Sun, Jan 27, 2013
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri electric companies could levy a surcharge for expenses such as utility poles and cyber-security investments under a legislative proposal that supporters contend would help modernize the state’s power infrastructure. Legislation filed this past week in the Senate would let electric utilities seek an infrastructure system replacement surcharge for several types […]
Fri, Jan 25, 2013
JEFFERSON CITY, January 24, 2013 Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future (MBEF) today announced its support of Sen. Mike Kehoe’s (R-Jefferson City) Senate Bill 207, for Infrastructure Strengthening and Regulatory Streamlining (ISRS). The bipartisan legislation introduced today by Sen. Kehoe has bipartisan support upon filing from 16 co-sponsors. SB207 will help secure Missouri’s energy […]
Fri, Jan 25, 2013
Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Electricity Infrastructure shows that an investment in our nation’s generation, transmission, and distribution systems can improve reliability, reduce congestion, and build the foundation for economic growth. Based on current investment trends, the national electricity infrastructure gap is estimated to be $107B by 2020, or […]
Wed, Jan 23, 2013
Ameren Missouri officials were stunned two days before Thanksgiving when the Department of Energy passed over the utility’s application for a share of $452 million to help commercialize a Westinghouse-designed small nuclear reactor in the Show-Me State. The Ameren-Westinghouse partnership, announced last April on the lawn of the governor’s mansion, spawned a huge public relations […]
Fri, Dec 14, 2012
Missouri’s newest Speaker of the House Tim Jones was at Hoeckle’s Bakery in Perryville on Monday morning on the first stop of his four-day tour across the state, where he plans to visit 20 different small businesses and gathering places to meet constituents. On this tour, he will be speaking to voters, community and business […]
Wed, Nov 21, 2012
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday upheld Public Service Commission rules outlining how the state’s renewable energy law is implemented. The opinion from the Western District Court of Appeals reverses a lower court order concerning the impact of the green power mandate on electric rates. Earlier this year, a Cole County Circuit Court judge had […]
