JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –The ongoing debate on financing the development of a second nuclear power plant in Missouri now is incorporating new flavors due to the current nuclear crisis in Japan, which has many taking a second look at nuclear energy in the Show Me State. It’s been two weeks since an earthquake and tsunami [...]
By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Nearly two years after Missourians voted to create a renewable energy standard, the details of making the rule a reality languish in a maze of governmental rulemaking procedure. Thursday, members of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a legislative committee that oversees state rulemaking, [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – New rules are in place to help the state’s four largest electric utilities meet a 2011 deadline to increase renewable energy use. At least two percent of the electricity sold by the utilities to their customers must be generated or purchased from renewable resources by [...]
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