Some Mid-Missouri residents to see temporary electric rate increase

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Liberty Utilities customers in several Mid-Missouri counties will see a temporary increase on their electric bills starting next month.

The Missouri Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved Liberty's application for a rate increase from June through November, though regulators slimmed down the incrase from $14.81 per month to $8.74 per month.

The increase is to the Fuel Adjustment Clause that Missouri allows utilities to charge customers. Liberty applied for the increase on April 1. The increase is estimated to bring in about $21 million, according to Public Service Commission documents.

Liberty stated in filings that its energy costs under the Fuel Adjustment Clause were nearly $35 million higher than expected from September 2025 to this February.

Liberty serves Chariton, Howard, Cooper, Saline, Pettis and Johnson counties in Mid-Missouri.