AmerenUE hopes to convince legislators to rescind the 1976 law that prevents utilities from funding expansions by charging current customers to pay for the financing and interest charges for projects that are still under construction. The law was passed by voters in a referendum as part of an attempt by anti-nuclear power activists to stop the construction of the first Callaway Nuclear Generating Station.
GUEST COLUMN: Kick advance-financing laws to the curb
Monday, March 23, 2009 | 5:30 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:09 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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