All posts by Jonathan Kim

Utilities Quietly Walk Back Commitments to Diverse Hiring, Social Justice

After spending the past half-decade scaling up efforts to diversify their workforces and suppliers as well as making and touting donations to social justice organizations, corporate utilities across the U.S....

/ April 30, 2025
Kehoe bill signing with PSC Chair Hahn, Sen. Cierpiot, Rep. Hurlbert and Sen. O'Laughlin

Kehoe signs law likely to increase utilities’ profits, Missourians’ utility bills

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on his first major energy package earlier this month, a suite of policies likely to increase Missourians' utility bills and corporate utilities' profits, reflecting...

/ April 22, 2025
Ameren truck

Ameren Missouri seeks rate hike amid mounting disconnections

With 90,000 disconnections in 2024, Ameren seeks to raise bills 15%.

/ January 15, 2025
Mike Kehoe holding an Ameren check

Missouri utilities pump more than $400,000 into Kehoe gubernatorial bid

Led by Ameren, utilities have funneled nearly $600,000 to the Republican throughout his political career.

/ October 16, 2024

Missouri utility regulator urged Governor Parson to prevent detailed disconnection reporting

Commissioner Kayla Hahn, Chair of the Missouri PSC, asked her former boss, Governor Mike Parson, to deny a proposed rule four years in the making because it required utilities to...

/ August 13, 2024

Blocking renewable energy is a top state legislative priority for network of pro-fossil fuels think tanks

The State Policy Network (SPN) announced on its website last month that it will focus on working with state lawmakers to prevent states from adopting wind and solar power in...

/ March 6, 2024