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.
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From 2017 and 2023, Ameren CEO’s Warner Baxter and Martin Lyons earned a combined salary of $62,487,199. This did not include $5,586,493 received by Mr. Baxter as executive chairman in 2022. (Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xSROtea2fUNauIkqfV-cWGNkSI5gRKnK0bOg_BFdrIM/)