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• Missourinet: Sponsor says Ameren bill’s backers ready if bill brought up in special session
  

  July 27, 2011 by Mike Lear

  The Senate sponsor of the Ameren site permit bill thinks the alliance that backed it is ready to support it in the special session in September.  Senator Mike Kehoe’s legislation would allow electric companies to pass along to customers the cost of getting a new site permit. [read more]

• ABC News: Pull the Plug on Home 'Energy Vampire' Appliances and Electronics to Stop Standby Power Use
  

  July 25, 2011

  How high is your monthly electricity bill? With the kind of summer we've had, your power consumption has probably gone through the roof if you've kept the fan and air conditioner on to keep you cool during the ongoing wave of oppressive heat. [read more]

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Nixon talks up innovation, China Hub in jobs-creation speech
  

  July 21, 2011 by Tim Logan

  The *delicate compromise on economic development incentives*[http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_640d8b53-29b0-5604-a131-8dbe90eea02a.html] that was unveiled by state lawmakers Wednesday took a sizable step forward Thursday morning, when Gov. Jay Nixon endorsed many of its key elements. [read more]

• Southeast Missourian: EPA's regulations on coal-fired power plants would have devastating results
  

  July 17, 2011 by Kit Bond

  Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fired the latest shot in its bombardment of regulations that will increase the cost of energy for every American, kill jobs, and stall our nation's already struggling economic recovery. [read more]

• CBS St. Louis: US EPA Orders Dramatic Cuts in Pollution
  

  July 7, 2011 by Megan Lynch

  *ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX)* – Power plants in Missouri and Illinois will have to reduce smokestack pollution under rules announced Thursday by federal regulators. [read more]

• Daily Journal: Missouri judge sides with challenge to who filed lawsuit over renewable energy law
  

  July 7, 2011 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge has sided with energy users and utilities that challenged a voter-approved law requiring some power companies to increase their use of renewable fuels. [read more]

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Ameren: Missouri River no threat to Callaway plant safety
  

  June 28, 2011 by Jeffrey Tomich

  While flood waters surround[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28nuke.html?ref=us] one Nebraska nuclear power station like a moat and lap at the doorstep of the other, no sandbags are being stockpiled at Ameren Missouri[http://www.ameren.com/sites/aue/Pages/home.aspx]'s Callaway plant -- the third U.S. nuclear plant located along the swollen Missouri River. [read more]

• Missourinet: Smarter energy use could lead to more business in Missouri (AUDIO)
  

  June 23, 2011 by Allison Blood

  The Public Service Commission is partnering with the federal government to make Missouri’s energy grid smarter. This means making appliances able to send information to each other – so that they can turn off or turn down if they’re using too much energy, saving Missourians money. Commission Chairman Kevin Gunn says there’s an added bonus. [read more]

• STL Today.com: Report: St. Louis jobs recovery three years away
  

  June 20, 2011 by Tim Logan

  It's been a rough three years for the economy in many parts of the country, and St. Louis is no exception. Now a new report says it'll be three more years before the region's economy is fully healed. A study issued today by the U.S. Conference of Mayors predicts that the number of jobs in the St. Louis region won't return to pre-recession levels until the third quarter of 2014. It'll take that long to build back the nearly 82,000 jobs that have disappeared since 2008, according to the study, conducted by forecasting firm IHS Global Insight. And they expect the unemployment rate here to remain high - 8.6 percent in 2013. The jobless rate was 5.3 percent in 2007. [read more]

• Missouri News Horizon: USDA makes $20 million bio-mass investment in Missouri, other states
  

  June 16, 2011 by Tim Sampson

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new subsidies to encourage Missouri farmers to grow bio-mass crops. [read more]

• The Monitor: Missouri Jobless Numbers Remain Flat in May
  

  June 15, 2011 by Tim Sampson

  06.15.11 | By: Tim Sampson [read more]

• Heartland Connection.com: State representative sits down for lunch with the public
  

  June 15, 2011 by Vanessa Alonso

  KIRKSVILLE, MO -- Residents had a chance Wednesday to get a better look on what our state government is doing. [read more]

• Chicago Tribune: Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close
  

  June 11, 2011 by Julie Wernau

  Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few years. [read more]

• St. Louis Business Journal: Ameren nuclear plant backer: Anheuser-Busch, Noranda killed bill Read more: Ameren nuclear plant backer: Anheuser-Busch, Noranda killed bill
  

  May 18, 2011 by Kelsey Volkmann

  Anheuser-Busch and Noranda Aluminum, two of Ameren's biggest customers, are responsible for killing a bill that would have allowed utilities to pass on to customers the $45 million cost of a site permit for a new nuclear plant in Callway County, plant supporters said. [read more]

• Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future: Statement from Irl Scissors Responding to FERAF Press Release on “Historic Agreement.”
  

  May 17, 2011 by Irl Scissors

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• Ozarks First: Senator Seeks Special Session for Nuclear Issue
  

  May 16, 2011 by Dick Aldrich

  The Senator who carried legislation seeking to help AmerenUE and the state's other publicly-traded utilities and cooperatives recoup some of the costs of an early site permit with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking the governor to call a special session to try an pass the legislation.  [read more]

• Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future: MBEF'S STATEMENT ON THE NUCLEAR SITE PERMIT BILL
  

  May 13, 2011 by Irl Scissors

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• Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future: MBEF'S STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR SITE PERMIT BILL NEGOTIATIONS
  

  May 12, 2011 by Irl Scissors

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• MBEF: Legislature Must Act to Create Jobs in Missouri
  

  May 11, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY* *–* *As another day passes in the final week of the Missouri legislative session without a vote scheduled on the nuclear site permit bill, Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future (MBEF) released the below statement on the bill’s impact on jobs. To date, no legislation has passed out of the legislature that will put Missourians back to work. [read more]

• MBEF: MBEF Holds Rally on Nuclear Site Permit Bill
  

  May 10, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future (MBEF) today held a rally at the Missouri Capitol to urge legislators to pass the nuclear site permit bill, legislation that will keep open the option of nuclear power in Missouri. With just four days left in this year’s legislative session, hundreds of Missourians came out to tell legislative leaders to hold a fair, up-or-down vote on this critical legislation as soon as possible. [read more]

• Columbia Missourian: Kinder urges compromise on nuclear power plant bill
  

  May 10, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is urging legislators to pass a bill addressing potential construction of a second nuclear power plant in the state. [read more]

• MBEF: MBEF Hosts Rally for Final Passage of Nuclear Site Permit Legislation
  

  May 9, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future (MBEF) will hold a rally to support the nuclear site permit bill. The rally will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. [read more]

• MBEF: Missouri House of Representatives Shows Overwhelming Support for Nuclear Power
  

  May 5, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri House of Representatives took a major step toward additional nuclear power today, adopting an amendment, on a vote of 121 to 21, which would enable Missouri to seek a site permit for a second nuclear power plant in Callaway County. The amendment was added to Senate Bill 207, legislation that now awaits a final vote from the House of Representatives. [read more]

• Jefferson City Tribune: Kehoe: Return to nuclear vote
  

  May 4, 2011 by Bob Watson

  State Sen. Mike Kehoe circulated to Senate colleagues a three-page “Open Letter to Missouri General Assembly on Missouri’s Energy Future.” [read more]

• MBEF: MBEF Supports Special Legislative Committee to Conduct Public Hearings on Disparity in Electric Rates
  

  May 4, 2011

  JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future (MBEF) has announced its support for state Representative Jay Barnes' proposal to appoint a special committee on the disparity in electric rates paid by different classes of electric consumers. Barnes filed the proposal on Monday as an amendment to House Bill 613. In Missouri, large industrial corporations pay a rate for their electricity that is about half the rate paid by residential customers and small businesses. [read more]

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