Missouri 2025 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB50 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 12/10/2024

                    HB50--MISSOURINUCLEARCLEANPOWERACT
SPONSOR: Haley
Thisbillestablishesthe"MissouriNuclearCleanPowerAct",which
allowscleanbaseloadelectricgeneratingplantsorfacilities
ratedat600megawattsorlessthatutilizecleanbaseloadelectric
generatingplantstoproduceenergynotincommercialoperationas
ofAugust28,2025,tochargeforcostsassociatedwith
constructionworkinprogressbeforethefacilityisoperational.
Beforeanyconstructionbegins,theelectricalcorporationseeking
toincludeconstructionworkinprogress(CWIP)initsratesmust
filewiththePublicServiceCommissionaplandetailingthecosts
andtheplantorecoverthosecoststhroughrates.Thecosts
recoveredbyanelectricalcorporationaresubjecttoinclusionor
exclusioninaratemakingproceedingundertheauthorityofthe
PublicServiceCommission. TheCommissionmayalsoauthorizean
electricalcorporationtochargeforadditionalamortizationto
maintainthecorporation'sfinancialratiosthatwillbetterallow
ittocost-effectivelyconstructacleanbaseloadgeneratingplant.
ThisbillisthesameasHB1435(2024)andHB225(2023).