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	<title>Consumers Council of Missouri &#187; Ameren</title>
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		<title>Consumers Council calls for legislators to reject HB 124 and SB 50.</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/02/23/consumers-council-calls-for-legislators-to-reject-hb-124-and-sb-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following op-ed, by our chair Joan Bray,  appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Why should State legislators reject House Bill 124 and Senate Bill 50?          The bills, which are identical, would repeal a fundamental consumer protection by allowing Ameren Missouri and other electric monopolies to recover from customers the cost of an “early site permit” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearings on Ameren Rate Hike scheduled</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/01/26/public-hearings-on-ameren-rate-hike-scheduled/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/01/26/public-hearings-on-ameren-rate-hike-scheduled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Hearings on Ameren Missouri&#8217;s rate hike of $263 million have been scheduled before the Public Service Commission.  Local hearings are: Wed. Feb 16 at 12 noon.  Harris Stowe State University, Main Auditorium, 3026 Laclede, St. Louis Wed. Feb 16 at 6 p. m.  UMSL, Millennium Student Center,  One University Blvd, St. Louis Thursday, Feb 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Nixon wants consumers to pay for new nuclear permit</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/11/20/gov-nixon-wants-consumers-to-pay-for-new-nuclear-permit/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2010/11/20/gov-nixon-wants-consumers-to-pay-for-new-nuclear-permit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Messenger, of the Post Dispatch, reported on a press conference held by Governor Nixon, AmerenUE and other Missouri electricity providers.  Nixon will call for legislation to allow Ameren to recover $40 million of what it has spent seeking a site permit to build another nuclear plant in Callaway County.  Does this indicate that the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AmerenUE rate increase is not needed</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/06/08/amerenue-rate-increase-is-not-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2010/06/08/amerenue-rate-increase-is-not-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common sense tells us Ameren rate increase is not needed Source: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Judi Roman 06/08/2010 Two items in the Post-Dispatch recently present a fascinating dichotomy. First, Local 1 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers agreed to reduce pay and benefits by 8.23 percent now and 8.73 percent in January for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AmerenUE Gets 10-percent rate hike</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/06/01/amerenue-gets-10-percent-rate-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2010/06/01/amerenue-gets-10-percent-rate-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PSC grants AmerenUE 10-percent electricity rate hike Source: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Jeffrey Tomich 05/29/2010 AmerenUE on Friday got approval from Missouri regulators to raise electric rates by 10 percent, or $226.3 million a year. The new rates are expected to take effect in late June. When they do, a typical residential customer who uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Dispatch Says NO to AmerenUE Proposals</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/05/08/post-dispatch-says-no-to-amerenue-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2010/05/08/post-dispatch-says-no-to-amerenue-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 17:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To utilities, “increased efficiency” means getting your money even faster. Source: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Editorial Board 05/04/2010 Suppose you wanted more frequent pay raises at your job — not just once a year, but every six months. Fat chance, right? Suppose you wanted less scrutiny from the boss when it came time to figure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSC twice denies AmerenUE</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/01/22/psc-twice-denies-amerenue/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2010/01/22/psc-twice-denies-amerenue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PSC twice denies AmerenUE By Jeffrey Tomich ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 01/14/2010 Missouri regulators denied AmerenUE twice on Wednesday, including a proposal for a 1.7 percent interim electric rate increase that would have been part of an 18 percent hike requested by the utility. The Public Service Commission also rejected what was viewed as an effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Dispatch says Do the Math</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/04/14/post-dispatch-says-do-the-math/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/04/14/post-dispatch-says-do-the-math/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Do the math on Senate Bill 228 Tuesday, Apr. 14 2009 Missouri&#8217;s largest electric utility wants to change state law so that customers could be billed for finance charges while a new nuclear power plant is being built in Callaway County. No big deal, AmerenUE officials say. The result would be &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect electric customers, not utilities</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/03/31/protect-electric-customers-not-utilities/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/03/31/protect-electric-customers-not-utilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s largest electric company. AmerenUE has applied for a federal permit to build a new nuclear reactor in Callaway County. Whether you think that&#8217;s a good idea or not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utility-Backed Legislation is the Worst Bailout Yet.</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/03/29/utility-backed-legislation-is-the-worst-bailout-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/03/29/utility-backed-legislation-is-the-worst-bailout-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CWIP is among a host of consumer rip-off schemes currently pending in the Missouri Legislature.  written by John Coffman General Counsel, Consumers Council of Missouri   Energy utility lobbyists have been exerting increasing influence over the Missouri state legislature, rewriting the laws that are supposed to protect consumers.  Since 2003, investor-owned utilities have successfully lobbied [...]]]></description>
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