JEFFERSON CITY -- Never have household checkbooks had so much to fear from Jefferson City politicians. Since Missouri elected a new governor and several new legislators this past November, utility lobbyists have been drafting up new schemes to squeeze ever more dollars from unsuspecting utility consumers. Over 100 utility lobbyists have registered with the Missouri Ethics Commission, including many former legislators, as well as former Public Service Commission (PSC) commissioners. ...
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Ameren Customer Alert: Details of How, Why Your Electric Bill Went Up in June
Consumers Council of Missouri ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 1, 2015. The rate increase Ameren Missouri won in its most recent rate case showed up on your electric bill last month. From 2007 through 2014, Ameren Missouri received increases of more than 43 percent in the rates that it charges residential consumers. And that doesn't count increases in its fuel surcharge, which adds significantly to the company’s bottom line. During most of that period, when the bulk of Ameren’s custome ...
Get Past Missouri Legislature’s Healthcare Roadblocks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 9, 2013 By Joan Bray, Executive Director of Consumers Council of Missouri Nearly 500,000 uninsured Missourians got the opportunity, beginning last week, to do something extraordinary — get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Now they can add security and comfort to their lives, knowing they finally have medical care they can afford. And they will get it at reasonable cost because individuals and families earning incomes up to ...
Health Insurance Marketplace Opens
As of Tuesday, October 1, 2013, uninsured Missourians have a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Marketplace is designed to help you find health insurance that fits your budget, with less hassle. Make one application, one time, and you or your family can explore every qualified health insurance plan in your area of the state. You may even be eligible for a zero dollar premium plan or a new kind of tax credit that lowers your monthly premium i ...
CCM Joins CARS To Urge Enterprise To Drop Opposition To Rental Car Safety Bill
A loophole in federal law allows rental car companies to rent or sell vehicles that are under a safety recall, without fixing them first. Enterprise is the largest rental car company in the nation but admitted in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationm, that it continues to rent vehicles to the public, even after receiving notice they are under a safety recall. Pending legislation, S 1445, sponsored by Sen.Schumer, Sen Boxer and others, would gr ...
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