by admin | Jul 25, 2006 | Business
A worker for AmerenUE was killed today while working to restore power in the St. Louis area, while another was seriously injured in a separate incident. Fifty-six year-old Robert Tackett was killed this morning when he stepped on a live power line that was partially...
by admin | Jul 24, 2006 | Business
AmerenUE says it has 4,000 people working in the St. Louis metro area trying to get power restored as quickly as possible after last week’s two storms left more than one-half million customers without electricity. The utility says it started this day with about...
by admin | Jul 7, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The state’s largest utility is asking the Public Service Commision for a rate increase for its electric and natural gas customers. AmerenUE, which primarily services the eastern part of the state, wants an approximately 18-percent increase in both its...
by admin | May 10, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A state appeals court says a Milwaukee electrical parts manufacturer bears $98 million worth of the responsibility for a power plant explosion in Jackson County. Kansas City Power and Light had claimed Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee made safety equipment which...
by admin | Mar 17, 2006 | Business
The state’s utility consumer advocate is calling for a management audit of Aquila, a power company that serves thousands of customers in western Missouri. Public Counsel Lewis Mills says the company has been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by some recent...
