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Retail choice for electricity debated as committee hears House Bill 417
Summary
The House General Laws Committee heard competing testimony on House Bill 417, a proposal to allow retail customer choice for electricity generation; proponents said competition would lower costs and expand product choices while utility witnesses warned of higher rates, reliability risks and legal challenges in other states.
Representative Don Mayhew presented House Bill 417 as a measure to introduce retail choice in Missouri's electricity market, emphasizing customer choice and competition in generation while maintaining the regulated wires-and-poles utility model.
"This is just putting free market principles to work and utility choice for customers," Mayhew said. He and supporters framed the bill as opening generation and supply to competitive suppliers while leaving transmission and distribution regulated by the Public Service Commission.
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