Make Your Voice Heard
Over the next several weeks, MBEF will attend a series of rate hearings across the state of Missouri. These hearings are an opportunity for those of us concerned about Missouri’s ability to meet our future electricity demands with affordable, reliable, clean power to get together and make our voices heard. We at MBEF will be there, continuing to advocate for the type of long-term strategic planning that will allow us to retain Missouri’s comparatively low electricity rates.
Missouri’s fleet of coal plants, which meet 80 percent of our electricity needs, is aging. As the federal government increases regulations on power generated by fossil fuels, such as coal, the power produced from these plants will become significantly more expensive. That is why we need to plan now to meet our increasing electricity demand in the most affordable way possible.
That is why we’ll attend these rate hearings. We encourage you to join us there to make your voice heard, or take action on our site. If you agree that we need to plan now to secure our energy future, I urge you to contact your legislators on behalf of Senate Bill 50/House Bill 124 — legislation that will allow us to do just that.
