[imc-st.louis] Fwd: AmerenUE wants customers to pay for power that "might" be delivered in 10 years

[Ben West]

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From: whisperingoaks2 <lindamgreen927 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Subject: [missourienergysurvival] AmerenUE wants customesrs to pay for
power that "might" be delivered in 10 years
To: missourienergysurvival at yahoogroups.com

Here's the scoop, from Missourians for Safe Energy:

If you want to write letters/call/find addresses of
newspapers/legislators, or just put your
name on a general message, etc, recommend going to  www.nocwip.org
(website listed
at bottom of this message) for all kinds of help.

Linda


SB 228--AMEREN ATTEMPTS TO REPEAL MISSOURI'S NO-CWIP LAW:  DECEPTIVE
TITLE, ANTI-CONSUMER, ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE:

On Thursday, Jan. 22 Sen. Delbert Scott introduced SB 228, the bill
that AmerenUE is pushing to force ratepayers to underwrite the
construction of their massive, proposed Callaway 2 nuclear reactor. If
this bill passes, Ameren could begin raising rates almost immediately,
passing on the costs they've already incurred (more than $50 million)
just planning and applying for a license for Callaway 2.

The bill would repeal Missouri's voter-enacted No-CWIP law, which
protects rate payers by prohibiting utilities from making profits on a
power plant before it is built and operating. And, to top it off,
they're greenwashing the proposal by calling it the "Missouri Clean
and Renewable Energy Construction Act."  Polluters, including the
nuclear and coal industries, rely on Orwellian tactics, mollifying
public concerns by continuously labeling their technologies "clean."
The bottom line, however, is that both cause serious environmental
degradation. While the proposed law offers CWIP funding to renewables,
those installing renewable generating capacity don't need CWIP
charges. Renewables are quick to bring on line, and don't entail the
financial risks that nuclear presents.

Don't be fooled, there is nothing even remotely environmentally
friendly in this proposed law.

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ATTEND & PARTICIPATE IN THE CWIP TRUTH TOUR, TUESDAY, FEB. 3:

Missourians for Safe Energy and our allies in Missourians for Fair
Electric Rates hope you will join us for the CWIP Truth Tour. 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.

COLUMBIA EVENT, TUESDAY, FEB. 3:  Join Peter Bradford and a panel of
fair electric rate advocates at the Commission Chambers of the Boone
County Government Center, 8th & Ash, downtown. Refreshments and
socializing begin at 6:45 p.m., the program begins at 7:15.

JEFFERSON CITY EVENT, TUESDAY, FEB. 3: There will be a similar
presentation at 2 p.m. in the Third Floor East Alcove of the State
Capitol. This is open to legislators, their aides, the media as well
as the public.

OTHER TOUR EVENTS:  There will be CWIP Tour events in St. Louis (2/2)
and Kansas City (2/4). For more info
see:http://nocwip.org//cwiptruthtour.html

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CONTACTING STATE YOUR SENATOR & REP:

If you do nothing else, a quick phone call to your Missouri state
Senator and your Missouri State Representative sharing your thoughts
on the CWIP issue could make a real difference.

FINDING THEIR CONTACT INFO: If you don't have contact info for your
Rep and Senator, or even if you don't know who they are, no worries.

You can go to a "legislator finder" at
http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx   All you need to get
their contact info is your nine-digit zip code.

If you don't know this, you can go to
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp put in your address and you'll
get your full zip code.

There are many ways to communicate with your elected officials--phone,
e-mail, postal letter, fax, etc.--but phone calls are the hardest for
them to ignore.

LEARN MORE:

Visit Missourians for Fair Electric Rates at: www.nocwip.org

Read excellent St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial: Repealing
Protections Won't Help Families (1/11/09):

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/00EAD23B1F1CAF538625753A0002E6DD?OpenDocument

Read through the summary of provisions of SB 228:
http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=597908


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Ben West
westbywest at gmail.com