Missourians voted overwhelmingly to enact a consumer protection law against unfair and unnecessary charges for power plants before they are built. AmerenUE is now calling for the repeal of that ban in order to raise rates to finance a massive and very expensive plant that will take nearly a decade to build and might never be completed.
LETTER: Ameren's request for rate increase is unfair
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CST;
updated 11:09 a.m. CST, Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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