SB57
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program; define terms; require the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (authority) to annually submit recommendations to the General Assembly for awarding grant funding to eligible applicants for up to 1/3 of the actual costs incurred in applying for and procuring an early site permit, construction permit, or combined operating license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not to…
Introduced: January 9, 2026
Last action: April 8, 2026
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill creates a pilot program to help fund the early steps needed to build nuclear reactors in Kentucky, including covering up to one-third of the costs of applying for federal permits, with grants capped at $25 million per applicant. It also allows regulated electric utilities to seek approval to recover some of those permitting costs from ratepayers, as long as they have not already been offset by grant funds. Additionally, the bill requires members…
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Co-sponsors (7)
Roll calls
Senate: 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2)
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