Missouri utilities push legislation to charge customers upfront costs to build gas plants

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/01/29/missouri-utilities-push-legislation-to-charge-customers-upfront-costs-to-build-gas-plants/

From the article:

Missouri’s two largest electric utilities want the state’s permission to charge customers for natural gas power plants before they’re completed.

Both Evergy and Ameren Missouri asked the Missouri House Utilities Committee on Wednesday to support legislation that would allow them to charge customers for natural, or methane, gas power plants even before they’re completed, saying the state needs more electrical power.