-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TpUCGk4yZt97jXqs/MWlnkqRzxYBfJ0PS8eBBtz/VdVFrYH95FrTiyjOA+dNY6Zm llDN18COUZVhqM7kImUtMA== 0001104659-10-001559.txt : 20100114 0001104659-10-001559.hdr.sgml : 20100114 20100113173238 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-001559 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100113 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20100114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000032689 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 440236370 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03368 FILM NUMBER: 10525985 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 602 JOPLIN ST CITY: JOPLIN STATE: MO ZIP: 64801 BUSINESS PHONE: 4176255100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 127 CITY: JOPLIN STATE: MO ZIP: 64802 8-K 1 a10-1848_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 13, 2010

 

THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Kansas

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-3368

 

44-0236370

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

602 Joplin Street, Joplin, Missouri

 

64801

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (417) 625-5100

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

SECTION 8 — OTHER EVENTS

 

Item 8.01                Other Events.

 

As we have previously disclosed, Empire has a 12% ownership interest in Iatan No 2, an 850 megawatt coal-fired electric generating unit currently under construction. Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L), the operator and construction manager of the facility, had previously announced a late summer 2010 anticipated in-service date for Iatan No. 2. Today, however, KCP&L announced that, due to construction delays and unusually cold weather, it currently anticipates that the in-service date of Iatan No. 2 will shift approximately two months into the fall of 2010.

 

KCP&L also announced that, as the Iatan No. 2 project moves into the startup phase, it has commenced a cost and schedule reforecast process for Iatan No. 2. KCP&L notes that the results will be disclosed when the process is completed, which it currently projects to be in the second half of the first quarter of 2010. Additionally, KCP&L also stated that it presently believes there will be no material increase in the estimated construction cost range of Iatan No. 2.

 

Based on a late summer in-service date, we had expected base rates reflecting our investment to be in effect in late 2010, as we filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission on October 29, 2009 for an annual increase in base rates for our Missouri electric customers in the amount of $68.2 million, or 19.6%. Consistent with our prior disclosure, as a result of this delay in the project, we expect that the timing of receipt of the increase in base rates associated with Iatan No. 2 will be delayed.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Gregory A. Knapp

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Knapp

 

 

Title:

Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Dated: January 13, 2010

 

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