Comments on: Missouri Environmental Groups Sue Utilities For Disobeying Renewable Energy Compliance Laws

By: Myron

Myron — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:13:00 +0000

Ameren simply needs to be split up. They have too much power and are a monopoly which is illegal. How can our government allow this evil business to continue?

By: EnviroEquipment.com

EnviroEquipment.com — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:40:00 +0000

I find the benchmarks (as listed above) somewhat confusing. After all, does “2% from 2011 to 2013″ mean by 2013 or sometime in 2013?

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:16:00 +0000

Some have owners/stockholders. And some have their rates controlled by outside agencies.

If the suit alleges improper performance on the part of management then the settlement would come from profits and would not be an eligible expense for justifying a rate increase.

Ameren seems to be a privately owned corporation. Rates seem to be set by the Missouri Public Service Commission. (That’s from a quick check. I didn’t dig very deeply.)

By: Bill_Woods

Bill_Woods — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:07:00 +0000

“Renew Missouri says the $100 million fines would not affect ratepayers.”

The utilities have some other source of revenue, besides ratepayers?

By: Otis11

Otis11 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000

Well, here’s to hoping they win it. If not, they could always just revise the standards to include the resources already in production.

“Ameren asserts that that out-of-state” =>” Ameren asserts that out-of-state”