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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.700 (2026)

Public counsel authorized

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  386.700.  Public counsel authorized — qualifications — compensation, how fixed. — The director of the department of economic development shall appoint a public counsel to serve at the pleasure of the director of the department.  The public counsel shall be an attorney at law licensed to practice law in this state and whose salary shall be fixed by the department director within the appropriation made therefor.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1994–2019 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Coffman v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 154 S.W.3d 316 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004).
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State Ex Rel. Coffman v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 154 S.W.3d 316 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “The Office of Public Counsel, authorized by section 386.700, has a duty to represent and protect the interests of the public in any proceeding before or appeal from the Commission.”
State Ex Rel. Off. of the Pub. Couns. & Missouri Indus. Energy Consumers v. Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 331 S.W.3d 677 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). “See sections 386.700 and 386.710, RSMo. 2 . MIEC is a not-for-profit mutual benefit corporation representing the interests of certain corporations who purchase large amounts of electricity in Missouri.”
In the Matter of the Verified Application & Petition of Laclede Gas Co. to Change its Infrastructure Sys. Replacement Surcharge in its Laclede Gas Serv. Territory Missouri Gas Energy USW Local 11-6 Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Off. of Pub. Couns., 504 S.W.3d 852 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “The ISRS statutes authorize a method for gas corporations to recover the cost of certain government-mandated infrastructure system replacement projects outside of a general rate case. See sections 393.1009, 393.1012, 393.1015.”
State v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 409 S.W.3d 522 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). “§§ 386.700, 386.710. 1 The OPC has “the right to appeal any and all orders of the public service commission to the courts.”
State Ex Rel. Pub. Couns. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 328 S.W.3d 347 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). “§§ 386.700, 386.710.1(2). Pub-lie Counsel is served with all proposed tariffs, pleadings, applications, and orders in all proceedings before the Public Service Commission.”
State Ex Rel. Competitive Telecomm. v. Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 886 S.W.2d 34 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). “Appellant, Missouri Office of Public Counsel (OPC), is authorized to act herein under sections 386.700 and 386.710, RSMo 1986. 1 Under Missouri Law, telecommunications services and companies are classified as either noncompetitive, transitionally competitive or competitive.”
State ex rel. Midwest Gas User's Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 996 S.W.2d 608 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). “See §§ 386.700 and 710. This appeal involves seven issues raised by MGE.”
Kansas City Power & Light Co.'s v. Midwest Energy Consumers' Grp., 425 S.W.3d 142 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). “§§ 386.700, 386.710, RSMO 2000. OPC did not file the appeal now before us.”
Pub. Serv. Comm'n of Missouri v. Off. of Pub. Couns., 438 S.W.3d 482 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). “§§ 386.700 and 386.710, RSMo 2000. On July 16, 2012, Emerald Pointe filed a letter with the Commission requesting an increase of $186,000 in its annual sewer system operating revenues and an increase of $13,000 in its annual water system operating revenues.”
Praxair, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 346 S.W.3d 377 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “The Office of Public Counsel is established by section 386.700. The Public Counsel is charged with the responsibility, inter alia, of "representfing] and protecting] the interests of the public in any proceeding before or appeal from the public service commission^]” Section 386.”
Off. of Pub. Couns. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 422 S.W.3d 358 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). “See §§ 386.700 & 386.710. . All statutory citations are to the Revised Statutes of Missouri 2000, as updated through the 2011 Cumulative Supplement, unless otherwise indicated.”
In the Matter of the Application of Laclede Gas Co. to Change its Infrastructure Sys. Replacement Surcharge in its Missouri Gas Energy Serv. Territory In the Matter of the Application of Laclede Gas Co. to Change its Infrastructure Sys. Replacement Surcharge in its Laclede Gas Serv. Territory The Off. of Pub. Couns. Spire Missouri, Inc. v. The Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n (Mo. Ct. App. 2019). “2014) (citing sections 386.700 and 386.710). 2 The Public Service Commission regulates public utilities, such as gas companies, in Missouri under Chapters 386 and 393 of the Missouri Revised Statutes.”
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