Wed, Sep 23, 2015
Next month, a statewide energy plan is expected to be given to Governor Jay Nixon. The Department of Economic Development’s Division of Energy is in charge of developing the plan and the House’s Energy and Environment Committee held hearings to get the public’s feedback. Last year, Governor Nixon called for development of a comprehensive plan. […]
Mon, Sep 21, 2015
In July, the last month for which data are available, St. Louis County issued 68 new home construction permits. Those homes are being built to energy efficiency standards contained in the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. There’s now a new IECC code, intended to make new homes more energy efficient. It covers a wide variety […]
Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Missouri House Representative and Chair of the Energy and the Environment Committee Rocky Miller held a house committee meeting on Thursday afternoon at Willmore Lodge in Lake Ozark to discuss the state’s energy plan and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Invited to speak at the meeting were representatives from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources(MDNR), […]
Tue, Sep 15, 2015
The government has proposed new standards to lower emissions from coal-fueled power plants. But overall, the country is relying less on coal for power. In 40 states, use of coal as a power source (as a share of all power sources) has dropped since 2004. Many of these states are increasingly relying on natural gas […]
Mon, Sep 14, 2015
As the owner of a car dealership, I pay attention to infrastructure issues all the time. It is no secret that Missouri’s highways are in abysmal condition. But it’s not just our highways. The National Association of Civil Engineers rates Missouri’s electric grid as a D+, worse than the grade they give the Missouri highways […]
Mon, Aug 24, 2015
Dear Editor: I found it interesting in Congressman Luetkemeyer’s Aug. 15 perspective that he hears from so many of us who are in fear of EPA’s rule to clean up power plant emissions. Missourians like clean energy so much they approved a renewable-energy standard in 2008. Based on Yale Climate Opinion Maps, while only 32 […]
