Tue, Sep 27, 2016
When it comes to solving rising inequality in the US, fixing our crumbling infrastructure may be the solution. “Lower income populations can’t get to jobs and so their incomes remain low,” Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter told Yahoo Finance. “We have a vicious cycle of poverty, of disadvantage that comes from only […]
Mon, Sep 19, 2016
There’s a joke among energy experts that electrical infrastructure is so outdated Thomas Edison would know his way around a modern-day substation. Problem is, it might be true. Across Missouri — and, indeed, around the country — electrical utilities are grappling with ways to modernize the grid, much of which is showing its age. “Some […]
Tue, Sep 13, 2016
As part of its proposed merger with a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Empire District Electric Co. has agreed to explore a number of energy efficiency programs, according to documents filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The PSC approved the $2.4 billion acquisition this past week, but regulatory approval is still needed […]
Wed, Aug 17, 2016
Property-Assessed Clean Energy funding, an increasingly popular tool for financing commercial energy upgrades, may be coming to agriculture. On Thursday morning, Show-Me PACE announced the completion of a comprehensive energy overhaul at a processor of free-range heritage hogs in southwest Missouri. The $4 million project is 10 times the size of the next-largest agricultural PACE […]
Wed, Aug 17, 2016
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ameren Missouri is seeking approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission to build six public charging stations for electric vehicles between St. Louis and central Missouri, the St. Louis-based utility said Monday. Project leader Mark Nealon said five of the stations will be along the 140-mile stretch between St. Louis and […]
