MISSED OPPORTUNITY OF 2013 LEGISLATURE: ENABLING ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, BETTER POWER RELIABILITY AND JOB CREATION
The Missouri Legislature missed a prime opportunity this session to enable massive new investment in our state’s electric power infrastructure. Lawmakers and supporters worked countless hours to craft and improve Senate Bill 207 and House Bill 398, the Infrastructure Strengthening and Regulatory Streamlining Act.
Special thanks to Senator Kehoe, Chairman Lager, Representative Riddle and Chairman Funderburk for their leadership and persistence.
By updating Missouri’s 100-year-old utility regulations, ISRS legislation will allow the creation of well-paying jobs, assure a reliable power grid and provide some of the strongest consumer protections in the country.
Companies want to bring new manufacturing and new technologies to our state to create jobs and major economic development, but certainty in our state’s energy policies is a MUST.
MBEF and its 5000+ members will keep working to educate Missourians and our state leaders about the critical need to replace our aging power infrastructure and update Missouri’s utility regulations.
These critical needs remain, and it is time for our leadership to address Missouri’s outdated energy policy and deliver the power and reliability Missourians expect and deserve.
-Irl Scissors, Executive Director
