Electricity

The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act incentivizes battery storage among other measures aimed at bolstering grid reliability.

Ameren aims to make more power in Callaway County, siting solar panels near the company's nuclear facility.

A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state by 2031 if lawmakers and grid operators don’t act.

The Consumers Council of Missouri Wednesday filed a motion for a rehearing in the Ameren Missouri case setting terms and rates for large customers like data centers. The commission has already issued an order supporting Ameren’s rates, which take effect Thursday.

Data centers and other large consumers of electricity will pay special rates under Ameren Missouri’s new tariff approved Monday.

The utility disconnected more than 17,000 households that were behind on their bills in October, according to its latest public filings.

Municipally owned electric utilities are rare in the St. Louis area. Kirkwood owns its own utility and recently announced a rate increase.

Ameren Missouri is courting AI data centers by building new power plants and offering them lower bulk electric rates, but their unprecedented energy demands could drive up everyone’s electricity bills.

Ameren said it was donating the $4 million to community organizations in response to extreme heat that is forecast to run through Monday.

It’s not always clear why energy costs as much as it does to consumers — and there’s usually no other options to choose from.