[imc-st.louis] Fwd: Reminder: CWIP Tour in St. Louis Monday

[Ben West]

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From: Missourians for Safe Energy <mail at mosafeenergy.org>
Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Subject: [MSE_Eastern-Mo] Reminder: CWIP Tour in St. Louis Monday
To: MSE Eastern-Mo List <MSE_Eastern-Mo at midmopeaceworks.org>


Hello friends,

Just a quick reminder:

ATTEND & PARTICIPATE IN THE CWIP TRUTH TOUR:  Missourians for Safe
Energy and our allies in Missourians for Fair Electric Rates are very
happy to announce the CWIP Truth Tour, coming to St. Louis, Jefferson
City, Columbia and Kansas City Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 2-4.

The tour will feature Peter A. Bradford. Few people know more about
the complex machinations of utility financing than Bradford, former
Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission, as well as
former Chair of the Maine State Public Utility Commission, and former
member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Bradford has taught
utility regulation and law at Yale and at Vermont Law School. Peter
Bradford's talk will be followed by short responses from a panel
addressing consumer, low-income, elderly and energy strategy concerns,
and audience questions and comments.

With this crtical issue currently before the Missouri General
Assembly, NOW is the time to learn more and to make your concerns
heard. Our energy future depends upon citizen action.
ST. LOUIS EVENT, MONDAY, FEB. 2:  The Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton
Rd. The program begins at 7 p.m.

OTHER TOUR EVENTS:  There will be CWIP Tour events in Jefferson City
(daytime 2/3), Columbia (evening 2/3) and Kansas City (2/4). For more
info see:
http://nocwip.org//cwiptruthtour.html

Please tell friends and join us for this, if you can,
Your friends at MSE



Missourians for Safe Energy
804-C E. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65201
573-875-0539

E-mail: mail at mosafeenergy.org


"The availability of Federally guaranteed loans, and/or a guarantee of
the ability to charge ratepayers (often during construction) for the
costs of a new facility, are no substitute for prudent business
judgment. Simply shifting the burden of risks from the utility's
shareholders and executives, to the taxpayers and ratepayers does not
make any risks go away. It simply sets up yet another situation where
profits are privatized while risks are socialized, allowing those who
make bad decisions to walk away from the effects of their own
imprudence. After hundreds of billions of such outcomes this year
alone, the public has no stomach for more of this."  Craig A.
Severance, "Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power"  January 2,
2009  http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nuclear-costs-2009.pdf




-- 
Ben West
westbywest at gmail.com