HB 1007, SB 423, and SB 424 would require Indiana electric utility customers to pay for the development costs before the utility even seeks final approval to build small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). These SMRs are a risky and yet unproven technology, for which ratepayers should not have to pay the costs. In addition, HB 1007 also includes language that may slow the closure of costly and dirty coal plants.