Several Mid-Missouri lawmakers want Gov. Jay Nixon to add an "early site permit" proposal to his call for the special session that began last Tuesday.
The plan would allow electric utilities to increase their rates, to include the costs of the application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - if the NRC granted a permit approving the proposed site for construction of a second nuclear reactor at AmerenMissouri's Callaway Power Plant near Reform.
Sen. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, and Rep. Jeanie Riddle, R-Mokane, on Friday sent Nixon a two-page letter supporting that request to expand the special session.