State Panel OKs Ameren Gas Plant in South St. Louis County
Date Posted: November 7, 2024
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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Ameren won state regulatory approval Wednesday to build a $900 million natural gas-fired power plant in south St. Louis County and agreed to take some steps that could result in more use of wind and solar energy.
The Missouri Public Service Commission, meeting in Jefferson City, unanimously OK’d an agreement worked out by the St. Louis-based electric utility and a critic of the new plant — Renew Missouri, a nonprofit advocating for increased use of renewable energy.
“This order is a wonderful compromise because it moves toward balancing our energy portfolio with both traditional sources and renewable sources,” commission member John Mitchell said at the meeting.
PSC members also said that the new Castle Bluff plant, which will replace Ameren’s former coal-fired Meramec Energy Center, is needed to deal with potential shortfalls of electric power in the St. Louis area and other parts of the state.