WASHINGTON — Missouri remains near the bottom of an annual “state scorecard” for energy efficiency released Wednesday, but is showing a little spark.

Missouri tied for 41st in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2009 state rankings, jumping four spots from…

UPDATE: The various interest groups on both sides of the Ameren bill are weighing in on the news that the bill is likely dead: From Gregg Keller of Fair Electricity Rates Action Fund: “From day one, FERAF has negotiated in good…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate leaders say the Ameren nuclear plant bill is unlikely to come back up for debate this week, but supporters and opponents of the bill will do their part tomorrow to keep the issue in the…

JEFFERSON CITY — Like most, if not all, Ameren utility customers, I recieved a letter in the mail this week explaining the investor-owned utility’s side of the debate over its proposed nuclear plant.

The letter is interesting if considered side by…

JEFFERSON CITY — In the end, it wasn’t so much a debate but a skirmish.

The two sides in the debate over the Legislative session’s major utility bill dug their heels in for 10 hours of debate Tuesday afternoon that didn’t…

JEFFERSON CITY — After getting into a brouhaha with Sen. Jason Crowell over the Ameren bill, now freshman Sen. Kurt Schaefer is in trouble on the Senate floor for calling Sen. Joan Bray, D-University City, a liar.

Schaefer, who wrote the newest version…

JEFFERSON CITY — Let it be very clear. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, don’t seem to like each other very much. And according to their just-finished exchange, neither do their favored political consultants.

Schaefer, who wrote…

JEFFERSON CITY — The long-awaited debate over one of the session’s biggest issues — the repeal of Missouri’s construction work in progress law — is being debated today on the Senate floor. The bill is being pushed by AmerenUE to…

JEFFERSON CITY — Wonder why some Republicans are a little hot under the collar over the full-court press put on by opponents of the Ameren/CWIP bill in the Missouri Legislature?

It might be because one of their former leaders, ex-House Speaker…

JEFFERSON CITY — The various opponents and proponents of the Ameren/nuclear plant/CWIP repeal bill in the Missouri Legislature are, well, going nuclear. Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

One of the Legislature’s biggest and most contentious issues this year, the bill under…