Wed, Sep 3, 2014
CHICAGO • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said it has approved permits for the FutureGen clean coal project to store carbon dioxide underground, a key step in the longstanding plan to build the project. FutureGen plans to store carbon dioxide, a greenhouse linked to climate change, after capturing it from a power plant in […]
Tue, Aug 26, 2014
There has been a five-fold increase in new electricity transmission investment in the United States by major investors and privately owned companies during the 15 years from 1997 to 2012. The investment increased from $2.7 billion in 1997 to $14.1 billion in 2012—reversing a three-decade decline. The first major wave of electricity transmission investment ended […]
Wed, Aug 20, 2014
Missouri Public Service Commission Governor Office Building 200 Madison Street P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, Mo. 65102-0360 Contact: Kevin Kelly (573)–751-9300 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 20, 2014 PSC DENIES AND DISMISSES NORANDA COMPLAINT AGAINST AMEREN MISSOURI JEFFERSON CITY-–The Missouri Public Service Commission has determined that a complaint filed by Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 other […]
Wed, Aug 20, 2014
Liquidity crisis unfounded, electric consumers would not be better off Jefferson City, MO – Today, the Missouri Public Service Commission (“PSC”), in a unanimous 5-0 vote ruled against Noranda Aluminum’s claim seeking a twenty-five percent rate reduction that would have shifted over half a billion dollars of their electricity costs onto the backs of Missouri residents […]
Tue, Aug 19, 2014
Dane Glueck, president of St. Louis-based StraightUp Solar, said his company saw a 90 percent decrease in installations in Ameren’s territory this year. “We are getting projects signed and starting to see a pickup, but there’s no question there has been a dramatic drop,” he said. Solar companies in the region are learning to live without […]
Tue, Aug 19, 2014
JEFFERSON CITY • Ameren Missouri says it will need to add 1,200 megawatts of combined cycle natural gas generation by 2020 in order to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions linked to climate change. The massive addition to the St. Louis utility’s power generation portfolio, at a cost estimated […]
