✝️ 🇺🇸 Mike Compton 🇺🇸 ✝️

🚨 **WHO PAYS FOR MISSOURI'S POWER EXPANSION?** **Data centers are driving enormous demand for electricity. But will Missouri families and small businesses end up paying more to support that growth?** Since our last report on October 18, we've been tracking two major cases before Missouri's Public Service Commission (PSC). What we've uncovered deserves your attention. 🔴 **SMALL BUSINESSES COULD FACE LARGER RATE INCREASES** A proposed rate settlement would assign small and medium general-service customers a larger percentage increase than large-load customers. PSC Staff has challenged the proposed allocation. 🔴 **$60 MILLION OR $117 MILLION?** Evergy and Google propose recognizing approximately $60 million in annual large-load revenues in the rate case. Missouri's Office of Public Counsel argues that $117 million should be recognized. Why does that matter? Because revenue from these massive electricity users can affect how much existing customers are asked to pay. 🔴 **WHO PAYS FOR DATA CENTER POWER?** PSC Staff has raised concerns that certain capacity costs associated with large-load customers could be recovered through charges affecting ordinary ratepayers. Staff has also warned about potential double recovery through the Fuel Adjustment Clause. 🔴 **PAYING FOR POWER PLANTS BEFORE THEY PRODUCE ELECTRICITY?** Missouri's SB 4 allows certain construction costs to be included in electric rates before a natural-gas generating facility becomes operational, subject to PSC approval. Act for Missouri opposed this provision from the beginning. The ongoing proceedings demonstrate why the details of construction financing and cost allocation matter. 🔴 **CITIZENS STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD** Evergy's proposed Buchanan Bluffs natural-gas plant and Foxtrot battery project remain under review. Public hearings are scheduled for November 16 and 17, giving Missourians an opportunity to raise questions about the projects and their potential effects. ⚠️ **HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE:** New economic development can bring benefits. But those benefits must be weighed against the costs, financial risks, and long-term obligations involved. **If extraordinary new customers create extraordinary new costs, who should be responsible for paying them?** These are not hypothetical questions anymore. They're being debated in actual PSC proceedings, and the Commission has not made its final decisions. 📖 **NEW INVESTIGATION: WHO PAYS FOR MISSOURI'S POWER EXPANSION?** We've made it easy to understand, even if you've never followed a utility-rate case. ✅ Start with **“Just the Facts”** for a quick explanation. ✅ Read the detailed analysis of PSC testimony, settlements, and legal arguments. ✅ Follow links directly to the official documents. ✅ Find out how you can participate. 👉 **READ THE FULL ARTICLE:** act4mo.org/posts/evergy-psc-…

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