Current Date/Time: 10/24/2025 2:25:47 PM
Linked Comments
EA-2025-0238
| Comment No. | Date Filed | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| P202600718 |
10/20/2025
12:57 PM
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I am an Ameren Missouri customer who will be directly impacted by this proposal. Every rate increase, service disruption, and corporate expansion decision Ameren makes affects all of us across the state. We’re already paying higher bills while facing unreliable service and frequent shutoffs. It’s deeply concerning that Ameren continues pursuing costly industrial projects instead of focusing on affordability, accountability, and fair treatment for the families who depend on them. I urge the Missouri Public Service Commission to listen to the voices of customers who are tired of footing the bill for corporate deals and infrastructure that primarily benefit large data centers and high-volume clients. We need investment in people *See attached |
| P202600719 |
10/23/2025
12:26 PM
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I am concerned about the gas plant being proposed to serve "large load customers" i.e. data centers, which have already received public backlash and resistance towards. Gas plants produce large amounts of methane, which are one of the greatest contributors to global climate change as well as many of the issues we have seen in Missouri. Many health issues can be attributed to these emissions, as well as the runoff that pollutes the river and ends up downstream into Missouri soil. It is time to start thinking about how we want to progress as a city. This means thinking long term and fossil fuels are a dated, unethical, unreliable, costly, and dangerous product that we should not be investing any more money into. We have to think of the future |
| P202600720 |
10/23/2025
3:26 PM
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Case # EA-2025-0238 The battery storage makes sense. The proposal for a natural gas thermal plant is sorely lacking in a number of ways. Ameren says nothing about the social costs of the greenhouse gas emissions from a natural gas plant; neither the CO2 from combustion, nor the methane leakage from the wells to the power plant. A tipping point for coral reefs has already been crossed, and other tipping points will be crossed as we go above 1.5 C of average global warming. The Ameren proposal lacks an alternative of solar panels for new generating capacity. Decentralizing the generation and storage of electricity would make the system more resilient to the impacts from increasing extreme weather events. |
| P202600721 |
10/24/2025
9:23 AM
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I do not support the building of a methane gas plant at Rush Island. SB4 is not written out to protect consumers from rate increases and I do not support the negative environmental impact a methane gas plant would have in the pursuit of powering "large load consumers" (ie: data centers). As a consumer I cannot believe this plan is moving forward with the overwhelming lack of support from Missouri constituents. |
| P202600722 |
10/24/2025
10:29 AM
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Solar and wind energy are cheaper than ever. Combined with battery storage, solar and wind could provide cheap, reliable, and safe alternatives to methane. Methane gas is also more expensive than solar or wind, so this new plant is likely to increase utility prices for all Ameren customers. This is the type of plant that failed in Texas in 2021, killing hundreds. Missourians have already shown their opposition to new data centers like the one in Midtown St. Louis. Building a costly new plant to serve a data center that will only increase pollution and health risks is likely to be hugely unpopular. |