Brief Comments About Long Bill
Senate Bill 207 is a major topic of conversation in Jefferson City this year. Simply put, it allows AmerenUE to...
Reducing The Size Of The Saint Louis Board Of Aldermen
Most people are familiar with Einstein’s E=mc2. In government, there is another powerful theory, the “Law of 1/n,” which states...
Exciting News for “Nucular” Power in Missouri
Why is “nuclear” so commonly mispronouced in this country? I have no idea, but hopefully Missourians will have an expanded...
Monopolies Seek Further Rate Hike Legislation
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board wrote a piece yesterday about a number of bills in the legislature that would...
Energy Monopoly: Less Is Not More
Show-Me Policy Pulse cited an AP article that appeared in the Kansas City Star on Sunday about the “energy efficiency”...
What to Do With Nuclear Waste in Callaway County?
David Frum has a great post up about how France handles the nuclear waste generated by its vast civil nuclear...
Final Blow for CWIP Legislation
CWIP has been the subject of several previous articles and blog entries, both here at the Show-Me Institute and elsewhere,...
Policy Pulse Powers Forward
Our first major, original piece created specifically for Policy Pulse is now up over at that site. It’s a newspaper-style...
Can Missouri Catch Up to France?
Combest links to this article in the Fulton Sun about a proposed nuclear reactor. The General Assembly is considering AmerenUE’s...
Let’s Get the 2009 Debates Started Off Right …
A judge upholds the Kansas City public smoking ban, reports the Star. Also in KC’s newspaper of record, AmerenUE fights...
No, I Will Not Pay for Your Nuclear Plant
Did you know AmerenUE isn’t allowed to raise its rates to finance future construction projects? More specifically, if a customer...
Ameren’s Answer to Our Energy Needs
Being an environmentalist opposed to nuclear power is like being a vegetarian who is starving but still refuses meat. The...
Monopoly Redux
Apropos my last post, the Ste. Genevieve Herald reports: Under Missouri law, customers must purchase electric power from the utility...
Junior Monopoly
According to the Springfield News-Leader: The Public Service Commission is allowing Laclede Gas Company to charge customers an estimated additional...
Final Word on Kirkwood Utilities
I hope some of you were able to catch the dueling commentaries in the Post-Dispatch over the weekend debating Kirkwood’s...
Should Kirkwood Sell Its Municipal Utilities?
Kirkwood is the only municipality in Saint Louis County that continues to provide utility services to its residents. Would citizens...
