Tue, Dec 18, 2018
After months of debates, revisions and holdouts, Congress finally passed the 2018 Farm Bill, leaving only President Trump between the political limbo it has made its home and its life as law. The final version of the bill maintains the $50 million annual funding for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), the popular subsidy program […]
Wed, Oct 24, 2018
ST. LOUIS (Oct. 22, 2018) – Today Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, after construction, a wind generation facility of up to a 157-megawatts (MW) to be located in northwest Missouri. Today’s agreement, along with the previously-announced planned addition of a 400 MW wind […]
Tue, Oct 16, 2018
Summer is finally behind us and there is a chill in the air. Don’t let the chill come into your house though. The U.S. Department of Energy provides some easy energy saving tips HERE. So turn your thermostats down, change your filters, seal up drafty windows, and save yourself some $$$. Even though the temperature outside is dropping, […]
Fri, Aug 24, 2018
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has given initial approval for the state’s third-largest regulated utility, Empire District, to build a major wind farm to generate power. In a statement, the PSC said, “the Commission has granted Empire certain accounting and depreciation treatment related to the CSP (Empire’s proposal known as it’s “Customer Savings Plan”)as […]
Wed, Jul 18, 2018
A long-stalled proposal for a multi-state electric transmission line was thrown a lifeline Tuesday, when the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state regulators erred in rejecting the project based on a controversial legal precedent. The proposed 780-mile Grain Belt Express project from Houston-based developer Clean Line Energy would span four states and distribute Kansas […]
Wed, Jul 11, 2018
JEFFERSON CITY • Ameren customers in Missouri will see a more than 6 percent cut in their electric rates following action Thursday by state utility regulators. Members of the Public Service Commission voted unanimously to fast-track the reduction in rates as part of a larger package of legislation approved by state lawmakers in May. The […]
