Utilities

With company profits cut, low-income customers in Illinois are set to receive new discounts on the utilities.

Ameren Missouri customers would have to pay an average of $12 more a month for electricity if state regulators approve a proposed rate hike.

St. Louis County and St. Charles County residents would pay more for water service under a proposed rate increase by the Missouri American Water company.

St. Louis-based gas utility Spire is expanding programs that help customers with past due bills and those with medical emergencies pay their bills. The company’s additional efforts to help some customers come as it raises rates about $3 a month for the average customer.

The North Omaha Station, a coal burning power plant, was supposed to stop burning coal next year. But its owner wants an extension to keep burning coal for three more years.

Spire officials say another rate hike is needed to cover the cost of employee salaries, after state regulators revised long-standing policies last year.

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The pipeline is operating under a temporary certificate that expires Dec. 13.

The rate increase would boost Ameren Missouri's yearly revenue by $300 million and help finance clean energy projects. But advocates argue that rate increases will put struggling families at risk of utility disconnection and homelessness.

Invenergy has bought 45% of the land it needs to run the electric transmission line across northern Missouri.