Wed, Feb 2, 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate has approved legislation giving energy regulators authority to issue permits for new nuclear power plants. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch says the bill wouldn’t lead to immediate construction of a plant. It would get rid of a 17-year-old moratorium on consideration of nuclear energy facilities. The bill […]
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Rep. Jason Holsman, D-Kansas City, has been named chairman of the newly created House Special Committee on Renewable Energy. House Speaker Steve Tilley, R-Perryville, established the committee and selected Holsman to lead it. Holsman outlines priorities for new committee “Establishing energy independence from fossil fuels through the development of renewable […]
Mon, Jan 24, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY — In a last-ditch attempt to avoid being overturned by the Missouri Legislature, the chairman of the Public Service Commission offered to withdraw a controversial rule about renewable energy today, but he was rebuffed by the state Senate. Robert Clayton, chairman of the PSC, wrote lawmakers today asking them to delay voting on […]
Mon, Jan 24, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators voted Monday to reject part of the rules developed by utility regulators for a renewable energy mandate. Voters in 2008 approved a law that requires investor-owned utilities to use increasing amounts of renewable energy sources to produce electricity and assigned the Public Service Commission to develop rules to […]
Mon, Jan 24, 2011
A 100-acre solar energy farm may be coming to Callaway County. Bruce Hackmann, president and chief executive officer of the Fulton Area Development Corporation, confirmed Friday a firm is putting together a plan for a solar energy farm that would amass an array of solar panels in Callaway County. Hackmann declined to disclose the name […]
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
FULTON, Mo. – Three hours north of Springfield, the Show-Me-State’s only nuclear reactor churns out electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes. It’s possible that a second unit at the Callaway Nuclear Generating Station could one day help power the Ozarks. “When you look at future costs and load growth, it looks like nuclear power […]
