Missouri 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

HB 2807 — Modifies certain provisions relating to the renewable energy

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 07, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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The amended version of HB 2807 now focuses on nuclear energy instead of renewable energy. Previously, the bill included sections related to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, but those have been removed. By shifting the focus to nuclear energy, the bill aims to support and regulate its development, which could significantly impact the state’s energy policy and economic growth. This change reflects a strategic emphasis on nuclear power as a key component of the energy portfolio, potentially shaping future investments and energy production methods.

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
2807 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HURLBERT.
2807 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6531H.03C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 260.035, 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new sections relating to nuclear energy.
6531H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to renewable energy.
Sections 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, to read as follows:
Sections 260.035, 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, RSMo, are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 260.035, 393.1025, 393.1030, and 393.1050, to read as follows:
393.1025.
260.035.
As used in sections 393.1020 to 393.1030, the following terms mean:
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(1) "Commission", the public service commission;
The authority is hereby granted and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its purposes pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.005 to 260.125, including, but not limited to, the following:
(2) "Department", the department of economic development;
(1) To adopt bylaws and rules after having held public hearings thereon for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
(3) "Electric utility", any electrical corporation as defined by section 386.020;
(2) To adopt an official seal;
(4) "Renewable energy credit" or "REC", a tradeable certificate of proof that one megawatt-hour of electricity has been generated from renewable energy sources;
(3) To maintain a principal office and such other offices within the state as it may designate;
and (5) "Renewable energy resources", electric energy produced from wind, solar thermal sources, photovoltaic cells and panels, nuclear power sources, dedicated crops grown for energy production, cellulosic agricultural residues, plant residues, methane from landfills, from agricultural operations, or from wastewater treatment, thermal depolymerization or pyrolysis for converting waste material to energy, clean and untreated wood such as pallets, hydropower (not including pumped storage) that does not require a new diversion or impoundment of water and that has a nameplate rating of ten megawatts or less, fuel cells using hydrogen produced by one of the above-named renewable energy sources, and other sources of energy [not including nuclear] that become available after November 4, 2008, and are certified as renewable by rule by the department.
(4) To sue and be sued;
(5) To make and execute leases, contracts, releases, compromises, and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers or to carry out its purposes;
(6) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, operate, lease, finance, and sell equipment, structures, systems, and projects and to lease the same to any private person, firm, or corporation, or to any public body, political subdivision, or municipal corporation.
Any such lease may provide for the construction of the project by the lessee;
HB 2807 2 393.1030.
HCS HB 2807 2 (7) To issue bonds and notes as hereinafter provided and to make, purchase, or participate in the purchase of loans or municipal obligations and to guarantee loans to finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, furnishing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, operating, or leasing of a project;
(8) To invest any funds not required for immediate disbursement in obligations of the state of Missouri or of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in bank certificates of deposit;
provided, however, the foregoing limitations on investments shall not apply to proceeds acquired from the sale of bonds or notes which are held by a corporate trustee pursuant to section 260.060;
(9) To acquire by gift or purchase, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties hereunder;
(10) To employ managers and other employees and retain or contract with architects, engineers, accountants, financial consultants, attorneys, and such other persons, firms, or corporations who are necessary in its judgment to carry out its duties, and to fix the compensation thereof;
(11) To receive and accept appropriations, bequests, gifts, and grants and to utilize or dispose of the same to carry out its purposes pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.005 to 260.125;
(12) To engage in research and development with respect to pollution control facilities and solid waste or sewage disposal facilities, water facilities, resource recovery facilities, and the development of energy resources;
(13) To collect rentals, fees, and other charges in connection with its services or for the use of any project hereunder;
(14) To sell at private sale any of its property or projects to any private person, firm, or corporation, or to any public body, political subdivision, or municipal corporation, on such terms as it deems advisable, including the right to receive for such sale the note or notes of any such person to whom the sale is made.
Any such sale shall provide for payments adequate to pay the principal of and interest and premiums, if any, on the bonds or notes issued to finance such project or portion thereof.
Any such sale may provide for the construction of the project by the purchaser of the project;
(15) To make, purchase, or participate in the purchase of loans to finance the development and marketing of:
(a) Means of energy production utilizing energy sources other than fossil [or nuclear] fuel, including, but not limited to, wind, water, solar, biomass, solid waste, and other renewable energy resource technologies;
(b) Fossil fuels and recycled fossil fuels which are indigenous energy resources produced in the state of Missouri, including coal, heavy oil, and tar sands;
and HCS HB 2807 3 (c) Synthetic fuels produced in the state of Missouri;
(16) To insure any loan, the funds of which are to be used for the development and marketing of energy resources as authorized by sections 260.005 to 260.125;
(17) To make temporary loans, with or without interest, but with such security for repayment as the authority deems reasonably necessary and practicable, to defray development costs of energy resource development projects;
(18) To collect reasonable fees and charges in connection with making and servicing its loans, notes, bonds and obligations, commitments, and other evidences of indebtedness made, issued or entered into to develop energy resources, and in connection with providing technical, consultative, and project assistance services in the area of energy development.
Such fees and charges shall be limited to the amounts required to pay the costs of the authority, including operating and administrative expenses, and reasonable allowance for losses which may be incurred;
(19) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any federal or state agency, any person and any domestic or foreign partnership, corporation, association, or organization to carry out the provisions of sections 260.005 to 260.125;
(20) To sell, at public or private sale, any mortgage and any real or personal property subject to that mortgage, negotiable instrument, or obligation securing any loan;
(21) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property in such amounts, and from such insurers, as may be necessary or desirable;
(22) To consent to the modification of the rate of interest, time of payment for any installment of principal or interest, or any other terms, of any loan, loan commitment, temporary loan, contract, or agreement made directly by the authority;
(23) To make and publish rules and regulations concerning its lending, insurance of loans, and temporary lending to defray development costs, along with such other rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate its purposes.
No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 260.005 to 260.125 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024;
(24) To borrow money to carry out and effectuate its purpose in the area of energy resource development and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes as evidence of any such borrowing in such principal amounts and upon such terms as shall be determined by the authority, and to secure such bonds or notes by the pledge of revenues, mortgages, or notes of others as authorized by sections 260.005 to 260.125.
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The authority shall develop a hazardous waste facility if the study required in section 260.037 demonstrates that a facility is economically feasible.
The facility, which shall not include a hazardous waste landfill, may be operated by any eligible party as specified in this section.
The authority shall begin development of the facility by July 1, 1985.
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All employees of the authority shall be eligible for membership in the Missouri state employees' retirement system, subject to all provisions in chapters 104 and 105 applicable to the system.
393.1025.
As used in sections 393.1020 to 393.1030, the following terms mean:
(1) "Battery energy storage systems", battery energy electrochemical devices that charge, or collect, energy from the grid or a generation facility, store that energy, and then discharge that energy at a later time to provide electricity or other grid services;
(2) "Commission", the public service commission;
[(2)] (3) "Department", the department of [economic development] natural resources;
[(3)] (4) "Electric utility", any electrical corporation as defined by section 386.020;
(5) "Nuclear energy credit" or "NEC", a tradeable certificate of proof that one megawatt-hour of electricity has been generated from nuclear power generated from a nuclear generating facility that begins operation after August 28, 2026;
[(4)] (6) "Renewable energy credit" or "REC", a tradeable certificate of proof that one megawatt-hour of electricity has been generated from renewable energy sources;
[and (5)] (7) "Renewable energy resources", electric energy produced from wind, solar thermal sources, photovoltaic cells and panels, dedicated crops grown for energy production, cellulosic agricultural residues, plant residues, methane from landfills, from agricultural operations, or from wastewater treatment, thermal depolymerization or pyrolysis for converting waste material to energy, clean and untreated wood such as pallets, hydropower (not including pumped storage) that does not require a new diversion or impoundment of water and that has a nameplate rating of ten megawatts or less, fuel cells using hydrogen produced by one of the above-named renewable energy sources, battery energy storage systems, and other sources of energy not including nuclear that become available after November 4, 2008, and are certified as renewable by rule by the department.
393.1030.
The commission shall, in consultation with the department, prescribe by rule a portfolio requirement for all electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity generated from renewable energy resources.
The commission shall, in consultation with the department, prescribe by rule a portfolio requirement for all electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity generated from renewable energy resources and nuclear energy sources generated from nuclear generating facilities that begin operation after August 28, 2026.
Such portfolio requirement shall provide that electricity from renewable energy resources shall constitute the following portions of each electric utility's sales:
Such portfolio requirement shall provide that electricity from renewable energy resources and nuclear energy sources under this subsection shall constitute the following portions of each electric utility's sales:
[and] (4) No less than fifteen percent [in each] for calendar [year beginning in] years 2021 through 2025;
and HCS HB 2807 5 (4) No less than fifteen percent [in each] for calendar [year beginning in] years 2021 through 2026;
and (5) No less than seven and one-half percent in each calendar year beginning in 2026.
and (5) No less than seven and one-half percent in each calendar year beginning in 2027.
A utility may comply with the standard in whole or in part by purchasing RECs.
A utility may comply with the standard in whole or in part by purchasing RECs or NECs.
(2) Energy meeting the criteria of the renewable energy portfolio requirements set forth in subsection 1 of this section that is generated from renewable energy resources and contracted for by an accelerated renewable buyer shall:
(2) Energy meeting the criteria of the renewable energy portfolio requirements set forth in subsection 1 of this section that is generated from renewable energy resources and nuclear energy sources pursuant to subsection 1 of this section and contracted for by an accelerated renewable buyer shall:
(a) Have all associated renewable energy certificates retired by the accelerated renewable buyer, or on their behalf, and the certificates shall not be used to meet the electric utility's portfolio requirements pursuant to subsection 1 of this section;
(a) Have all associated renewable energy certificates and nuclear energy certificates retired by the accelerated renewable buyer, or on their behalf, and the certificates shall not be used to meet the electric utility's portfolio requirements pursuant to subsection 1 of this section;
(3) The accelerated renewable buyer shall be exempt from any renewable energy standard compliance costs as may be established by the utility and approved by the commission, based on the amount of renewable energy certificates retired pursuant to this subsection in proportion to the accelerated renewable buyer's total electric energy consumption, on an annual basis.
(3) The accelerated renewable buyer shall be exempt from any renewable energy standard compliance costs as may be established by the utility and approved by the commission, based on the amount of renewable energy certificates and nuclear energy certificates retired pursuant to this subsection in proportion to the accelerated renewable buyer's total electric energy consumption, on an annual basis.
HB 2807 3 (4) An "accelerated renewable buyer" means a customer of an electric utility, with an aggregate load over eighty average megawatts, that enters into a contract or contracts to obtain:
(4) An "accelerated renewable buyer" means a customer of an electric utility, with an aggregate load over eighty average megawatts, that enters into a contract or contracts to obtain:
(a) Renewable energy certificates from renewable energy resources as defined in section 393.1025;
(a) Renewable energy certificates or nuclear energy certificates from renewable energy resources as defined in section 393.1025, and nuclear energy sources under subsection 1 of this section;
or (b) Energy and renewable energy certificates from solar or wind generation resources located within the Southwest Power Pool region and initially placed in commercial operation after January 1, 2020, including any contract with the electric utility for such generation resources that does not allocate to or recover from any other customer of the utility the cost of such resources.
or HCS HB 2807 6 (b) Energy and renewable energy certificates from solar or wind generation resources located within the Southwest Power Pool region and initially placed in commercial operation after January 1, 2020, including any contract with the electric utility for such generation resources that does not allocate to or recover from any other customer of the utility the cost of such resources.
The commission, in consultation with the department and within one year of November 4, 2008, shall select a program for tracking and verifying the trading of renewable energy credits.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, an electric utility may comply with this section using energy savings captured due to energy efficiency or demand-side measures.
As part of the commission's rulemaking authority pursuant to subsection 8 of this section, the commission shall prescribe a rule allowing an electric utility to comply with the portfolio requirements of subsection 1 of this section using verified megawatt-hour savings captured due to commission-approved demand-side programs under section 393.1075 during each compliance year, whether such annual energy savings is due to measures installed in that compliance year or in previous compliance years beginning with 2022.
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The commission, in consultation with the department and within one year of November 4, 2008, shall select a program for tracking and verifying the trading of renewable energy credits and nuclear energy credits.
The commission, except where the department is specified, shall make whatever rules are necessary to enforce the renewable energy standard.
The HCS HB 2807 7 commission, except where the department is specified, shall make whatever rules are necessary to enforce the renewable energy standard.
(1) A maximum average retail rate increase of one percent determined by estimating and comparing the electric utility's cost of compliance with least-cost renewable generation HB 2807 4 and the cost of continuing to generate or purchase electricity from entirely nonrenewable sources, taking into proper account future environmental regulatory risk including the risk of greenhouse gas regulation.
(1) A maximum average retail rate increase of one percent determined by estimating and comparing the electric utility's cost of compliance with least-cost renewable generation and the cost of continuing to generate or purchase electricity from entirely nonrenewable sources, taking into proper account future environmental regulatory risk including the risk of greenhouse gas regulation.
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As provided for in this section, except for those electrical corporations that qualify for an exemption under section 393.1050, each electric utility shall make available to its retail customers a solar rebate for new or expanded solar electric systems sited on customers' premises, up to a maximum of twenty-five kilowatts per system, measured in direct current that were confirmed by the electric utility to have become operational in compliance with the provisions of section 386.890.
As provided for in this section, except for those electrical corporations that qualify for an exemption under section 393.1050, each electric utility shall make available to its retail customers a solar rebate for new or expanded solar electric systems sited on customers' premises, up to a maximum of twenty-five kilowatts per system, measured in HCS HB 2807 8 direct current that were confirmed by the electric utility to have become operational in compliance with the provisions of section 386.890.
one dollar per watt HB 2807 5 for systems becoming operational between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016;
one dollar per watt for systems becoming operational between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016;
twenty- five cents per watt for systems becoming operational between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020;
twenty-five cents per watt for systems becoming operational between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020;
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Certification criteria for renewable energy generation shall be determined by factors that include fuel type, technology, and the environmental impacts of the generating facility.
Certification criteria for renewable energy generation shall be determined by factors that include fuel type, technology, and the HCS HB 2807 9 environmental impacts of the generating facility.
If any amount of fossil fuel is used with renewable energy HB 2807 6 resources, only the portion of electrical output attributable to renewable energy resources shall be used to fulfill the portfolio requirements.
If any amount of fossil fuel is used with renewable energy resources, only the portion of electrical output attributable to renewable energy resources shall be used to fulfill the portfolio requirements.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any electrical corporation as defined by subdivision (15) of section 386.020 which, by January 20, 2009, achieves an amount of eligible renewable energy technology nameplate capacity equal to or greater than fifteen percent of such corporation's total owned fossil-fired generating capacity, shall be exempt thereafter from a requirement to pay any installation subsidy, fee, or rebate to its customers that install their own solar electric energy system and shall be exempt from meeting any mandated solar renewable energy standard requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any electrical corporation as defined by subdivision (15) of section 386.020 which, by [January 20, 2009,] January 1, 2027, achieves an amount of eligible renewable energy technology nameplate capacity and capacity generated from nuclear energy sources pursuant to subsection 1 of section 393.1030 equal to or greater than [fifteen] seven and one-half percent of such corporation's total owned fossil-fired generating capacity, shall be exempt thereafter from a requirement to pay any installation subsidy, fee, or rebate to its customers that install their own solar electric energy system and shall be exempt from meeting any mandated solar renewable energy standard requirements.
Beginning August 28, 2026, any electrical corporation which achieves an amount of eligible renewable energy technology nameplate capacity equal to or greater than seven and one-half percent shall be exempt thereafter from such requirements.
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  1. HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 18 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0

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HB 2807 is sponsored by Mike Costlow (Republican) and Josh Hurlbert (Republican).
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