Review and approval of a summary statement prepared for the initiative petition submitted by James Owen regarding a proposed amendment to Chapter 393, RSMo (version 3) (2020-144).

INVIDED ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI ERIC SCHMITT February 18, 2020 OPINION LETTER NO. 13-2020 The Honorable John R. Ashcroft Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Secretary Ashcroft: This opinion letter responds to your request dated February 7, 2020, for our review under § 116.334, RSMo, of a proposed summary statement prepared for the petition submitted by James Owen regarding a proposed amendment to amend Chapter 393, version 3, (2020-144). The proposed summary statement is as follows: Do you want to amend Missouri law regarding the renewable energy standard for investor-owned electric utilities as follows: increase the minimum renewable energy amount from the current 15% of retail sales in 2021 to 20% by 2022, with incremental increases to 50% by 2040; eliminate the solar rebate program; require utilities to purchase solar credits for ten years from customers with solar panels; increase the solar energy minimum from the current 2% to 5%; and only allow the use of renewable energy credits that are associated with electricity the utility sold to Missouri customers? Supreme Court Building 207 W. High Street P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-3321 OP-2020-0016 Fax: (573) 751-0774 www.ago.mo.gov Pursuant to § 116.334, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement. Because our review of the statement is mandated by statute, no action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its proponents. Very truly yours, Eric S. Schnist ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General OP-2020-0016