Consumers Council of Missouri

By David A. Lieb

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

06/24/2007
JEFFERSON CITY — As Union Electric Co. prepared to open a mountaintop hydroelectric plant in 1963, some workers raised concerns about a staffing schedule that left no one onsite overnight to prevent potential problems from escalating into a disaster.

But state utility regulators sided with the electric company, ruling the plant was not inherently dangerous and required no overnight staff.   For the the rest of the story, click here.

Before we are all brainwashed by high paid AmerenUE executivies into thinking they did a “Great Job” in restoring power to thousands of customers, let’s review the facts.

…Most of the outages occurred on Thursday night or in the early morning hours

of Friday, December 1st.

…There was little or no power restoration over the weekend based on Ameren’s

own numbers on the internet.

…AmerenUE claimed crews from other locations couldn’t get here quickly

because of impassable roads.

…150,000 customers still without service on Monday, December 4th
For all of the open letter, click here.

Saint Louis, MO, December 11, 2006 - The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold four local public hearings in the St. Louis area in early January to receive customer comment on an electric rate case filed by Union Electric Company
d/b/a AmerenUE. Two local public hearings will be held on January 2, 2007, and two more will be held on January 8, 2007.

January 2, 2007
St. Louis County Library
Thornhill Branch
12863 Willowyck Drive
11:30 am *

January 2, 2007
Wohl Community Center
Auditorium
1515 North Kingshighway
5:30 pm *

January 8, 2007
Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
Century Rm.-Millennium Student Center
One University Boulevard
11:30 am *

January 8, 2007
St. Louis Community College of Forest Park
Highlander Lounge of the Student Center
5600 Oakland Avenue
5:30 pm *

* Informal question and answer session begins. The local public hearing starts approximately 30 minutes later and will conclude when the last witness has testified. For more of the PSC release, click here.

Saint Louis, MO, September 7, 2006 -The Consumers Council of Missouri today took a strong stand against the electric fuel surcharge proposal being considered by the Missouri Public Service Commission, saying the concept has been unfairly and heavily influenced by the electric industry, particularly AmerenUE… For the full news release, click here.