusal to attend or produce books or papers, guilty of misdemeanor — penalty.

Section 386.470 - Immunity of witnesses to prosecution.

Section 386.480 - Information not to be divulged — exception — penalty.

Section 386.490 - Service and effect of orders.

Section 386.500 - Rehearing before commission.

Section 386.510 - Review by appellate court.

Section 386.515 - Rehearing, procedure.

Section 386.520 - Appeal, pendency of, staying or suspending operation, when.

Section 386.530 - Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted.

Section 386.540 - Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over other civil cases.

Section 386.550 - Orders to be conclusive.

Section 386.560 - Mishandling records — false statements — penalty — order provisions.

Section 386.570 - Violation of orders — penalty — act of employee declared act of public utility.

Section 386.572 - Natural gas safety standards, gas plants not to violate — maximum penalties for violations, how determined.

Section 386.580 - Employee of public utility guilty of misdemeanor, when.

Section 386.590 - Penalties cumulative.

Section 386.600 - Actions to recover penalties or forfeitures.

Section 386.610 - Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient.

Section 386.700 - Public counsel authorized — qualifications — compensation, how fixed.

Section 386.710 - Powers of public counsel.

Section 386.754 - Definitions.

Section 386.756 - Utilities prohibited from engaging in HVAC services, exceptions, penalty.

Section 386.760 - Public service commission to administer and ensure compliance — promulgation of rules.

Section 386.762 - Authority of public service commission.

Section 386.764 - Construction of certain statutes.

Section 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 se...

Section 386.805 - Electric vehicle charging station considered an addition or expansion of existing structure, when.

Section 386.885 - Task force on distributed energy resources and net metering established — members — report — meetings — study — expiration.

Section 386.890 - Citation of law — definitions — retail electric suppliers, duties — metering equipment requirements — electrical energy generation units, calculation, requirements — report — rules — liability for damages.

Section 386.895 - Voluntary program authorized — definitions — rules — filing, contents — automatic rate adjustment, when — report, contents — rulemaking authority — sunset provision.