Spring 2020 Update

Wed, Mar 25, 2020

Greetings MBEF Members, Spring is upon us and soon everyone will appreciate blooming flowers, planted crops, and hopefully a good mix of sunshine and rain. Right now however, these are trying times in Missouri and across the globe. The pandemic we are facing is real and it is affecting every element of our daily lives. […]

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From E&E News: Coronavirus and the U.S. Grid

Tue, Mar 24, 2020

  “Grid operators, utilities and federal regulators are preparing for the spread in the United States of the new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, a pandemic that is silencing activity across the globe and cutting into overseas power demand.” Read the full article on E&E News.

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REAP saved from reaper in 2018 Farm Bill

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 […]

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