Tag: Ameren
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.
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...
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over...
Utilities, once represented by UARG, now part of the ‘Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition’ in their suit against the EPA
A new ad hoc coalition of electric utilities has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its newly proposed rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and new...
Legislation introduced by Rep. Kathy Castor instructs FERC to ban utilities from using ratepayer dollars for political activities
The “Ethics in Energy Act” also aims to increase transparency and add penalties for noncompliance
Utility CEOs received $3.2 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2022
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $3.2 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 57 companies...
America’s Power loses more member companies, deletes member list
Coal group deletes its members list after losing all investor-owned utilities and railroad members
Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series
Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series Utility companies have disconnected U.S. households more than 5.7 million times since 2020 while shelling out billions...
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
How policymakers can protect customers from being forced to fund utilities’ political machines
Utility CEOs received $2.7 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2021
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $2.7 billion between 2017 and 2021, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 58 companies...