A state Senate committee is scheduled to begin hearings today on a deeply flawed bill that would remove key consumer protections for utility customers.
The measure, Senate Bill 228, would repeal a 1976 law that prohibits utilities from charging for the cost of building a new power plant until it starts generating electricity.
SB 228 is designed to benefit utility giant AmerenUE, which has applied to build a new nuclear plant in Callaway County. Whether or not you think that new plant is a good idea — whether you favor nuclear energy or oppose it — SB 228 is a bad bill. Click here and let the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board count the ways.
