Mon, Jun 2, 2014
With One Week Until the PSC Hears from Southeast Missouri, St. Louis, and Mid-Missouri, MBEF Reminds Electric Consumers Why Noranda’s Rate Shift is Bad for ALL of Missouri Jefferson City, MO – With the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) set to hear from community members in Caruthersville, St. Louis, and Jefferson City on June 9th, […]
Mon, May 12, 2014
PSC Faces Opening Pandora’s Box with Noranda Rate Shift Case Jefferson City, MO – In the latest twist to Noranda Aluminum’s request to the Pubic Service Commission (PSC) for an electric rate reduction that would saddle Ameren Missouri customers with between $500 million and a billion dollars in rate increases, Continental Cement asks the PSC for […]
Mon, May 12, 2014
By Jacob Barker Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.’s case for a lower electric bill was dealt a blow Friday after the staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission recommended against it, saying the proposed rate would not cover Ameren Missouri’s costs. The regulator’s staff filed testimony disputing many of Noranda’s calculations, including Ameren’s cost to service […]
Thu, May 8, 2014
One Week Before Session Ends, General Assembly Remains Rightful Place For Noranda Bailout Debate Jefferson City, MO – One week before the end of Missouri’s legislative session, Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future calls on the General Assembly to address the Noranda rate shift case currently before the Public Service Commission or intervene on behalf of […]
Thu, May 8, 2014
BY NORM ORNSTEIN There are strong ideas on the table that transcend ideology and would strengthen the nation. Yet they’re going nowhere. Among the most embarrassing and unconscionable failures of the 113th Congress has been the inability to act in any way to help the economy through an infrastructure initiative, including but not limited to […]
Thu, May 8, 2014
By Marie French JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri House sent a measure allowing the state’s Department of Natural Resources to develop a plan to implement emission standards for coal-fired power plants to the governor. Lawmakers said they were concerned about new guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will limit carbon dioxide emissions and […]
