In July 2024, Ameren Missouri asked the Missouri PSC for an annual revenue increase of $446.2 million, and proposed increasing the residential fixed monthly charge approximately 15.9%. Consumers Council of Missouri successfully intervened in this case, but with mixed results.
Consumers Council of Missouri (CCM) has been fighting an uphill battle against higher utility rates since Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), was pre-filed on December 1, 2024. On March 24, 2025, SB 4 was signed by the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tem. This bill will now move to the Governor.
A selection of recent utility-related news articles, collated by Consumers Council of Missouri.
Updates regarding the recent Missouri utilities’ proposed rate increases from Consumers Council of Missouri.
Residents met at the Southside Wellness Center in St. Louis to participate in a virtual hearing for the Ameren electric rate case before the Missouri PSC. Read what they had to say about the proposed rate hike.
Ameren Missouri is seeking a +15.77% rate hike. The average residential customer could see an increase of approximately $17.45 per month. Local public hearings will take place from January 21-27, 2025.
Jan. 21, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – Cape Girardeau
Jan. 22, 2025 @ Noon – St Charles
Jan. 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – St. Louis Community College-Forest Park
Jan. 23, 2025 @ Noon – Jefferson City
Jan. 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – Virtual Hearing
Jan. 24, 2025 @ Noon – Virtual Hearing
Jan. 27, 2025 @ Noon – Sunset Hills
For more details on the Ameren hearings, including how how to register for the virtual hearings, please visit:
Consumers Council is actively involved in rate cases filed by Missouri American Water Company, which is proposing a +40% increase in residential water rates, and Ameren Missouri, which is seeking a +15.77% rate hike. Public hearings for the water rate increase have already been completed, while the public hearings for Ameren’s proposed rate increase will take place from January 21-27, 2026. According to the Missouri Public Service Commission, the average residential customer of Ameren Missouri could see an increase of approximately $17.45 per month.
For more details on the Ameren hearings, please visit:
Spire has filed a notice signaling that they too may request a rate increaseby November 19, 2024. In September 2024, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported allegations from a former Spire official that the utility instructed staff to conceal documents potentially blocking larger rate hikes. This claim is currently under investigation.
The Missouri Public Service Commission recently approved a settlement agreement regarding Ameren’s proposal to expand their Montgomery County solar generating facility. Consumers Council played a pivotal role in ensuring that the needs of low-income communities are not forgotten as Ameren expands solar production. As part of the settlement, Ameren agreed to meet with Consumers Council, along with any other interested party, to discuss the potential creation of a future community solar pilot project, to be located in an urban or rural area within Missouri that is designated as disadvantaged, and that would leverage federal funding to provide savings on the electric bills of subscribing customers within that community solar pilot project area.
See EA-2024-0212: https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Case/Display/84159
As many Americans saw their energy bills rise substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over $647 million in 2023, an increase of 9 percent over 2022.
On June 28, 2024, Ameren Missouri filed a request for approval of a +15% increase in electric utility rates designed to increase Ameren’s gross revenues by approximately +$446.2 million. Consumers Council has intervened in this case.
