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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>
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		<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>Rate Hikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information about several rate hikes was in the Missouri news this past week. A $0.34 hike for Laclede Gas Customers was approved by the Public Service Commission, to take effect beginning March 31.  This brings the total monthly charge for customers to $1.34.  This charge will appear on customers&#8217; bills as the infrastructure system replacement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSC twice denies AmerenUE</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2010/01/22/psc-twice-denies-amerenue/</link>
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		<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>New PSC member named</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/07/30/new-psc-member-named/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis attorney Robert Kenney named by Nixon to PSC By Tony Messenger St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Robert Kenney didn’t last long in the attorney general’s office. The St. Louis attorney who had been named earlier this year as chief of staff by Attorney General Chris Koster will be leaving that office to [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Nuclear Plant Bill Worrisome for Consumers</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/23/nuclear-plant-bill-worrisome-for-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri&#8217;s energy debate is about to go nuclear. A state lawmaker filed a bill in the Legislature on Thursday that sets the stage for a battle between utility interests who want to build a new nuclear plant and consumer groups that are leery of the costs. The action comes the day after AmerenUE chief executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memory of Consumers Council Founder Alberta Slavin</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2008/10/28/in-memory-of-consumers-council-founder-alberta-slavin/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2008/10/28/in-memory-of-consumers-council-founder-alberta-slavin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Michael Sorkin10/28/2008 Alberta Slavin, who founded the consumer movement in Missouri 40 years ago with a group of housewives angry over grocery prices, died Monday (Oct. 27, 2008) at St. Louis University Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 78 and a longtime Clayton resident.Her Housewives Elect Lower Prices (HELP) group gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling Blackout</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2008/04/29/rolling-blackout/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2008/04/29/rolling-blackout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquila]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A corporation is a legal &#8220;person,&#8221; just like you. Maybe even better. Exhibit A is a bill passed last week by the Missouri House of Representatives: — It allows utility companies to avoid complying with local zoning laws or with past court decisions that went against them. — It permits a new surcharge on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phony Excuses to Raise Phone Bills</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2008/04/11/phony-excuses-to-raise-phone-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2008/04/11/phony-excuses-to-raise-phone-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AT&T]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer groups say phone deregulation bill hurts them by Michael Sorkin of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch A deregulation bill backed by cable and big phone companies sailed through the Missouri Senate&#8217;s Commerce Committee on Thursday, 8-0. Consumer advocates oppose the bill (House Bill 1779), warning that it would wipe out many consumer protections and lead [...]]]></description>
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