COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) — Ameren Illinois is offering expanded payment options and financial assistance programs to help customers who have fallen behind on their energy bills. Company officials say ...
The Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois is set to build a new transmission line that will travel through Worth, Gentry and Dekalb counties of northwest Missouri. The company held public meetings in the area for residents to gather more information about the new 345-kilovolt, $84 million transmission line.
The project’s timeline started in early 2024 with project planning, routing and the public engagement open meeting on April 9. Over the summer, Ameren will finalize a route and submit a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity application to the Missouri Public Service Commission. In 2025, Ameren expects a decision on the CCN application, after which the real estate process will begin. It ...
Hawley’s concern for increased electric rates stemmed from an article by St. Louis’s KSDK about data centers’ electricity consumption. The article posits that utility regulators are likely to side with Ameren if data centers were to cause increased rates. Hawley shared the article on his X account a day before he sent his letter to Ameren.
The commissioners contacted the Ameren Transmission Company to see where they were with the transmission line that will run through the county. The Public Service Commission will have two public hearings, one in person at Hundley Whaley Center in Albany, and one the next day on Zoom. The commissioners interviewed a potential Road and Bridge ...