JEFFERSON CITY—Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association (Osage Valley) and the
City of Rich Hill (Rich Hill) have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service
Commission seeking Commission authority for a change of electric supplier. According to the
application, Rich Hill has asked Osage Valley to purchase the Rich Hill electric system and provide
service to all of its 696 properties in Bates County.
Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than July 27,
2021, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City,
Missouri 65102-0360, or by using the Commission’s Electronic Filing and Information System
(EFIS) at www.psc.mo.gov .
Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel
(Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri
65102-2230, telephone (866) 922-2959, email opcservice@opc.mo.gov) or the Public Service
Commission Staff (P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, email
pscinfo@psc.mo.gov). The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency that represents the
general public in matters before the Commission.
PSC SETS INTERVENTION DEADLINE IN CASE FILED BY OSAGE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF RICH HILL
- By News Desk
- July 13, 2021
- 3:14 pm

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Bates County Broadcasting opened as a single day-time station on May 11th 1962. Broadcasting from sunrise to sunset 7-days each week. This was the first radio station to broadcast in the Bates County Area. Owned and Operated by Bill Thornton and his brother Jerry Thornton.
In 1975 the FM Frequency was added and the stations simulcast. The FM has a 24 hours license but just broadcast from 6 am until 10 pm.
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