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	<title>Consumers Council of Missouri &#187; CWIP</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>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>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>Write your Senator NOW</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/04/13/write-your-senator-now/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/04/13/write-your-senator-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week, the Missouri Senate will likely be debating SB 228..the CWIP legislation that has appeared on this website in the recent   past.  Now is the time to write your Senator and say you are opposed to paying for the construction of a nuclear plant before it begins to produce.  Check the Post Dispatch editorial [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ameren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CWIP]]></category>
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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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		<title>MO senators consider bill to pay for power plants</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/02/11/mo-senators-consider-bill-to-pay-for-power-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/02/11/mo-senators-consider-bill-to-pay-for-power-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ameren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CWIP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Senators grilled AmerenUE leaders during a hearing Tuesday on legislation allowing utilities to charge electric customers for the costs of new power plants before they come online. Missouri law bars investor-owned utilities from passing the expenses of building a power plant to their customers before the facility starts producing electricity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri lawmakers debate a bad energy bill</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/02/10/missouri-lawmakers-debate-a-bad-energy-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/02/10/missouri-lawmakers-debate-a-bad-energy-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ameren]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state Senate committee is scheduled to begin hearings today on a deeply flawed bill that would remove key consumer protections for utility customers. The measure, Senate Bill 228, would repeal a 1976 law that prohibits utilities from charging for the cost of building a new power plant until it starts generating electricity. SB 228 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KSDK-TV coverage of AmerenUE&#8217;s request for rate increase for nuclear power</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/24/ksdk-tv-coverage-of-amerenues-request-for-rate-increase-for-nuclear-power/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/24/ksdk-tv-coverage-of-amerenues-request-for-rate-increase-for-nuclear-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ameren]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/27/ksdk-tv-coverage-of-amerenues-request-for-rate-increase-for-nuclear-power/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view KSDK&#8217;s story.]]></description>
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		<title>AmerenUE Feigns Nuclear Indecision</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/23/amerenue-feigns-nuclear-indecision/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/23/amerenue-feigns-nuclear-indecision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This editorial is just a place holder. We haven’t decided yet whether to write about one of the biggest issues facing Missouri legislators this year. Our colleague Tony Messenger did. In a column published Tuesday, Mr. Messenger wrote that executives from utility giant AmerenUE danced around the “gorilla in the room” when they briefed lawmakers [...]]]></description>
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