Missouri senators soon could be debating Ameren Missouri's proposal to have ratepayers pay the costs of seeking an early site permit for a possible second nuclear power plant in Callaway County.
Jefferson City Republican Mike Kehoe's bill was added this week to a measure sponsored by Sen. Robin Wright-Jones, D-St. Louis, that provides a permanent funding plan for the Office of Public Counsel.
The Senate's Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee then recommended that the full Senate pass the bill.