Over 170,000 Missourians are behind on paying Ameren bills. The utility wants to raise prices even higher
Missourians may soon see a significant increase in their electric bills. Ameren Missouri is proposing a rate hike of 15.77%, meaning many families in the area could pay an additional $17.45 per month for their electricity if the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approves the increase.
Trump pushes for more oil and gas production and a roll-back of climate initiatives
Within hours of taking office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of his plan to push for more oil and gas drilling and to heavily boost fossil fuels. He also started a process to reverse much of what the Biden administration did on greener energy. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Scott Waldman of Politico’s E&E News.
Renewable giants shrug off Trump’s anti-wind policies: ‘Electrification is absolutely unstoppable’
Renewable energy giants appear relatively sanguine about U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-wind policies, describing the process of replacing fossil fuels with electrically powered products as “absolutely unstoppable.”
Nuclear development and electricity rates to dominate energy discussion this legislative session
Republicans in the Utah Legislature have among their top goals to make the state the energy capital of the country, and even the world. This legislative session, they are expecting to lay part of the foundation to make it happen, looking at nuclear energy and partnering with other red states to trace energy strategies.
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