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PRO: Missouri energy bill benefits ratepayers - Kansas City Star Kansas City Star, MO - Apr 15, 2009 PRO: Missouri energy bill benefits ratepayers new energy infrastructure projects, not just to save money, but as competition increases it can help to attract and retain energy-using businesses. If utilities don’t start covering construction costs now, there’s something else Missouri won’t see

MO lawmakers debate tax break for dairy farmers - and weather and weather, IL - Apr 15, 2009 Examiner.comMO lawmakers debate tax break for dairy farmersJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's dairy producers could get a tax break under legislation that has passed the House. Bill supporters say the state risks losing its dairy farms and the infrastructure for producing milk, cheese, butter and other No More Missouri Income Tax?

Portions of Missouri Energy Summit to be broadcast online - Missouri S&T News and Research Missouri S&T News and Research, MO - Apr 15, 2009 Portions of Missouri Energy Summit to be broadcast onlinePresenters include several Missouri S&T researchers, who will discuss issues related to power generation, transportation fuels, energy infrastructure and materials for energy applications. University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee announced

Richard Moe: Give historic buildings a break -- and create jobs - Pioneer Press Pioneer Press, MN - Apr 15, 2009 Richard Moe: Give historic buildings a break -- and create jobsStudying projects in Missouri, economist Donovan Rypkema found that 6.3 more jobs are created for every million spent through rehabilitation than through manufacturing. Rutgers University also examined the impact of Missouri's historic preservation tax

Advice: Information Technology Use More Important Than Consolidation - Government Technology Government Technology, CA - Apr 14, 2009 Government TechnologyAdvice: Information Technology Use More Important Than ConsolidationA year earlier, while working as the deputy CIO of Missouri (a state with a consolidated data center for more than a decade), we conducted a study of the state's most critical applications. We did it for a disaster recovery and business continuity

PRO: Missouri energy bill benefits ratepayers - Kansas City Star

15.04.09

Among the greatest challenges Americans face are those choices we make now that affect our future quality of life and that of our children and grandchildren. Yet these are choices we must make, particularly when it comes to our environmental and energy future.

Missourians are now wrestling with such a choice, as decision-makers consider a law that prohibits utilities from charging ratepayers for infrastructure before projects are completed. The issue is one of financial management and how to deal with the inevitable costs associated with bringing new power into the state or upgrading the current grid.

With the law that is currently being considered, the costs to build power plants of every type would be higher, which would make investment in necessary power generation more expensive and therefore less likely.

At stake today in Missouri is a proposed nuclear reactor – along with thousands of jobs – now planned for Fulton. AmerenUE, the company considering building the new reactor, wants to gradually increase monthly bills to save ratepayers an estimated $2 billion to $3 billion in borrowing costs. As in the case of prepaying a mortgage or car loan, savings come in the form of interest costs avoided.

Source: Kansas City Star, MO