Mon, Jun 8, 2015
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two cities near Kansas City are considering making more use of solar energy, a trend that energy industry experts say is growing in the Midwest as costs to install facilities decline. Solar energy firms have been wooing Sugar Creek and Independence to build solar farms to replace carbon-based facilities, The […]
Mon, Jun 8, 2015
Seven years after Missouri voters passed a renewable-energy standard, the last of the solar rebates promised under the law are coming to fruition. As of May 16, customers of the Empire District Electric Co. in southwest Missouri finally will have access to the rebates required by Proposition C, a referendum passed in 2008. They’ve been […]
Mon, Jun 8, 2015
Dive Brief: Three of the five Missouri Public Service Commissioners have indicated they will vote against the Clean Line Energy Partners (CLEP) application to build its Grain Belt Express transmission system. The line would deliver Kansas wind-sourced electricity to Missouri, Indiana and points east through the PJM Interconnection or the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). […]
Mon, Jun 8, 2015
I am thoroughly frustrated as both a resident and rate payer in St. Louis that the Public Service Commission has bowed to politics and allowed Noranda Aluminum in the southeast corner of the state — a private corporation in Missouri with the lowest negotiated industrial electric rate — to now be handed a publicly funded […]
Mon, Jun 8, 2015
St. Louis has a ways to go if it wants to keep up with the top tier of cities promoting energy efficiency. A look at efficiency policies in 51 of the country’s largest cities ranked St. Louis below average, tied for No. 33 with Charlotte, N.C. The annual report, compiled by the American Council for […]
Mon, Jun 8, 2015
I am totally confused. An article in the Business section May 14 had the headline “Largest Noranda investor is pulling out of the company.” That’s the company that was recently given a reduction in its electric costs so it would not move its facility out of Missouri. The article states that will cost you and […]
