Ameren UE needs to be stopped a lot sooner than later. Why should it be the burden of all customers to pay for tree removal encroaching on power lines. What about those who have no trees on their property? Ameren UE should have buried their lines years ago. Now they want a nuclear plant, compliments of consumers? This trend of utility companies especially, expecting consumers to pay for the costs of operating their businesses is ridiculous. Goods and services cost more today than ever. These windfall profits are not being circulated into jobs and wages but being siphoned off at the top of these organizations. Daimler-Chrysler sold Fenton a bill of goods when it skated out on 70+% of it taxes with promises of not leaving and taking away jobs. Now half of its plant is shutting down, along with half of the jobs. Citizens do not get 70% tax exemption! Everyone (including businesses) needs to carry their share of the costs of having a governing system – not just Jane and John Doe.
