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  "id": "mo-evergy-llps-eo-2025-0154",
  "jurisdiction": "MO",
  "kind": "order",
  "status": "approved",
  "title": "Report and Order - Application of Evergy Metro, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West for Approval of New and Modified Tariffs for Service to Large Load Customers",
  "citation": "In re Evergy Metro, Inc. and Evergy Missouri West, Inc., Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Mo. P.S.C. Report and Order, issued Nov. 13, 2025, effective Dec. 13, 2025)",
  "docket_no": "EO-2025-0154",
  "agency": "Missouri Public Service Commission",
  "utility": "Evergy Metro, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro; Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West",
  "verification": "verified",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-16T21:33:43.83309+00:00",
  "record_url": "https://verifiedatlas.com/i/mo-evergy-llps-eo-2025-0154/",
  "snapshot_built_at": "2026-09-14T14:33:17+00:00",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/859501",
      "pinpoint": "p.1 (caption, Issue Date/Effective Date)",
      "quote": "In the Matter of the Application of Evergy Metro, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West for Approval of New and Modified Tariffs for Service to Large Load Customers ... Case No. EO-2025-0154 REPORT AND ORDER Issue Date: November 13, 2025 Effective Date: December 13, 2025",
      "quote_chars": 324,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Evergy Missouri Metro / Evergy Missouri West Large Load Power Service tariffs)",
      "source_type": "order",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/859501",
      "pinpoint": "p.12-13, paras. 20-21 (Term and MW threshold)",
      "quote": "service under the proposed Schedule LLPS shall be for a minimum term that includes up to five years of an optional transitional load ramp period plus twelve years (the \"Term\"). ... The LLPS Proposal outlined in the Agreement incorporates a definite and clear eligibility threshold of 75 MW, that is even broader than the minimum 100 MW threshold set out in SB4.",
      "quote_chars": 361,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154",
      "source_type": "order",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/859501",
      "pinpoint": "p.13-15, paras. 24-26 (Exit/Early Termination Fee; Minimum Monthly Bill; Collateral)",
      "quote": "the customer must provide written notice 36 months prior to the requested date of termination or schedule change. In such circumstance, the customer would be subject to an exit fee equal to the nominal value of the Minimum Monthly Bill times the number of months remaining in the Term or Extension Term, or for 12 months, whichever is greater (the \"Exit Fee\"). ... Demand Charge (with minimum monthly demand set at 80 percent of the Contract Capacity (\"Minimum Demand\")) ... a Schedule LLPS customer must provide collateral in an amount equal to two (2) years of Minimum Monthly Bills",
      "quote_chars": 584,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/859501",
      "pinpoint": "p.30, para. 68 (curtailment / Emergency Energy Conservation Plan)",
      "quote": "Under the Emergency Energy Conservation Plan, LLPS customers are subject to curtailment unless they are deemed an essential service.",
      "quote_chars": 132,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/859501",
      "pinpoint": "PDF p.14 of 50 (printed p.13), Finding of Fact para. 24, citing Ex. B Non-Unanimous Global Stipulation and Agreement p.4",
      "quote": "\"One key provision is the requirement that in order to terminate or change rate schedules before the end of the Term or any Extension Term, the customer must provide written notice 36 months prior to the requested date of termination or schedule change. In such circumstance, the customer would be subject to an exit fee equal to the nominal value of the Minimum Monthly Bill times the number of months remaining in the Term or Extension Term, or for 12 months, whichever is greater (the ‘Exit Fee’). An additional fee would apply if the customer seeks to terminate with less than 36-months’ notice (the ‘Early Termination Fee’). In such case, the Early Termination Fee shall be equal to the Exit Fee plus two times the nominal value of the Minimum Monthly Bill times the number of months, less than the 36-months’ notice required for termination.\"",
      "quote_chars": 848,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Evergy LLPS) -- Finding of Fact para. 24",
      "source_type": "order",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/857331",
      "pinpoint": "Findings of Fact ¶26, PDF pp.14-15 of 49",
      "quote": "26. The LLPS Proposal outlined in the Agreement incorporates detailed collateral and security requirements. Those requirements include in part that: (i.) at the time of executing their LLPS Service Agreement, a Schedule LLPS customer must provide collateral in an amount equal to two (2) years of Minimum Monthly Bills, as calculated by Evergy (the “Collateral Requirement”); (ii.) any Collateral Requirement would be recomputed quarterly based upon the customer’s rolling twenty-four (24)-month load forecast; (iii.) an LLPS customer may be exempted from twenty-five (25) to sixty (60) percent of the Collateral Requirement if they meet specific credit rating and liquidity requirements; and (iv.) no interest will accrue on any collateral held by Evergy under the Collateral Requirement.",
      "quote_chars": 789,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Evergy Large Load Power Service)",
      "source_type": "order",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/857331",
      "pinpoint": "Findings of Fact ¶68, PDF p.30 of 49",
      "quote": "68. Both EMW and EMW have an Emergency Energy Conservation Plan in their respective General Rules and Regulation, which were aligned on January 1, 2025, and comply with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Standard EOP-011- 1. The plans define an emergency and highlight the major steps that will be taken during an emergency called the SPP Reliability Coordinator. Under the Emergency Energy Conservation Plan, LLPS customers are subject to curtailment unless they are deemed an essential service.",
      "quote_chars": 513,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Evergy Large Load Power Service)",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/857331",
      "pinpoint": "Findings of Fact ¶19, PDF p.12 of 49",
      "quote": "As a package these terms and conditions ensure, to an acceptably high degree, that the rates paid by large load customers reflect their representative share of costs.",
      "quote_chars": 166,
      "title": "Report and Order, Case No. EO-2025-0154 (Evergy Large Load Power Service)",
      "source_type": "order",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/850196",
      "pinpoint": "p.1, Issue A",
      "quote": "Issue A: Should the Commission adopt Evergy's or Staff's conceptual tariff, rate structure, and pricing in order to comply with Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 393.130.7?",
      "quote_chars": 161,
      "title": "Office of the Public Counsel Position Statements, Case No. EO-2025-0154",
      "source_type": "docket",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Case/Display/91385",
      "pinpoint": "Status field; Docket Filings table, Item Nos. 225, 227-229",
      "quote": "Status Reopened (6/30/2026) ... Item No. Date Filed Type of Filing Title of Filing Filed on Behalf of Response to Previous Filings 229 2026-06-30 15:17 6/30/2026 3:17 PM Notice Notice of Withdrawal (Stiltner) Sierra Club (Other) 228 2026-03-13 12:55 3/13/2026 12:55 PM Notice Notice Closing Case Commission (Other) ... 225 2026-02-25 09:11 2/25/2026 9:11 AM Order Order Approving Tariffs Commission (Other)",
      "quote_chars": 406,
      "title": "Docket Sheet - EO-2025-0154 - EFIS",
      "source_type": "docket",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://psc.mo.gov/General/Utility_Tariffs_for_Large_Load_Customers",
      "pinpoint": "main body text",
      "quote": "Exit and Early Termination Fees. Large-load customers may terminate or change rate schedules before the end of the contract term if written notice is provided at least 24 months prior to the requested change taking effect. In those instances, the customer will be subject to an exit fee. If requesting to terminate with less than 24 months' notice, the customer is also subject to an early termination fee.",
      "quote_chars": 406,
      "title": "Utility Tariffs for Large Load Customers | Missouri Public Service Commission",
      "source_type": "government",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/857331",
      "pinpoint": "p.1 (caption/docket, effective date), p.12 (Term/ramp/MW threshold), p.13 (exit/early termination fees, 80% minimum demand), p.14 (collateral)",
      "quote": "Case No. EO-2025-0154 ... Issue Date: November 13, 2025 ... Effective Date: December 13, 2025 ... service under the proposed Schedule LLPS shall be for a minimum term that includes up to five years of an optional transitional load ramp period plus twelve years (the “Term”)... a definite and clear eligibility threshold of 75 MW, that is even broader than the minimum 100 MW threshold set out in SB4... the customer must provide written notice 36 months prior to the requested date of termination or schedule change. In such circumstance, the customer would be subject to an exit fee equal to the nominal value of the Minimum Monthly Bill times the number of months remaining in the Term or Extension Term, or for 12 months, whichever is greater (the “Exit Fee”)... at the time of executing their LLPS Service Agreement, a Schedule LLPS customer must provide collateral in an amount equal to two (2) years of Minimum Monthly Bills, as calculated by Evergy (the “Collateral Requirement”)",
      "quote_chars": 986,
      "title": "Missouri PSC, Case No. EO-2025-0154, Report and Order (Evergy Large Load Power Service)",
      "source_type": "government",
      "verification": "verified"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-11-15/missouri-passes-new-rules-costs-data-centers-large-power-users",
      "pinpoint": "paras. 6-10",
      "quote": "Missouri Public Service Commission staff and the Missouri Office of Public Counsel, an organization that advocates for small business and residential customers, did not support the order. In fact, the staff and OPC submitted a separate proposal that commission chairwoman Kayla Hahn said was too confusing and could cause large users to avoid locating in Missouri. “Staff’s proposal requires upwards of 25 different charges that a large user could be subject to paying,” she said. “The evidence showed us the vast amount of charges and uncertainty make it unclear if a large user would be paying too much, too little or more likely if a large user would forgo locating in Missouri altogether as even a sophisticated user would be unable to predict what its ultimate bill responsibility would be.”",
      "quote_chars": 796,
      "title": "Missouri approves Kansas City utility data center rates, with Ameren close behind",
      "source_type": "journalism",
      "verification": "verified"
    }
  ],
  "threshold_mw": 75,
  "contract_term_years": 12,
  "ramp_years": 5,
  "min_take_pct": 80,
  "summary": "The Missouri PSC approved a Non-Unanimous Global Stipulation and Agreement setting Evergy's Large Load Power Service (LLPS) tariff at a 75 MW eligibility threshold -- broader than SB4's 100 MW statutory minimum -- for customers in Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West territory. The order sets a 12-year minimum term plus up to a 5-year optional transitional ramp period, a Minimum Monthly Bill with demand charge set at 80 percent of Contract Capacity, two-year-of-billing collateral requirements, 36-month exit notice with Exit Fee/Early Termination Fee, and curtailment of LLPS customers under Evergy's existing Emergency Energy Conservation Plan absent essential-service status.",
  "exit_terms": "To terminate or change rate schedules before the end of the Term or Extension Term, a customer must give 36 months' written notice and pay an Exit Fee equal to the nominal value of the Minimum Monthly Bill times the greater of the number of months remaining in the Term/Extension Term or 12 months; shorter notice triggers an additional Early Termination Fee equal to the Exit Fee plus two times the nominal Minimum Monthly Bill times the number of months short of the 36-month notice requirement.",
  "collateral_terms": "At the time of executing the LLPS Service Agreement, a Schedule LLPS customer must provide collateral equal to two years of Minimum Monthly Bills (recomputed quarterly on a rolling 24-month load forecast); a customer may be exempted from 25-60 percent of the Collateral Requirement if it meets specified credit-rating and liquidity requirements; no interest accrues on collateral held by Evergy.",
  "curtailment_terms": "Under Evergy's Emergency Energy Conservation Plan (aligned Jan. 1, 2025, complying with NERC Standard EOP-011-1), LLPS customers are subject to curtailment unless deemed an essential service.",
  "cost_allocation": "Order finds the LLPS Proposal's terms 'ensure, to an acceptably high degree, that the rates paid by large load customers reflect their representative share of costs,' implementing Sec. 393.130.7."
}