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05.01.2009 2:23 pm

The CWIP bullet we dodged hits Florida instead

So far this rendering is all Progress Energy's ratepayers are getting for their money.

So far this rendering is all that Progress Energy's customers are getting for their money.

You may recall our long series of editorials opposed to AmerenUE’s efforts to change Missouri’s “CWIP” law (construction work in progress) before it moves ahead with a…

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04.24.2009 9:00 pm

State energy policy should be debated openly and honestly

AmerenUE’s plan to build a second nuclear power plant in Callaway County may be in jeopardy. But if so, it won’t have been CWIP that killed it.
CWIP, of course, stands for construction work in progress. It refers to a state…

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03.30.2009 9:00 pm

Protect jobs and consumers, not utility profits

AmerenUE's Callaway Nuclear Power Plant

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A Missouri Senate committee is to vote this afternoon on a revised — but still deeply flawed — utility bill that was written to benefit the state’s largest electric company.
AmerenUE has applied for a federal permit to build a new…

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02.09.2009 9:01 pm

Bill stacks the deck against consumers

A state Senate committee is scheduled to begin hearings today on a deeply flawed bill that would remove key consumer protections for utility customers.
The measure, Senate Bill 228, would repeal a 1976 law that prohibits utilities from charging for the…

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07.28.2008 5:14 pm

Energy exploration still yielding new discoveries

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

GreenlandMost people probably believe that the age of exploration — at least on this planet — ended long ago. It’s tempting to assume that with today’s advanced technology, every corner of the earth has been mapped, scanned, and scoured for every…

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07.24.2008 2:19 pm

Energy issue could decide election

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

energyIf the economy is widely known to be the “#1 issue” in this election cycle, then the #2 issue could be energy. $4-a-gallon gasoline is routinely listed by voters as one of their top concerns. Recent polls have “energy” tied with…

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