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Legislation to Watch
House General Laws Committee favorably reported legislation which would open Missouri’s electricity market to competitive retail choice by August 28, 2027, for C&I customers and January 1, 2029, for residential customers.
The proposed legislation: (1) specifies that electric utilities, as defined in the bill, must provide open and nondiscriminatory access over their transmission and distribution systems to all retail electric suppliers to sell electricity directly to customers; (2) requires electric utilities to unbundle the rates charged for generation, transmission, and distribution services; (3) authorizes the Commission to establish a separate process for supply to energy assistance customers which must include the grouping of low income customers into an aggregation program.
While final passage is an uphill battle facing significant utility opposition, this marks the furthest point the bill has reached after failing to be voted out of committee in previous legislative sessions.
