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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill requires large electric load facilities and data centers to file disclosures, meet financial security rules, and fund low-income energy programs
Last action · May 7, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety CommitteeSponsor: Tracy McCreery
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What This Bill Would Do
s in Missouri serving over 250,000 customers must update schedules for customers projected to have s of 50 megawatts or more, down from the current 100 megawatts. Owners or operators of large load facilities intending to operate after August 28, 2026, must file a disclosure of intent with the Public Service Commission before signing utility contracts and meet strict financial, infrastructure, and operational requirements.
The measure shifts financial and infrastructure obligations onto high-energy consumers such as data centers, requiring them to cover transmission and capital upgrade costs, post multi-year financial deposits, and contribute up to $1 million annually to low-income energy assistance funds.
- The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutory laws governing public utilities and energy regulation in Missouri. context
- The Missouri Public Service Commission regulates investor-owned utilities in the state, including electrical corporations, to ensure safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Large load electric customers and data center operators
Must file pre-operational disclosures, post extensive financial deposits and collateral, cover infrastructure upgrade costs, and fund low-income energy assistance programs.
Electrical corporations
Must submit updated service tariff schedules for customers with projected peak demands of 50 megawatts or more to the Public Service Commission.
General ratepayers
Protected from having transmission, capital, and infrastructure upgrade costs shifted onto their rate classes.
Hospitals and first-responder facilities
Exempted from emergency curtailment system requirements during firm load emergencies.
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What is considered a large load facility under this bill?
Are residential and ordinary commercial ratepayers responsible for paying for data center infrastructure costs?
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- May 7, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
- Feb 25, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 7195S.02I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Lowering of High-Load Tariff Threshold
The bill reduces the tariff scheduling threshold from 100 megawatts down to 50 megawatts, broadening regulatory oversight to a larger class of industrial and data center customers.
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