Thursday, December 27, 2012
The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved a rate increase request by Ameren UE that will add $10 to the average bill. Laclede Gas is also asking the commission to let it raise rates on its customers.
Running all those electric devices in your home is set to become more expensive when the New Year rolls around. The Missouri Public Service Commission has given its approval to a rate increase request by Ameren Missouri that will add about $10 a month to the average electric bill, starting Jan. 2. The $260 million rate increase for the utility's approximately 1.2 million Missouri customers was approved by the Missouri Public Service Commission Dec. 12, according to the St. Louis Business Journal. The actual rise in your monthly bill will be dependent upon your usage. The rate approved by the commission is actually less than the $376 million Ameren requested last February. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the company said the …
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Missourians want reliable service. Do you believe the requested rate increase will get us what we want?
Public hearings were held last week, with more to come, by the Missouri Public Service Commission on the question of a 14.6 percent rate increase that Ameren Missouri has requested. Patch reported a statement by Ameren Missouri's CEO, Warner Baxter, noting that "our customers have consistently told us that reliability is their highest priority and that they also want cleaner air." He said investments in the company's infrastructure have yielded those results. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported from a hearing on Thursday that residents aren't so sure they can swallow another increase by the region's dominent electric utility. The Post-Dispatch reported: "If there was a common thread among the dozens of speakers, it was this: Budgets …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Missouri Public Service Commission is hosting a dozen meetings in St. Louis and beyond to ask residents for input on an average 14 percent rate increase.
Ameren Missouri wants to raise their rates by 14.6 percent, but first they must hear the public’s opinion. The increase, according to an Ameren pamphlet regarding the increase, would increase the company’s revenues by approximately $376 million. Ameren cites higher fuel costs and infrastructure improvements as some of the reasons for the rate increase, according to an Ameren press release. “Our customers have consistently told us that reliability is their highest priority and that they also want cleaner air,” said Ameren Missouri Chairman, President and CEO Warner Baxter, in a press release. “Over the last several years, we have made significant investments in our infrastructure that are producing results. Over the last five years, …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
An Ameren Missouri representatives said one downed pole had a "domino effect" that resulted in a street light and another pole being downed Wednesday.
Winds that reportedly reached speeds as high as 45 mph were blamed for knocking over two electrical poles and one street light in downtown Ballwin on Wednesday. Members of the Metro West Fire Protection District, Ballwin Police Department and Ameren Missouri were at the site in the 14700 block of Manchester Road, just west of Vista Properties shortly after the poles fell around 3 p.m. Ed Guehne, a lineman with Ameren Missouri working on the repairs, said the downed lines resulted in electrical outages as far east as Route 141 and west of Seven Trails Drive near the Ballwin Government Center, affecting commercial and residential properties. "It reached a lot of stuff," said Guehne, adding that the first pole to fall appeared to be one …
PaulRevere
12:05 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
At least AMEREN is up-front with their cost. Ameren is a utility-- So is MSD Your Sewer bills will be doubled to about $800 yr. (remember it was $240 yr) Where is the outcry? MSD employees get enormous pays. Yet they are invisible. so they went out and made loans to pay their bills so you would not see it NOW. But , in 15-20 years that loan must be paid off. Congratulations People--Every one of … more ›