The Alabama Public Service Commission is scheduled to consider 24 agenda items Tuesday, Nov. 3, including two natural-gas return reviews, four pipeline-safety proceedings, transportation permits and an Alabama Power tariff for large data-center loads.
The Alabama PSC agenda lists recommendations prepared for the 10 a.m. meeting. An agenda recommendation is not the same as a final commission vote, and the meeting record will control what the commissioners actually decide.
Alabama PSC agenda by subject
| Agenda section | Items | What is scheduled |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | 2 | Return-on-equity reviews for Spire Alabama and Spire Gulf |
| Telecommunications | 5 | Four interconnection amendments and one company name change |
| Legal and transportation | 15 | Passenger and carrier certificates, insurance reinstatements, pipeline cases, a complaint and a rideshare application |
| Electricity policy | 2 | Alabama Power’s large-load data-center tariff and a meter-height rule change |
| Total | 24 | Final posted agenda count |
This Alabama PSC agenda groups the commission’s numbered items rather than treating every docket as equivalent. Some are routine agreement amendments. Others could affect utility oversight, transportation authority or pipeline compliance.
Gas reviews show no proposed rate adjustment
The gas division reports preliminary return-on-average-common-equity figures for the rate year ending Sept. 30.
Spire Alabama’s preliminary return was 9.45 percent, below its authorized 9.50-9.90 percent range. Spire Gulf’s preliminary return was 10.27 percent, within its 9.70-10.30 percent authorized range. Neither review recommends a rate adjustment.
That wording is important. The figures are described as preliminary point-of-test results, and the scheduled commission action concerns the division reports. The agenda does not announce a new customer rate increase or decrease.
Four pipeline-safety proceedings appear on the docket
The legal section includes show-cause matters involving Lineville Housing Authority, Monarch Ridge Apartments, the City of York Gas Department, Coosa Bend Apartments and Bonnie Doone Apartments.
Four agenda items specifically address responses to pipeline-safety compliance matters. The City of York item says the respondent has become fully compliant and staff does not believe further action is necessary. The Coosa Bend and Bonnie Doone items say settlement requirements have been met.
The Lineville Housing Authority and Monarch Ridge Apartments items concern alleged failures to respond adequately to notices of noncompliance. The agenda lists those matters for commission consideration; it should not be read as a final ruling before the meeting.
Transportation and telecom decisions
The commission is also scheduled to consider passenger-carrier certificates for Rocket City Private Transportation of Huntsville and River Region Rides of Prattville. Both applications are described as unopposed, with staff recommendations following Oct. 27 hearings.
Other transportation items cover reinstatement or cancellation of motor-carrier certificates, an annual-report proceeding and a rideshare application from AUX Rideshare. Staff recommendations accompany those items, but the commission’s vote remains the next controlling step.
Five telecommunications items include amendments to interconnection agreements involving AT&T Alabama and other carriers, plus a requested name change from Crown Castle Fiber to Arium Networks.
Data-center tariff and meter rule
The electricity-policy section includes Alabama Power’s Rate FCR-LLDC, a flexible contract rate for large-load data centers. According to the posted summary, the filed tariff complies with the commission’s Oct. 19 order but does not explicitly reference consideration of contract terms and conditions in its review criteria.
The other electricity item would allow more flexibility in meter-height requirements for certain meter types without changing the commission’s stated safety objective.
These are policy items, not a broad review of every Alabama Power rate. Readers following large-load development can compare this docket with The Daily Quill’s report on Alabama industrial-site awards.
How to attend or watch
The revised Alabama Open Meetings notice sets the meeting for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Room 900 of the RSA Union Building, 100 North Union Street in Montgomery.
The notice says security screening is in place and recommends arriving 15-20 minutes early. It also provides a live commission stream for remote viewing.
The Alabama PSC agenda and meeting video should be checked after Nov. 3 to distinguish adopted actions from recommendations that were delayed or changed.
