BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
Exhibit
10.2.1
BEFORE
THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF
THE
STATE OF KANSAS
In
the
Matter of the Application of
Kansas
City Power & Light
Company Docket
No. 07-KCPE-905-RTS
To
Modify
its Tariffs to Continue
The
Implementation of its Regulatory Plan.
As
a
result of extensive discussions between the Staff of the Kansas Corporation
Commission ("Staff'), Kansas City Power & Light Company ("KCPL" or
"Company"), and the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board ("CURB"), (referred to
collectively as the "Signatories" or the "Signatory Parties"), the Signatories
hereby submit to the Kansas Corporation Commission ("Commission") for its
consideration and approval the following Stipulation and Agreement:
I. KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S APPLICATION
1.
On
March 1, 2007, KCPL filed an Application with the Commission to make certain
changes in its rates and charges for electric service, which was docketed as
the
above-captioned proceeding. Pursuant to a Commission Order issued on March
14,
2007, the effective date of this Application was suspended until December 10,
2007. This Application was the second in a series of rate cases that are
contemplated in the Rate Plan (Appendix C of the Stipulation ("1025
Stipulation") in Docket No. 04-KCPE-1025-GIE ("1025 Docket")), in conjunction
with KCPL's implementation of the Resource Plan1.
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The 1025
Stipulation refers collectively to the “Regulatory Plan” that is comprised of a
Resource Plan set forth in Appendices A and A-1 and the Customer Programs
set
forth in Appendices B and B-1, and the Rate Plan set forth in Appendices
C, C-1
and C-2. References to the “regulatory Plan” within this Stipulation
and Agreement shall have the same meaning.
2. The
first rate filing made by KCPL pursuant to the 1025 Stipulation was docketed
as
Docket No. 06-KCPE-828-RTS ("828 Docket"), which resulted in a Stipulation
and
Agreement ("828 Stipulation") that was approved by the Commission on December
4,
2006. In accordance with the 1025 Stipulation, KCPL was provided the option
to
file this current rate application no later than March 1, 2007. The filing
of
this Application also complies with the Commission's Order in the 828 Docket,
which required KCPL to file a rate case that included an Energy Cost Adjustment
("ECA") mechanism on or before March 1, 2007.
3. Because
the Resource Plan involves major capital expenditures by KCPL during an
intensive period of construction over a five-year period, the Rate Plan was
structured to incrementally address the rate treatment for such additions and
improvements. This second rate application pursuant to the Rate Plan also
reflects KCPL's investment in plant and equipment since the time KCPL's rate
base was adjusted in the 828 Docket.
4. The
schedules filed with KCPL's Application indicated a gross revenue deficiency
of
$34,220,000, based upon normalized operating results for the 12 months ending
December 31, 2006, adjusted for known and measurable changes in revenues,
operating and maintenance expenses, cost of capital and taxes, and other
adjustments. Pursuant to the Contribution In Aid of Construction ("CIAC")
mechanism established in the 1025 Stipulation, KCPL also requested an additional
$12.8 million in order to adequately maintain its financial ratios.
5. In
addition, consistent with the 828 Stipulation, KCPL has participated in a series
of discussions with Staff and other interested signatory parties to develop
an
ECA mechanism, which will be discussed in greater detail below.
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6. In
support of its Application, KCPL submitted the testimony of 13 witnesses and
the
schedules required by K.A.R. 82-1-231. On May
1, 2007, consistent with the 828 Stipulation, KCPL also filed its class cost
of
service study and supporting testimony.
II. STAFF
AND OTHER PARTIES' PRE-FILED POSITIONS
7. On
August 3, 2007, Staff filed its direct testimony in the above docket, wherein
it
recommended a rate increase for KCPL of approximately $4.6 million. Staff did
not recommend including a CIAC amortization amount in this docket. Staff also
made certain recommendations concerning the structure of KCPL's amended ECA
tariff, and recommended several reporting requirements with respect to the
ECA
mechanism.
8. Also
on August 3, 2007, CURB filed testimony in which it recommended the Commission
decrease KCPL's annual revenue requirement by approximately $3 million. For
cash
flow purposes, at this revenue requirement level CURB calculated a pre-tax
payment on plant of $16.4 million which, if allowed by the Commission, would
result in an annual increase in KCPL's rates of no more than $13.4 million.
CURB
also opposed implementation of an ECA.
9. MUUG
and The City of Mission Hills, Kansas, also filed testimony on August 3, 2007.
XXXX opposed the imposition of any ECA mechanism, contending consumers generally
do not benefit from rate mechanisms that automatically pass through utility
costs. In addition, MUUG made certain design recommendations for any ECA
mechanism that might be adopted. The City of Mission Hills addressed KCPL's
Municipal Ornamental Streetlighting tariff (Schedule
MOL).
10. On
August 13, 2007, Staff and MUUG each filed cross-answering
testimony
regarding
the other's direct ECA mechanism testimony.
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11. Subsequently,
on August 28, 29, and 31, 2007, the parties met collectively to discuss
the terms of a stipulation and agreement.
III. TERMS
OF
THE STIPULATED SETTLEMENT
After
extensive negotiations, the
Signatory Parties have agreed upon the following terms:
A. Stipulated
Revenue Requirement and Customer Advancement Amount
The
Signatory Parties agree that KCPL's overall annual revenue increase will be
twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000). However, after factoring in the
median forecasted revenues from off-system sales that will be credited through
the ECA mechanism, KCPL's annual net revenue increase will likely be closer
to
seventeen million dollars ($17 million). To provide KCPL with sufficient cash
flow to proceed with the Resource Plan as set forth in the 1025 Stipulation,
the
Signatory Parties agree that eleven million dollars (811,000,000) of the total
revenue increase will be treated for accounting purposes as a pre-tax payment
on
plant on behalf of customers. The $11
million pre-tax payment on plant shall be treated as an increase
to
KCPL's depreciation reserve and will be assigned to primary plant accounts
in a
future rate case.
B. Energy
Cost Adjustment (ECA) Mechanism
The
Signatory Parties agree that KCPL's ECA tariff
will be as
shown
in Appendix A hereto. All components of such ECA mechanism
including fuel and purchased power costs, off-system sales margins as well
as
the other components of the ECA tariff will be forecasted for the coming ECA
year. On or before December 20, 2007 and each December 20 thereafter, KCPL
will
provide Staff with its forecasted ECA factors and supporting documentation
for
each of the 12 months of the following ECA year. (KCPL will provide MUUG with
a
copy of such initial December 20, 2007 submittal on the same day it is provided
to Staff. XXXX agrees to maintain the confidentiality of such submittal under
the same provisions as the Protective Order in this Docket.) The factors for
January, February and March of the ECA year shall be set based
upon
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such
forecast. KCPL will re-forecast monthly factors for each remaining month of
the
ECA year and provide such re-forecast ECA factors, along with supporting
documentation, to Staff on or before March 20, 2008, June 20, 2008, and
September 20, 2008 and each March 20, June 20 and September 20 thereafter.
The
ECA factors for the three months following each re-forecast shall be set based
upon such forecast. The parties also agree that KCPL will file an annual report
by March 1, 2009 and each March 1 thereafter including the actual annual revenue
received through the ECA tariff for the prior ECA year and the actual fuel,
purchased power and other costs as well as the off-system sales margins for
the
prior ECA year, including supporting documentation. Such report shall calculate
the difference in these year-end totals and recommend a correction factor to
be
applied to the monthly ECA factors over a 12 month period beginning April 1
following the filing. Such report will be subject to review by Staff, and any
party granted intervener status in such proceeding, and approval of the
Commission pursuant to the terms and conditions of Appendix A.
The
Signatory Parties agree that it is their intent to require KCPL to publish,
or
otherwise make available, ECA figures in a manner reasonably accessible to
customers. The Signatory Parties will continue to discuss the appropriate
mechanism necessary to accomplish this requirement.
C. Unused
Energy
("UE1") Allocator for Off-System Sales Margins
KCPL
agrees to utilize its UE1 Allocator to allocate off-system sales margins to
Kansas retail ratepayers within the context of its ECA tariff. Such UE1
Allocator will be forecast at the start of each ECA year for use in the ECA
factor calculation and will be trued-up for the ECA year as part of the annual
ECA review process.
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D.
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Energy
Efficiency Program Costs to be Recovered Through an Energy Efficiency
Rider
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In
its Application, KCPL included in
rate base an amount equal to KCPL's budgeted September 2007 balance of Account
182441, the regulatory asset KCPL has established to accumulate the cost of
all
affordability, energy efficiency, and demand side management programs performed
in Kansas in compliance with the 1025 Stipulation. KCPL also included in its
cost of service a yearly amortization amount associated with the regulatory
asset balance, using a 10-year amortization period. The Signatory Parties agree
that until such time as either the Commission rules in Docket No.
07-GIMX-247-GIE, the "Energy Efficiency or EE Docket" or the Kansas Legislature
implements a new statute(s) addressing treatment of these costs, that, as an
interim mechanism for recovery, KCPL will not include these program costs in
its
rate base and cost of service and instead will recover these program costs
through an Energy Efficiency Rider ("XX Xxxxx"). KCPL will file such XX Xxxxx
for Commission approval by March 1, 2008, to include costs associated with
Commission-approved programs, including internal labor costs, incurred during
the time period July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2007 and an effective date
of
July 1, 2008. Such XX Xxxxx will recover such costs over the period July 1,
2008
through June 30, 2009. KCPL would file the next such XX Xxxxx for Commission
approval on or before March 31, 2009 to recover program costs incurred from
January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 over the time period July 1, 2009
through June 30, 2010. Thereafter, KCPL would file its new XX Xxxxx no later
than March 31 of each year to recover costs incurred during the prior calendar
year for recovery over the following July through June period.
At
any
time either the Commission rules on Energy Efficiency Docket or a law is passed
regarding treatment of such expenses, KCPL shall have the right to file for
Commission approval of compliant recovery methodology to replace or revise
the
XX Xxxxx. KCPL agrees that at no
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time
will
it seek Kansas jurisdiction ratepayer recovery of program costs recorded to
Regulatory Asset Account 182441 prior to July 1, 2006.
E. Performance
Standard Data for Asset Management Plan
In
order
to enable the Commission to continue to monitor and evaluate KCPL's delivery
performance and reliability during the remainder of the Asset Management Plan
as
defined in the 1025 Stipulation, KCPL agrees to continue to maintain the
following performance data through the remaining term of the Regulatory
Plan:
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Customers
Experiencing Multiple Interruptions in excess of three per year
("CEMI3");
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Number
of distribution devices with four or more multiple outages by number
of
outages;
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Overall
residential customer satisfaction survey ("CSI");
and
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Trend
and benchmark analysis for KCPL delivery operating and maintenance
("O&M") expense per retail customer, detailing all data and sources
for the calculation of KCPL's performance, based on FERC Form 1
reporting.
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F. Review
of Kansas Weather Stations for Weather Normalization
Analysis
KCPL
agrees to explore with Staff the use of weather stations within KCPL's Kansas
service territory for use in its future weather normalization analysis and
load
forecasting. KCPL will review the availability and completeness of data from
such stations and the suitability of such data for use within KCPL's weather
normalization and load forecasting methodology. Such review and exploration
shall not require KCPL to change its methodology for weather normalization
and
load forecasting.
G. Miscellaneous
Stipulated Accounting Provisions
As
agreed
by the Signatory Parties and consistent with the 1025 Stipulation, the following
accounting provisions should be adopted by the Commission:
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1) Rate
Case Expenses
The
Commission authorizes KCPL to establish a regulatory asset for incremental
rate
case expenses incurred through the duration of Docket No. 07-KCPE-905-RTS.
KCPL
currently estimates the Kansas jurisdictional regulatory asset will be
approximately $0.8 million at December 31, 2007. KCPL is authorized to amortize
this regulatory asset over four (4) years commencing January 1, 2008. The
deferred expenses will not receive any rate base treatment in future rate
cases.
The
Commission reaffirms its Order in the 828 Docket authorizing the Company's
four
(4) year amortization period for rate case expenses incurred in that case with
no rate base treatment.
2) Surface
Transportation Board ("STB") Expenses
The
Commission reaffirms KCPL's regulatory asset and five (5) year amortization
period beginning January 1, 2007 ordered in the 828 Docket for the Kansas
jurisdictional portion of STB expenses incurred through December 31, 2006.
The
Commission also reaffirms its authorization in the 828 Docket for KCPL to
establish a regulatory asset for actual STB expenses incurred after December
31,
2006, to be amortized over a five (5) year period beginning with rates effective
in a future rate case under the Rate Plan. The deferred expenses will not
receive any rate base treatment in future rate cases.
3) Talent
Assessment Expenses
The
Commission authorizes KCPL to establish a regulatory asset for 2006 Talent
Assessment expenses in the amount of $8,960,783 (Kansas jurisdictional
$4,026,084). KCPL is authorized to amortize this regulatory asset over ten
(10)
years commencing January 1, 2008. The deferred expenses will not receive any
rate base treatment in future rate cases.
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The
Commission reaffirms KCPL's regulatory asset, with no rate base treatment,
and
ten (10) year amortization period ordered in the 828 Docket, for the Kansas
jurisdictional portion of 2005 Talent Assessment expenses.
4) Employee
Augmentation Program
The
Commission authorizes KCPL to establish a regulatory asset for the Employee
Augmentation Program expenses in the amount of $624,301 (Kansas jurisdictional
$264,183). KCPL is authorized to amortize this regulatory asset over ten (10)
years commencing January 1, 2008. The deferred expenses will not receive any
rate base treatment in future rate cases.
5) Enhanced
Security Costs
The
Commission reaffirms KCPL's regulatory asset, to be included in rate base,
and
five
(5)
year amortization period ordered in the 828 Docket, for the Kansas
jurisdictional portion of enhanced security costs through December 31,
2006.
6) Department
of Energy ("DOE") Wolf Creek Refund
The
Commission authorizes KCPL to establish a regulatory liability for a $427,150
DOE refund
(Kansas jurisdictional $181,305) received in 2006. KCPL will amortize this
regulatory liability over a three (3) year period beginning January 1, 2008.
The
deferred refund will not receive any rate base treatment in future rate
cases.
7) Pension
Costs
The
Commission approves treatment of pension costs as set forth in the attached
Appendix
B, which is intended to be consistent with the treatment of pension costs
outlined in Appendix C, paragraph (E) of the 1025 Stipulation.
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8) AFUDC
Rate on Iatan 2
The
Commission authorizes KCPL for purposes of calculating the equity component
of
the Allowance for Funds Used During Construction ("AFUDC") rate on Iatan 2
to
set the equity rate used in the calculation at 8.3% beginning January 1, 2008.
This agreed upon equity component of AFUDC may be revised either through a
Commission order determining a Return on Equity or through a Stipulation and
Agreement in KCPL's next rate case.
9) Depreciation
Rates
The
Commission authorizes KCPL to continue utilizing the depreciation rates set
forth in Appendix C, which are the same rates set out in Appendix C-2 of the
1025 Stipulation.
10) SO2
Emission
Allowances
The
Commission reaffirms its authorization in the 828 Docket for KCPL's sale of
SO2
emission allowances through June 1, 2010, including related coal premiums.
KCPL
will continue to record net sales proceeds to a regulatory liability (FERC
Account 254) and offset rate base for ratemaking purposes. The regulatory
liability will be amortized over a time period to be determined in the 2009
rate
filing. Such amortization shall be reflected in rates beginning with the rates
resulting from the 2009 rate filing.
KCPL
currently purchases coal from vendors under contracts that indicate nominal
sulfur content. To the extent that coal supplied has a lower sulfur content
than
specified in the contract, KCPL pays a premium over the contract price.
Beginning January 1, 2008, to the extent that KCPL pays premiums for lower
sulfur coal and has an approved ECA in place, the Commission authorizes KCPL
to
determine the portion of such premiums, net of joint partners' shares, that
apply to retail sales and will record the proportionate cost of such premiums
in
FERC Account 254 as a reduction of the regulatory liability beginning January
1,
2008. But in no event will the charges to the Kansas jurisdictional portion
of
FERC Account 254 for these premiums exceed
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$5,000,000
annually. The portion of premiums applicable to retail will be determined
monthly based on the system-wide percentage of MWhs from coal generation used
for retail sales versus wholesale sales as computed by the hourly energy costing
model. This system-wide percentage will be applied to premiums invoiced during
the same period.
11) Decommissioning
Accruals for Wolf Creek
The
Commission approves the schedule of decommissioning cost accruals included
in
Appendix D, affirms that the decommissioning cost accruals are included in
cost
of service and are included in rates for ratemaking purposes and affirms that
the earnings rate assumed for the trust takes into consideration the tax rate
change and the removal of the investment restrictions resulting from the Energy
Policy Act of 1992.
12) Asset
Retirement Obligations and Cost of Removal
The
Commission reaffirms its Order in Docket No. 04-WSEE-605-ACT allowing KCPL
to
defer all costs on the balance sheet, for financial reporting purposes,
associated with the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No.
143 ("FAS 143") and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.
47
("FIN 47"), including accretion and depreciation expenses and amounts included
for cost of removal in depreciation rates as set forth in Appendix
C.
H. Rules
and Regulations
The
Signatory Parties agree that the following changes to KCPL's Rules and
Regulations should be adopted by the Commission:
1) New
Definitions
The
following eight definitions will be added to Section 1:
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– ADULT: One who has reached the legal age of majority, generally 18
years.
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1.16
– BILLING ERROR: The incorrect billing of an account due to a Company or
Customer meter reading error, which results in incorrect
charges.
1.17
– FIELD ERROR: Shall be considered to include lost/mishandled paperwork,
installing metering incorrectly, or failure to close the meter potential or
test
switches. A Field Error may result in a Billing Error.
1.18
FRAUD: The misrepresentation of material facts by a customer, or other person,
by giving false or misleading information or by concealment of that which should
have been disclosed as a deceptive means to gain or maintain utility service,
avoid payment for past, present or future service, or obtain a refund and so
cause the Company or others to rely upon such misrepresentations to the
Company's financial detriment. Includes, but is not limited to: (a) furnishing
the Company with false names, or customer information not legally assigned
to
such person, (b) furnishing false or altered customer identification, (c)
furnishing false or altered residency history, (d) furnishing false or altered
ownership or lease papers, (e) rendering false reports of unauthorized
electronic fund transfers to the Company.
1.20
– METER ERROR: The incorrect registration of electric consumption resulting from
a malfunctioning or defective meter.
1.21
– RESPONSIBLE PARTY: Any adult, landlord, property management company, or owner
applying for electric service at a given premise.
1.22
– TAMPERING: To rearrange, damage, injure, destroy, alter, or interfere with,
Company facilities, service wires, electric meters and associated wiring,
locking devices, or seals or otherwise prevent any Company equipment from
performing a normal or customary function.
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UNAUTHORIZED USE: To use or receive the direct benefit of all, or a portion
of
the utility service with knowledge of or reason to believe that diversion,
tampering or other unauthorized connection existed at the time of the use,
or
that the use or receipt was fraudulent and/or without the authorization or
consent of the utility. Includes but is not limited to: (a) tampering with
or
reconnection of service wires and/or electric meters to obtain metered use
of
electricity, (b) the unmetered use of electricity resulting from unauthorized
connections, alterations or modifications to service wires and/or electric
meters, (c) placing conductive material in the meter socket to allow unmetered
electricity to flow from the line-side to the load-side of the service, (d)
installing an unauthorized electric meter in place of the meter assigned to
the
account, (e) inverting or repositioning the meter to alter registration, (f)
disrupting the magnetic field or wireless communication of the meter causing
altered registration, (g) damaging or altering the electric meter to stop
registration, (h) using electric service without compensation to the
utility.
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2) Reconnection
Charge Modifications
The
following will replace the
Discontinuation of Service terms in Section 5, paragraph 5.08:
5.08 RECONNECTION
CHARGE:
If
electric service is discontinued for non-payment of a bill or for violation
of
any other provision of the Customer's service agreement except tampering and/or
diversion, the Company shall assess reconnection charges to the Customer as
follows:
Reconnection
of service
meter $20.00
Reconnection
of service at the pole or service
pedestal $30.00
If
electric service is discontinued for tampering and/or diversion, the Company
shall assess reconnection charges to the Customer as follows:
Reconnection
regardless of point of
reconnection $55.00
(Excessive
damage of Company property will result in additional charges.)
3) Line
Extension Language Changes
The
following will replace paragraph 8.01, items (A) and (B), (paragraph 8.01 items
(C) and (D) remain unchanged) and paragraph 8.02 in KCPL's Line Extension and
Distribution Policies in Section 8. In addition, KCPL agrees to modify paragraph
8.01 to clarify customer payment options for line extensions exceeding
one-quarter (1/4) mile.
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8.01
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OVERHEAD
SINGLE-PHASE RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL
EXTENSIONS:
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(A) Company
will make free extensions of its distribution lines as and when necessary to
serve any and all prospective customers applying for electric service, located
within one-quarter (1/4) mile of existing distribution lines in rural areas
in
which utility holds certificates of convenience and necessity from the State
Corporation Commission. Extensions may involve application of the quarter-mile
(1/4 mile) provision to a Customer's property line, onto a. Customer's property,
or a combination providing extension to the Customer's property line and onto
a
Customer's property.
(B) The
Company will build the first one-eighth (1/8) mile and the last one-eighth
(1/8)
mile of single-phase line per residential or rural residential Customer under
its established rates and minimum charges. In the event the line extension
exceeds one-quarter (1/4) mile per residential or rural residential Customer,
there shall be a monthly Customer Charge or an increase in the existing monthly
Customer Charge. The amount
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of
the Customer Charge or increase to an existing monthly Customer Charge
may be paid in equal installments over sixty consecutive
bills.
8.02 OTHER
PERMANENT EXTENSIONS AND EXCESS FACILITIES:
Each
Application to the Company for electric service (other than an overhead
single-phase extension for residential or rural residential electric service)
to
premises requiring extension of the Company's existing distribution facilities
will be studied by the Company, as received, in order that the Company may
determine the amount of investment warranted by the Company in making such
extension giving full consideration to the Customer's load requirements and
characteristics and the Company's estimated revenue from the Customer during
the
term of the Customer 's service agreement as may be required by the Company.
In
the absence of special arrangements between the Customer and the Company, any
cost of such extension in excess of the investment warranted by the Company
shall be deposited by the Customer with the Company. Should additional
intervening Customers be attached to the extension covered by the Customer's
deposit, the deposit shall be refunded to the Customer to the extent determined
by the Company to be appropriate in each case, but in no event shall refunds
aggregate an amount greater than the deposit. The Company shall not be obligated
to refund any portion of a deposit after five years from the date of deposit.
No
interest shall accrue or be payable on any such deposit held by the
Company.
In
those instances where a Customer requests facilities beyond that which would
normally be provided, this shall be considered an Excess Facilities Request.
Where the Company chooses to provide facilities at applicant's request in
variance with the Line Extension standard, applicant shall be required to pay
Company for the cost of such facilities including appropriate carrying charges,
cost of insurance, replacement (or cost of removal), license and fees, taxes,
operation and maintenance, and appropriate administrative and general expenses
associated with such transmission, substation, and/or distribution facilities.
Specific Terms and Conditions shall be mutually agreed upon between Company
and
Customer.
I. Test
Period in Future Rate Cases
KCPL
agrees to use a base test period reflective of 12 months actual operation rather
than budgeted information in future rate cases. To
the extent KCPL may need to file certain information in a
future rate case later than the March 1 application filing date of the
applicable year, KCPL will coordinate such filings with Staff.
J. Rate
Design
The
Signatory Parties agree that the rates should be apportioned among the
respective classes of customers according to the amounts of revenue requirement
indicated for each class in
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Staff's
cost of service as shown on Appendix E hereto. The Signatory Parties also agree
that the amount of pre-tax payment on plant on behalf of customers should be
equally apportioned among the respective classes of customers based upon revenue
percentage as also shown on Appendix E. Furthermore, KCPL agrees that the final
rate design will spread the percentage revenue increase proposed for each
customer class to every component part of the rates of each class. Rate design
amounts assigned to each class are subject to check in order to assure that
rate
design recovery is consistent with the revenue increase approved by the
Commission. KCPL agrees to submit documentation proving that final rates, by
tariff class and by subclass (after all Commission approved adjustments)
generate the revenue requirement approved by the Commission. This rate design
shall not set forth a precedent for future rate proceedings as to the method
of
allocation. KCPL agrees that it shall conduct a class cost of service (CCOS)
study and report the results of that study in its next rate filing. KCPL shall
have the right to file the results of that study in testimony as late-filed
testimony no later than May 1, 2008. The Signatory Parties agree that direct
testimony of Staff and non-KCPL parties in the next rate case shall not be
due
until at least fourteen (14) weeks following KCPL's filing of its CCOS study
results. The Signatory Parties preserve their rights to review and oppose any
such filing in future proceedings, including opposing any method proposed by
any
party regarding the allocation of rates or rate design.
K. Non-Asset-Based
Sales Classification Process
KCPL
agrees to meet with the other Signatory Parties prior to KCPL's next rate filing
to discuss KCPL's internal process for the classification of asset-based and
non-asset-based off-system sales. On or before May 1, 2008, KCPL agrees to
file
its process for classifying asset-based and non-asset-based off-system sales
for
Commission review and approval. KCPL agrees
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that
subsequent changes to its process for classifying asset-based and
non-asset-based off-system sales will be subject to Commission review and
approval.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
A. The
Commission's Rights
Nothing
in this Stipulation and Agreement is intended to impinge or restrict, in any
manner, the exercise by the Commission of any statutory right, including the
right of access to information, and any statutory obligation, including the
obligation to ensure that KCPL is providing efficient and sufficient service
at
just and reasonable rates.
B. Signatory
Parties' Rights
The
Signatory Parties, including Staff, shall have the right to present pre-filed
testimony in support of this Stipulation. Such testimony shall be filed formally
in the docket and presented by witnesses at a hearing on this
Stipulation.
C. Parties
not Signatories to the Agreement
The
Midwest Utility Users Group ("MUUG" — a group comprised of Danisco USA, Inc.,
Shawnee Mission Unified School District #512, The City of Mission, Kansas,
and
The City of Overland Park, Kansas) and The City of Mission Hills, Kansas are
not
yet signatories to this Stipulation and Agreement, but negotiations with those
parties continue.
D. Negotiated
Settlement
This
Stipulation and Agreement represents a negotiated settlement that fully resolves
the issues addressed in this document. The Signatory Parties represent that
the
terms of this Stipulation and Agreement constitute a fair and reasonable
resolution of the issues addressed herein. Except as specified herein, the
Signatory Parties shall not be prejudiced, bound by, or in any way affected
by
the terms of this Stipulation and Agreement: (a) in any future proceeding;
(b)
in any proceeding currently pending under a separate docket; and/or (c) in
this
proceeding
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should
the Commission decide not to approve this Stipulation and Agreement in the
instant proceeding. If the Commission accepts this Stipulation and Agreement
in
its entirety and incorporates the same into a final order without material
modification, the parties shall be bound by its terms and the Commission's
order
incorporating its terms as to all issues addressed herein and in accordance
with
the terms hereof, and will not appeal the Commission's order on these
issues.
E. Interdependent
Provisions
The
provisions of this Stipulation and Agreement have resulted from negotiations
among the Signatory Parties and are interdependent. In the event that the
Commission does not approve and adopt the terms of this Stipulation and
Agreement in total, it shall be voidable and no Signatory Party hereto shall
be
bound, prejudiced, or in any way affected by any of the agreements or provisions
hereof. Further, in such event, this Stipulation and Agreement shall be
considered privileged and not admissible in evidence or made a part of the
record in any proceeding.
F. Submission
of Documents To The Commission Or Staff
To
the
extent this Stipulation and Agreement provides for information, documents or
other data to be furnished to the Commission or Staff, such information,
documents or data shall be filed with the Commission and a copy served upon
the
Commission's Director of Utilities. Such information, documents or data shall
be
marked and identified with the docket number of this proceeding.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Signatory Parties have executed and approved this
Agreement, effective as of the 12th day of September 2007, by subscribing their
signatures below.
By:
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Assistants
General Counsel
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Kansas
Corporation Commission
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1500
S.W. Arrowhead Road
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Topeka,
Kansas 66604
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x.xxxx@xxx.xx.xxx
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ATTORNEYS
FOR STAFF
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx by dab
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XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXX
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(#12080)
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Vice
President and General Counsel
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Kansas
City Power & Light Company
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1201
Walnut
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Kansas
City, MO 64106
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(000)
000-0000
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Suelthaus PC
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0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Overland
Park, Kansas 66211
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913)
451-8788
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000-0000 Fax
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ATTORNEYS
FOR KCPL
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By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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XXXXXXX
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(#15619)
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Citizens'
Utility Ratepayer Board
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0000
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Xxxxxx,
KS 66604 x.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
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ATTORNEY
FOR CURB
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THE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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SCHEDULE
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(Name
of Issuing Utility)
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Replacing
Schedule
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Rate
Areas No. 2 & 4
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to which schedule is applicable)
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which
was filed
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supplement or separate understanding
shall
modify the tariff as shown hereon.
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ENERGY
COST ADJUSTMENT
Schedule
ECA
APPLICABILITY:
This
Energy Cost Adjustment (ECA)
Schedule shall be applicable to all Kansas Retail Rate Schedules
for
KCPL.
BASIS:
Energy
costs will be measured and applied to a customer’s bill using an ECA
factor. The ECA factor is applied on a kilowatt-hour basis
($/kWh). Retail customer charges for energy costs are
determined by multiplying the kilowatt-hours of electricity during
any
calendar month by the corresponding ECA factor for that calendar
month.
ENERGY
COST ADJUSTMENT:
Prior
to January 1 of each ECA year, an ECA factor (ECAP)
will be
calculated for each calendar month of the ECA year as
follows:
((FP
+ PP
+ EP
+ TP)
-
BPRP) OSSMK TRUEA
ECAP = ------------------------------------------ – ----------------- – ------------
SP XX XXXXX
Where:
FP= Projected
cost
of nuclear and fossil fuel to be consumed for the generation of
electricity during the month in which the ECA is in effect for all
KCPL
Retail, Requirements Sales for Resale, and Bulk Power Sales customers
not
included in OSSM, to be recorded in Account 501, Account 518 and
Account
547, excluding any KCPL internal labor cost.
PP= Projected
cost
of purchased power during the month in which the ECA is in effect
for all
KCPL Retail, Requirements Sales for Resale, and Bulk Power Sales
customers
not included in OSSM, to be recorded in Account 555, and KCPL’s projected
charges or credits incurred due to participation in markets associated
with Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs).
EP= Projected
cost
of emission allowances during the month in which the ECA is in effect
for
all KCPL Retail, Requirements Sales for Resale, and Bulk Power Sales
customers not included in OSSM, to be recorded In Account
509.
TP= Projected
transmission costs, to be recorded in Account 565, and RTO, FERC
and NERC
fees, to be recorded in Account 560 and Account 928, during the month
in
which the ECA is in effect for all KCPL Retail, Requirements Sales
for
Resale, and Bulk Power Sales customers not included in OSSM.
BPRP = Projected
Revenue from asset-based Bulk Power Sales customers not included in
OSSM.
SP= Projected
kWhs
to be delivered to all KCPL Retail and Requirements Sales for Resale
customers during the month in which the ECA is in effect.
OSSM
= Projected
annual
asset-based Off-System Sales Margin from Bulk Power Sales at the
median
for the effective ECA year.
OSSMK
= The projected
annual asset-based Off-System Sales Margin from Bulk Power Sales
at the
median for the effective ECA year multiplied by the projected Unused
Energy (UE1) Allocator for Kansas.
SK = Projected
annual kWhs to be delivered to all Kansas Retail customers during
the
effective ECA year.
STRUE= Projected
kWhs for
Kansas Retail customers for the twelve-month period beginning in
April of
the year following the ECA year.
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1, 2008
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STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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Month Day Year
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By:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Vice
President
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Title
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Secretary
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THE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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SCHEDULE
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(Name
of Issuing Utility)
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Replacing
Schedule
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Sheet
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Rate
Areas No. 2 & 4
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(Territory
to which schedule is applicable)
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which
was filed
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No
supplement or separate understanding
shall
modify the tariff as shown hereon.
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of
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ENERGY
COST ADJUSTMENT
Schedule
ECA
TRUEA=
The
annual true-up amount
for an ECA year, to be calculated by March 1 of the year following
the ECA
year and to be applied for a twelve-month period beginning April
1 of the
year following the ECA year. The true-up amount will reflect
any difference between the total ECA revenue for the Retail sales
during
the ECA year and the actual costs incurred to achieve those Retail
sales
less the credits applied for Off-System Sales Revenue for the ECA
year. Such true-up amount may be positive or
negative. Any remaining balances from prior true-up periods
will be added.
SAK
TRUEA = ECAREVA – [((FA
+ PA
+ EA
+ TA
-
BPRA) – NABPCA) x --------
] + OSSMA
+ TRUEPRIOR
SAT
Where:
ECAREVA = Actual
ECA revenue for Kansas Retail sales during the ECA year.
FA =
Actual
total company
cost of nuclear and fossil fuel consumed for the generation of electricity
for the ECA year recorded in Account 501, Account 518 and Account
547,
excluding any internal KCPL labor cost and all costs associated with
OSSMA.
PA =
Actual
total
company cost of purchased power incurred during the ECA year recorded
in
Account 555, and KCPL’s actual charges or credits incurred due to
participation in markets associated with Regional Transmission
Organizations (RTOs) less all costs associated with OSSMA.
EA = Actual
total
company emission allowance costs incurred during the ECA year recorded
in
Account 509 less all costs associated with OSSMA.
TA = Actual
total
company transmission costs recorded in Account 565 and RTO, FERC
and NERC
fees recorded in Account 560 and Account 928 for the ECA year less
all
costs associated with OSSMA.
BPRA =
Actual
Revenue from asset-based
Bulk Power Sales customers not included in OSSMA.
NABPCA =
Actual
total company cost for
non-asset-based sales to Bulk Power customers during the ECA year,
as
reflected in PA,
and TA.
OSSMA =
Actual
total company asset-based
Off-System Sales Margin from Bulk Power Sales for the ECA year multiplied
by the actual Unused Energy (UE1) Allocator for Kansas.
SAK = Actual
kWhs delivered to KCPL’s Kansas Retail customers during the ECA
year.
SAT =
Actual
kWhs delivered to all
KCPL Retail and Requirements Sales for Resale customers during the
ECA
year.
TRUEPRIOR
=Remaining true-up
amounts from
previous ECA years (positive or negative).
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1, 2008
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THE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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Month Day Year
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By:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Vice
President
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By:
|
Secretary
|
THE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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SCHEDULE
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2
|
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(Name
of Issuing Utility)
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Replacing
Schedule
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Sheet
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Rate
Areas No. 2 & 4
|
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(Territory
to which schedule is applicable)
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which
was filed
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No
supplement or separate understanding
shall
modify the tariff as shown hereon.
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Sheet
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3
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of
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4
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Sheets
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ENERGY
COST ADJUSTMENT
Schedule
ECA
NOTES
TO THE TARIFF:
1. By
December 20th
prior to
each ECA year, KCPL will submit a report containing the projected
monthly
ECA factors on a $/kWh basis for each month of the coming ECA
year. Such report will set the monthly ECA factors for January,
February and March of the ECA year. KCPL will publish such
projected monthly ECA factors, and any updates to such monthly ECA
factors
to consumers.
2. Prior
to the
20th
day
of March, June, and September of each ECA year, KCPL will submit
a report
containing updated projected ECA factors for the remaining months
of the
effective ECA year. Such updated projected ECA factors
will set the monthly ECA factors for the next calendar quarter of
the ECA
year. Such report shall also compare the original ECA revenue
projections and the then-current ECA year-end projections on a total
revenue basis. If the original projection and the then-current
projection become significantly out of balance at any time during
the ECA
year, the remaining monthly ECA factors may be adjusted to address
the
anticipated difference.
3. Prior
to the 1st
day of March
each year beginning March 1, 2009, KCPL will file an application
that
provides the true-up reconciliation for the preceding ECA year, otherwise
known as the Actual Cost Adjustment (“ACA”). Such
reconciliation amount, if any, for a given ECA year will be applied
as an
adjustment to the monthly ECA factors for the 12-month period beginning
April following the reconciled ECA year. The Commission may
make such ACA subject to correction in whole or in part, pending
final
determination on the application. All revenues collected
pursuant to the ECA tariff shall be deemed to be revenues subject
to
adjustment until the ACA review is complete, the Commission has issued
a
final order in the ACA matter, and all terms and conditions of such
order
are satisfied. The Commission shall make a final determination
on the adjustment, including the reasonableness and prudence of the
actual
ECA costs incurred during the ECA year, within two hundred forty
(240)
days of the filing of the application. Prudent operation of
KCPL’s system will be consistent with industry standards regarding
economic dispatch, reliability, maintenance and fuel procurement
as such
is necessary to minimize the impact of this ECA tariff on customer
rates.
4. The
monthly ECA
factor will be expressed in dollars per kilowatt-hour rounded to
four
decimal places.
5. Each
ECA year will
be a calendar year, with the first year beginning January 1,
2008.
6. The
ECA amount on
each customer bill will be calculated such that the ECA factor for
each
calendar month within the billing period is applied to the estimated
usage
for the appropriate calendar month (i.e., prorated) based on the
number of
days of usage in each calendar month.
7. The
references to
Accounts within the ECA tariff are as defined in the FERC uniform
system
of accounts.
8. Retail
Customers
are customers that receive service under one of the KCPL Retail
tariffs.
9. Requirements
Sales
for Resale Customers are wholesale customers receiving firm service
for
the full capacity and energy needs of the customer on a contract
basis of
one year or longer (Account 447).
10.
Bulk
Power Sales
Customers are wholesale customers receiving service under Power
contracts. These are Non-Requirements Sales for Resale
customers (Account 447).
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1, 2008
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STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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Month Day Year
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By:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Vice
President
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By:
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Title
|
Secretary
|
THE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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SCHEDULE
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2
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(Name
of Issuing Utility)
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Replacing
Schedule
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Sheet
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Rate
Areas No. 2 & 4
|
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(Territory
to which schedule is applicable)
|
which
was filed
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No
supplement or separate understanding
shall
modify the tariff as shown hereon.
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Sheet
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4
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of
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4
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Sheets
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ENERGY
COST ADJUSTMENT
Schedule
ECA
NOTES
TO THE TARIFF (continued):
11.
The
Unused Energy (UE1)
Allocator for KCPL’s Kansas jurisdiction is calculated by dividing the
KCPL Kansas jurisdictional “Unused Energy” MWhs by the total KCPL “Unused
Energy” MWhs. The “Unused Energy” MWhs for each KCPL
jurisdiction (Kansas, Missouri, and FERC) is calculated by subtracting
the
“Energy Used” MWhs for each jurisdiction from the “Available Energy” MWhs
for each jurisdiction. The “Energy Used” is based on the
“Energy w/ Losses” Allocator (E1) which reflects the energy used by each
jurisdiction’s customers. The “Available Energy” is calculated
by multiplying KCPL’s total “Available Capacity” by the total hours in the
subject year (8760 in non-leap years) and by the jurisdictional “Demand”
Allocator (D1) which reflects the 12-CP demand from each jurisdiction’s
customers. The “Available Capacity” is defined as the total MWs
of capacity from all sources of generation and capacity purchases
that are
included in the cost-of-service (revenue requirement)
calculation.
12.
This
tariff is subject
to KCPL’s Rules and Regulations as approved by the State Corporation
Commission of Kansas.
13. This
tariff is
subject to all applicable Kansas statutes and regulations regarding
the
filing and investigation of complaints on unreasonable, unfair or
unjust
rates.
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January
1, 2008
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STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS
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Month Day Year
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By:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Vice
President
|
By:
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Title
|
Secretary
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APPENDIX
B
TREATMENT
OF PENSION COSTS
Docket
No. 07-KCPE-905-RTS
1. The
intent of this pension agreement is to:
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·
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Ensure
that KCPL recovers the amount of the net prepaid pension asset
representing the recognition of a negative pension cost used in setting
rates in prior years;
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·
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Ensure
that the amount collected in rates is based on the pension cost determined
using the methodology described below in item
2.b.;
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·
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Ensure
that, once the amount in section 4 has been collected in rates by
KCPL,
all pension cost collected in rates is contributed to the pension
trust;
and
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·
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Ensure
that all amounts contributed by KCPL are recoverable in
rates.
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2. To
accomplish these goals, the following items are agreed upon as part of this
Stipulation and Agreement.
a. KCPL’s
pension cost, for financial reporting purposes, will differ from the method
used
for ratemaking purposes described in item 2.b. For financial
reporting purposes, KCPL will amortize gains and losses over a five (5) year
period.
b. Pension
cost, excluding cost determined under FAS 88, used for ratemaking purposes
will
be calculated based on the following methodology:
i. Market
Related Value for asset determination, smoothing all asset gains and losses
that
occur on and after January 1, 2005 over five (5) years;
1
ii. No
10% corridor; and
iii. Amortization
period of ten (10) years for unrecognized gains and losses.
3. KCPL’s
actuary will maintain actuarial reports under each method on an annual
basis. Any difference between the two methods is merely a timing
difference that will eventually be recovered, or refunded, through rates under
the method used in setting rates over the life of the pension
plan. KCPL will establish a regulatory asset or liability for the
difference in pension cost calculated under the two methods. No rate
base recognition will be provided for the regulatory asset or liability
determined pursuant to this paragraph.
4. Any
pension cost amount calculated pursuant to item 2.b. above, which exceeds the
pension contribution will reduce the prior net prepaid pension asset recognized
in rate base currently estimated to be $12.6 million ($5.7 million Kansas
jurisdictional), after allocation to joint owners, at December 31,
2007. When the prior net prepaid pension asset is reduced to zero,
any pension cost (as calculated in item 2.b. above) that exceeds the amounts
contributed, must be funded. Any pension cost that is not funded
because it exceeds the amount of funding that is tax deductible will be tracked
as a regulatory liability to ensure it is funded in the future when it becomes
tax deductible.
5. In
the case pension cost becomes negative, KCPL is ordered to establish a
regulatory liability to offset the negative amount. In future years,
when pension cost becomes positive, rates will remain zero ($0) until the
prepaid pension asset that was created by the negative amount is reduced to
zero
($0). The regulatory liability will be reduced at the same rate as
the prepaid pension asset is reduced until the regulatory liability becomes
zero. This regulatory liability is not provided rate base
recognition.
2
6. KCPL
will be allowed to establish a regulatory asset with rate base recognition
for
contributions made to the pension trust in excess of pension cost calculated
pursuant to item 2.b.
7. A
regulatory asset or liability will be established on KCPL’s books to track the
difference between the level of pension cost calculated pursuant to item 2.b.
and the level of pension cost built into rates. The level of pension
cost built into rates effective January 1, 2008 is established as $40,101,040
($18,017,678 Kansas jurisdictional), before amounts capitalized and applicable
to joint owners. If the pension cost, before amounts capitalized and
applicable to joint owners, during the rate period is more than the cost built
into rates for the period, KCPL will establish a regulatory asset. If
the pension cost during the period is less than the cost built into rates,
KCPL
will establish a regulatory liability. If the pension cost, before
amounts capitalized and applicable to joint owners, becomes negative, a
regulatory liability equal to the difference between the level of pension cost
built into rates for that period and zero ($0) will be established.
The
regulatory asset or liability, currently estimated to be a $25.0 million
($11.2 million Kansas jurisdictional) regulatory asset at December 31, 2007
after allocation to joint owners, will have rate base
recognition. The regulatory asset or liability will be amortized over
five (5) years, with amortization for each vintage year commencing with the
effective date of rates for which ratemaking recovery of that vintage is
included. Amortization included in rates at January 1, 2008, after
amounts capitalized, is $4,866,816 ($2,186,694 Kansas
jurisdictional).
8. The
Signatory Parties agree that KCPL should follow the accounting treatment
prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in General
Instruction No. 23
3
regarding
pension-related Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) and transfer existing and
future pension OCI amounts to a regulated asset.
9. FAS
88 does not allow for delayed recognition of certain unrecognized amounts in
net
periodic pension cost. FAS 88 requires immediate recognition of
certain costs arising from settlements and curtailments of defined benefit
plans. KCPL shall establish a regulatory asset or liability, with
rate base recognition, for the amount of pension
costs, before amounts capitalized determined
pursuant to FAS 88 and the level of FAS 88 pension cost built into rates
(currently $0), effective January 1, 2007.
This
regulatory asset, currently estimated to be $22.6 million at December 31, 2007
($10.2 million Kansas jurisdictional), after allocation to joint owners, will
be
amortized over five (5) years beginning January 1, 2008. Amortization
included in rates at January 1, 2008, after amounts capitalized, is $3,442,194
($1,546,602 Kansas jurisdictional). Beginning in 2008, KCPL will be
required to make contributions to the pension trusts in an annual amount equal
to the FAS 88 amortization built into rates for that year.
4
APPENDIX
C
Kansas
City Power & Light Company
Depreciation
& Amortization Rates
Kansas
Jurisdictional
Account
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Acct.
No.
|
Avg.
Service
Life
|
Net
Salvage
|
Deprec.
Rate
|
Total
Steam
Production (Note)
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
311
|
32.0
|
-10.0%
|
3.44%
|
Structures
& Improv – Haw 5 Rebuild
|
311
|
0.85%
|
||
Boiler
Plant Equipment (excl trains)
|
312
|
25.5
|
-5.0%
|
4.12%
|
Boiler
Plant Equipment - Trains
|
312
|
15.0
|
10.0%
|
6.00%
|
Boiler
Plant Equip-Scrubber-La Cygne
|
312
|
10.0
|
0.0%
|
10.00%
|
Boiler
Plant Equip – Haw 5 Rebuild
|
312
|
1.02%
|
||
Turbogenerator
Units
|
314
|
42.4
|
0.0%
|
2.36%
|
Accessory
Electric Equipment
|
315
|
33.7
|
5.0%
|
2.82%
|
Accessory
Electric Equip – Haw 5 Rebuild
|
315
|
0.70%
|
||
Acc
Electric Equip – Computers (like 391)
|
315
|
30.0
|
8.0%
|
3.07%
|
Miscellaneous
Power Plant Equipment
|
316
|
22.8
|
5.0%
|
4.16%
|
Misc
Power Plant Equip – Haw 5 Rebuild
|
316
|
1.03%
|
||
Total
Nuclear Production (Note)
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
321
|
1.55%
|
||
Reactor
Plant Equipment
|
322
|
1.73%
|
||
Turbogenerator
Unites
|
323
|
1.96%
|
||
Accessory
Electric Equipment
|
324
|
1.73%
|
||
Miscellaneous
Power Plant Equipment
|
325
|
2.36%
|
||
Nuclear
Plant Write-Off
|
328
|
1.73%
|
||
Total
Combustion Turbines
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
341
|
25.0
|
0.0%
|
4.00%
|
Fuel
Holders, Producers, & Acc. Equip.
|
342
|
25.0
|
0.0%
|
4.00%
|
Generators
|
344
|
25.0
|
0.0%
|
4.00%
|
Accessory
Electric Equipment
|
345
|
25.0
|
0.0%
|
4.00%
|
Total
Wind
Generation
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
341
|
20.0
|
5.00%
|
|
Generators
|
344
|
20.0
|
5.00%
|
|
Accessory
Electric Equipment
|
345
|
20.0
|
5.00%
|
|
Total
Transmission Plant
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
352
|
45.0
|
-5.0%
|
2.33%
|
Station
Equipment
|
353
|
29.3
|
5.0%
|
3.24%
|
Station
Equip-Communication Equip (like 397)
|
353
|
26.0
|
5.0%
|
3.65%
|
Towers
& Fixtures
Note: Nuclear
Production rates are
based on a lifespan under a 60-year license using remaining life
rates.
Rates
for Steam Production Plant related to Hawthorn Unit 5 Rebuild plant
reflect Missouri jurisdictional rates after consideration of insurance
and
subrogation recoveries recorded in Account 108, Accumulated Provision
for
Depreciation. Future depreciation studies will use remaining
life rates.
|
354
|
40.0
|
-10.0%
|
2.75%
|
APPENDIX
C
Poles
& Fixtures
|
355
|
27.0
|
-5.0%
|
3.89%
|
Overhead
Conductors & Devices
|
356
|
27.0
|
15.0%
|
3.15%
|
Underground
conduit
|
357
|
50.0
|
-5.0%
|
2.10%
|
Underground
Conductors & Devices
|
358
|
50.0
|
10.0%
|
1.80%
|
Total
Distribution Plant
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
361
|
45.0
|
-5.0%
|
2.33%
|
Station
Equipment
|
362
|
37.0
|
7.0%
|
2.51%
|
Station
Equip-Communication Equip (like 397)
|
362
|
26.0
|
5.0%
|
3.65%
|
Poles,
Towers, & Fixtures
|
364
|
30.0
|
-6.0%
|
3.53%
|
Overhead
Conductors & Devices
|
365
|
27.0
|
25.0%
|
2.78%
|
Underground
Conduit
|
366
|
50.0
|
-5.0%
|
2.10%
|
Underground
Conductors & Dev
|
367
|
25.0
|
20.0%
|
3.20%
|
Line
Transformers
|
368
|
25.0
|
10.0%
|
3.60%
|
Services
|
369
|
33.0
|
5.0%
|
2.88%
|
Meters
|
370
|
28.0
|
5.0%
|
3.39%
|
Install
on Customers’ Premises
|
371
|
8.5
|
2.0%
|
11.53%
|
Street
Lighting & Signal Systems
|
373
|
29.0
|
5.0%
|
3.28%
|
Total
General Plant
|
||||
Structures
& Improvements
|
390
|
50.0
|
5.0%
|
1.90%
|
Office
Furniture & Equipment
|
391
|
30.0
|
8.0%
|
3.07%
|
Transportation
Equipment
|
392
|
11.0
|
15.0%
|
7.73%
|
Stores
Equipment
|
393
|
30.0
|
5.0%
|
3.17%
|
Tools,
Shop & Garage Equipment
|
394
|
27.0
|
5.0%
|
3.52%
|
Laboratory
Equipment
|
395
|
33.0
|
5.0%
|
2.88%
|
Power
Operated Equipment
|
396
|
15.0
|
20.0%
|
5.33%
|
Communication
Equipment
|
397
|
26.0
|
5.0%
|
3.65%
|
Miscellaneous
Equipment
|
398
|
17.0
|
5.0%
|
5.59%
|
Amortization
of Limited Term & Other Electric Plant
Account
|
Acct.
No.
|
Avg.
Service
Life
|
Net
Salvage
|
Deprec.
Rate
|
Intangible
– Five Year Software
|
303
|
5.0
|
0.0%
|
20.0%
|
Intangible
– Ten Year Software
|
303
|
10.0
|
0.0%
|
10.0%
|
Intangible
– Communication Equip (like 397)
|
303
|
26.0
|
5.0%
|
3.65%
|
Intangible
– Accessory Equip (like 345)
|
303
|
25.0
|
0.0%
|
4.00%
|
Steam
Prod–Structures & Impr-Leasehold Impr
|
311
|
Lease
|
||
Combustion
Turbine Plant – Land Rights
|
340
|
0.00%
|
||
Transmission
Plant – Land Rights
|
350
|
0.00%
|
||
Distribution
Plant – Land Rights
|
360
|
0.00%
|
||
General
–Structures & Impr-Leasehold Impr
|
390
|
Lease
|
Note: Nuclear
Production rates are based on a lifespan under a 60-year license using
remaining
life rates.
Rates
for
Steam Production Plant related to Hawthorn Unit 5 Rebuild plant reflect
Missouri
jurisdictional rates after consideration of insurance and subrogation recoveries
recorded in Account
108, Accumulated Provision for Depreciation. Future depreciation
studies will use remaining life
rates. APPENDIX
E
For
Illustrative Purposes Only
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percentage
|
Percentage
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Staff
Existing
|
ECA(1)
|
Staff
Existing
|
Pre-Tax
|
Increase
To
|
Total
To Be
|
Change
|
ECA(1)
|
Total
|
Change
|
|||||||||||
Revenue
w/
|
w/25th
Percentile
|
Revenue
w/o
|
Payment
|
Revenue
|
Recovered
In
|
In
Base Rate
|
w/50th
Percentile
|
Revenue
|
in
Revenue
|
|||||||||||
ECA
Costs
|
OSSM
|
ECA
Costs
|
On
Plant
|
Requirement
|
Base
Rates
|
Revenue
|
OSSM
|
Including
ECA(1)
|
w/ECA(1)
|
|||||||||||
Customer
Class
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Residential
|
$ 205,377,786
|
$ 20,168,329
|
$ 185,209,457
|
$ 5,225,678
|
$ 14,099,441
|
$
204,534,576
|
-0.41%
|
$ 15,196,971
|
$ 219,731,547
|
6.99%
|
||||||||||
Small
General Service
|
31,451,433
|
2,581,957
|
28,869,476
|
800,257
|
-
|
29,669,733
|
-5.66%
|
1,971,261
|
31,640,994
|
0.60%
|
||||||||||
Medium
General Service
|
51,687,140
|
5,328,656
|
46,358,484
|
1,315,139
|
-
|
47,673,623
|
-7.77%
|
4,067,566
|
51,741,189
|
0.10%
|
||||||||||
Large
General Service
|
103,178,508
|
13,585,630
|
89,592,878
|
2,625,297
|
-
|
92,218,175
|
-10.62%
|
10,435,239
|
102,653,414
|
-0.51%
|
||||||||||
Large
Power Service
|
33,470,190
|
5,252,595
|
28,217,595
|
851,623
|
2,091,000
|
31,160,218
|
-6.90%
|
4,052,016
|
35,212,234
|
5.20%
|
||||||||||
Off-Peak
Lighting
|
1,490,389
|
258,731
|
1,231,658
|
37,922
|
-
|
1,269,580
|
-14.82%
|
204,093
|
1,473,673
|
-1.12%
|
||||||||||
Other
Lighting
|
5,662,750
|
198,667
|
5,464,083
|
144,084
|
809,559
|
6,417,726
|
13.33%
|
156,427
|
6,574,153
|
16.09%
|
||||||||||
Total
|
$ 432,318,196
|
$ 47,374,565
|
$ 384,943,631
|
$
11,000,000
|
$ 17,000,000
|
$ 412,943,631
|
-4.48%
|
$ 36,083,573
|
$ 449,027,204
|
3.86%
|
||||||||||
(1)
The ECA amount will be determined based upon application of the ECA
tariff
(Schedule ECA).
|
||||||||||||||||||||
The
ECA includes fuel, purchased power, emissions and transmission costs
for
Retail, Requirements Sales for Resale, and Bulk Power Sales customers
as
well as long-term asset-based bulk power sales revenue and short-term
asset-based off-system sales margins as defined in the ECA
tariff.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|