Modifies certain provisions relating to the means of energy production

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SS/SCS/SB 838 - The act creates and modifies certain provisions relating to electric utilities.

UTILITY COLOCATION (Section 227.241)
The State Highways and Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation shall allow the installation, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission facilities within highway rights of way. The Commission and Department shall develop uniform criteria for colocation of transmission facilities within highway rights of ways. The duty of the Commission and Department shall include providing reasonable time lines and procedures for review and approval of colocation requests, ensuring safety of the public and infrastructure, avoiding duplication of corridors, and imposing reasonable conditions that shall not interfere with colocation.

This provision is identical to SB 1711 (2026).

ENERGY PRODUCTION (Section 260.035)
The act removes nuclear energy from the type of energy the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority may not purchase.

RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD (Sections 393.1025 and 393.1030)
The act provides each kilowatt-hour of renewable energy generated and stored using an eligible battery energy storage system, as defined in the act, located in the state that becomes operational after December 31, 2026, shall count as an additional 0.25 kilowatt-hours, for a total of 1.50 kilowatt-hours for purposes of compliance.

The act repeals a provision relating to the renewable energy portfolio requirements applying to certain electric utilities.

The act modifies the definition of an "accelerated renewable buyer".

An electrical corporation shall not demand any charge for service based on the costs of construction work in progress for any nuclear power generating facility.

SURCHARGES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY (Section 393.1905)
No nuclear energy related cost may be recovered through any surcharge or any rate making mechanism outside a general rate proceeding.

ZERO EMISSION (Section 393.1910)
The Public Service Commission may authorize an electric utility to offer or participate in a zero emission credit program or tariff. A zero emission credit may exist for up to three years from the date of its creation, may only be used once, and may not be used to satisfy any similar non-federal requirement if one exists.

The Commission shall not increase the allowed return on equity for an electric utility solely because that utility is constructing a zero emission facility.
JULIA SHEVELEVA

Senate Substitute

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SS/SCS/SB 838 - The act creates and modifies certain provisions relating to the means of energy production.

The act removes nuclear energy from the type of energy the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority may not purchase.

The act provides each kilowatt-hour of renewable energy generated and stored using an eligible battery energy storage system, as defined in the act, located in the state that becomes operational after December 31, 2026, shall count as an additional 0.25 kilowatt-hours, for a total of 1.50 kilowatt-hours for purposes of compliance.

The act repeals a provision relating to the renewable energy portfolio requirements applying to certain electric utilities.

The act modifies the definition of an "accelerated renewable buyer".

No nuclear energy related cost may be recovered through any surcharge or any rate making mechanism outside a general rate proceeding.

The Commission may authorize an electric utility to offer or participate in a zero emission credit program or tariff. A zero emission credit may exist for up to three years from the date of its creation, may only be used once, and may not be used to satisfy any similar non-federal requirement if one exists.
JULIA SHEVELEVA

Senate Committee Substitute

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SCS/SB 838 - The act creates and modifies certain provisions relating to nuclear energy.

The act excludes nuclear energy from the type of energy the Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority may not purchase.

Currently, an electrical corporation's renewable energy portfolio requirement requires no less than 15% of energy to be generated from renewable energy resources beginning in 2021. The act lowers the portfolio requirement to 7.5%, adds nuclear energy generated after August 28, 2026, as part of the portfolio requirement, and changes the starting date to 2027. Utilities may comply with the renewable energy standard in whole or in part by purchasing nuclear energy credits, as defined in the act. The Public Service Commission shall select a program for tracking and verifying the trading of nuclear energy credits.

The act adds nuclear energy certificates to the provisions relating to the retirement of certain energy certificates by an accelerated renewable buyer, as defined in the act.

An electric utility may comply with the portfolio requirements using energy captured due to energy efficiency or demand-side measures. As part of the Commission's rulemaking authority, the Commission shall prescribe a rule allowing an electric utility to comply with the portfolio requirements using verified megawatt-hour savings, as described in the act.

Currently, by January 20, 2009, an electrical corporation that achieves an amount of eligible renewable energy technology nameplate capacity equal to or greater than 15% of total owned generating capacity, shall be exempt from paying certain subsidies and fees to customers. The act changes the deadline to January 1, 2027, lowers the required percentage of generating capacity to 7.5%, and adds nuclear energy sources to the exemption requirement.
JULIA SHEVELEVA

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SB 838 - The act modifies certain provisions of the renewable energy standard.

The act adds "nuclear power sources" to the definition of "renewable energy resources".

The act changes an electrical corporation's portfolio requirement from no less than 15% to 7.5% of electricity from renewable energy resources in each calendar year beginning 2021.

Under the act, an electrical corporation shall reach an amount of renewable energy technology nameplate capacity equal to or greater than 7.5%, instead of 15% as currently provided, to be exempt from certain subsidies, fees, or rebates, as described in current law.
JULIA SHEVELEVA