Under consideration in the MO Senate: An Attack on MO Consumer Protection Law.

Join advocates Consumers Council of Missouri in calling / emailing your legislator today!

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/missouri-consumer-protection-law-is-under-attack/article_07f56fd0-e725-11e6-99a8-ef49a18df41c.html?utm_medium=social

If you don’t think consumer protections are important, think again! Millions of consumers who were duped into paying fees will soon receive more than $17.6 million, thanks to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

http://www.stlamerican.com/business/business_opinion/consumers-to-receive-over-m-thanks-to-cfpb/article_53981f78-e31f-11e6-ac8b-3f3a4ee28d10.html

Tell the MO Senate that you don’t want to subsidize utility rates for Doe Run.

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/missourians-face-major-hikes-to-utility-bills/article_2cbff592-e405-11e6-9d4f-772bea309a9c.html

Missouri’s James Owen of the Office of Public Council is courageously fighting on behalf of consumers, challenging the Public Service Commission and their to weaken the current ex parte rules. Thank you, James Owen, for standing up for consumers.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-greitens-first-two-orders-collide-as-utilities-seek-weakened/article_8f13735a-13c0-5143-8cec-8c43a4f57b0c.html

Jay Ashcroft, Missouri’s new secretary of state, has named a former executive of a company under investigation by the state to lead the agency that protects consumers from securities fraud.

“The fox is guarding the henhouse,” said Rep. Tracy McCreery, a St. Louis County Democrat who sits on the board of the Consumers Council of Missouri. “And that should be alarming.”

Electricity was in the air when members of Consumers Council of Missouri (CCM) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) recently held a joint meeting to discuss rate increases proposed for 2017. 

“Our older residents cannot keep up with constant rate increases, but this affects all of us, including our own families,” said Hardenbrook, a South County resident.

AARP, Consumers Council urge residents to attend local public hearings.

CONSUMER ALERT! Ameren MO is seeking new rates to increase revenues by approx $206.4 million, ~$99 more per residential customer.
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20170104/hearings-planned-on-proposed-ameren-missouri-electric-rate-increase