Missouri PSC order on Wolf Creek decommissioning costs

On 4 January 2024 the Missouri Public Service Commission approved continuation of Evergy Missouri Metro's existing Wolf Creek decommissioning accrual and trust payment. The order is effective 3 February 2024. It does not permit a new reactor.

Category: Laws, rules and executive directives
Status: In effect
Instrument: commission order · Mo. PSC File No. EO-2024-0056
Issued by: Missouri Public Service Commission
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Affects: Utility cost recovery
In effect from: 3 Feb 2024 · actual · day
Expiry or completion: None recorded
Operative text: Missouri Public Service Commission File No. EO-2024-0056 (Commission order opened 5 October 2026)
Last checked · next review: 2026-10-05 · 2027-04-15

Legal and geographic scope

Order issued 4 January 2024 and effective 3 February 2024. It approves the 15 December 2023 agreement, finds that the 2023 cost study meets the three-year nuclear-unit decommissioning study requirement, and finds that Evergy Missouri Metro's Missouri retail decommissioning accrual and trust payment continue at the existing level of $1,281,264. The file was ordered closed on 4 February 2024.

Not approved or still pending

The order continues an existing decommissioning accrual for Wolf Creek. It does not permit a new reactor, approve construction, or change the accrual amount. The attached agreement was not treated as a second instrument.

Dated lifecycle

4 Jan 2024 · actual · day · Issued — Issue date printed on the order: January 4, 2024. (Missouri Public Service Commission File No. EO-2024-0056)
3 Feb 2024 · actual · day · Took effect — The order says it shall be effective on February 3, 2024. (Missouri Public Service Commission File No. EO-2024-0056)

Projects or designs named by the source

None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.

Sources

Missouri Public Service Commission File No. EO-2024-0056 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-05)