Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1626: Allows electrical corporations to charge for services based on the costs of certain construction work in progress
Status: In committee, February 25, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1626 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HALEY. 5171H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 393.135, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the Missouri nuclear clean power act. Section A. Section 393.135, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 393.135 and 393.1250, to read as follows: 393.135. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section and section 393.1250, any charge made or demanded by an electrical corporation for service, or in connection therewith, which is based on the costs of construction work in progress upon any existing or new [facility of the] electrical corporation facility, or any other cost associated with owning, operating, maintaining, or financing any property before it is fully operational and used for service, [is unjust and unreasonable, and] is prohibited. 2. (1) An electrical corporation may be permitted, subject to the limitations in this subsection, to include construction work in progress for any new natural gas-generating unit in rate base. The inclusion of construction work in progress allowed under this subsection shall be in lieu of any otherwise applicable allowance for funds used during construction that would have accrued from and after the effective date of new base rates that reflect inclusion …
Sponsors
- Willard Haley (R, 058) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 7 PRESENT: 0
- : HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- : Executive Session Completed (H)
- : Public Hearing Completed (H)
- : Referred: Utilities(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Votes
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) (February 25, 2026): 12 yea, 7 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1626?
- HB1626 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Allows electrical corporations to charge for services based on the costs of certain construction work in progress.
- What is the status of HB1626?
- In committee as of February 25, 2026. Latest action: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 7 PRESENT: 0 (February 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1626?
- Willard Haley (R, 058).
- Where is the official record for HB1626?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1626&year=2026&code=R
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