Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission
Section 386.885 - Task force on distributed energy resources and net metering established — members — report — meetings — study — expiration.

Effective - 28 Aug 2022
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 members:
(1) Two members of the senate, with one appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one appointed by the minority floor leader of the senate;
(2) Two members of the house of representatives, with one appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one appointed by the minority floor leader of the house of representatives;
(3) The director of the division of energy, or his or her designee, to serve as a member and to provide technical assistance to the task force;
(4) The chair of the public service commission, or his or her designee, to serve as a member and to provide technical assistance;
(5) The director of the office of public counsel, or his or her designee, to serve as a member and to provide technical assistance;
(6) A representative from each of the three segments of the retail electric energy industry appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate from the respective nominees submitted by the statewide associations of the investor-owned electric utilities, rural electric cooperatives, and municipally owned electric utilities;
(7) One representative of the retail distributed energy resources industry appointed by the chair of the public service commission;
(8) One representative from an organization that advocates for policy supporting renewable energy development appointed by the chair of the public service commission; and
(9) One representative from an organization that advocates for the interests of low-income utility customers appointed by the chair of the public service commission.
2. The task force shall conduct public hearings and research, and shall compile a report for delivery to the general assembly by no later than December 31, 2023. Such report shall include information on the following:
(1) A distributed energy resources study, which shall include a value of solar study along with the practical and economic benefits, challenges, and drawbacks of increased distributed energy generation in the state;
(2) Potential legislation regarding community solar as operated by nonutility entities and the fair and equitable setting of rates between distributed generation and nondistributed generation consumers; and
(3) Potential legislation, including but not limited to changes to the net metering and easy connection act, if any, that would promote the overall public interest.
3. The task force shall meet within thirty days after its creation and shall organize by selecting a chairperson and vice chairperson, one of whom shall be a member of the senate and the other a member of the house of representatives. Thereafter, the task force may meet as often as necessary in order to accomplish the tasks assigned to it. A majority of the task force shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of such quorum shall be required for any action.
4. The staff of house research and senate research shall provide necessary clerical, research, fiscal, and legal services to the task force, as the task force may request.
5. The division of energy shall oversee the distributed energy resources study to be selected and conducted by an independent and objective expert with input from the members of the task force. The cost of such study shall be paid for through funds available from federal and state grants applied for by the division of energy. The division of energy shall establish procedures for the submission and nonpublic disclosure of confidential and proprietary information.
6. The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the task force's official duties.
*7. This section shall expire on December 31, 2023, or at the conclusion of the task force's work, whichever is sooner.
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(L. 2022 S.B. 745 merged with S.B. 820)
*Contingent expiration date.

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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.