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Advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency in Missouri since 2006 ☀️🌎🌱♻️
Advancing renewable energy and energy efficiency in Missouri since 2006 ☀️🌎🌱♻️
"Utilities asked regulators for permission to extract a lot more money from ratepayers last year.
Electric and gas utilities requested almost $31 billion worth of rate increases in 2025...compared to $15 billion worth of rate increases in 2024. " 📈 💰
Electric and gas utilities requested almost $31 billion worth of rate increases in 2025...compared to $15 billion worth of rate increases in 2024. " 📈 💰
Utilities Asked for a Lot More Money From Ratepayers Last Year
A new PowerLines report puts the total requested increases at $31 billion — more than double the number from 2024.
heatmap.news
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Utilities asked regulators for permission to extract a lot more money from ratepayers last year.
Electric and gas utilities requested almost $31 billion worth of rate increases in 2025...compared to $15 billion worth of rate increases in 2024. " 📈 💰
Electric and gas utilities requested almost $31 billion worth of rate increases in 2025...compared to $15 billion worth of rate increases in 2024. " 📈 💰
"The U.S. power sector is in an all-out sprint...to get data centers online faster...
But there’s a second capacity crunch right around the corner, one currently being masked by the data center rush — and exacerbated by the resulting delays in coal plant retirements." 🏭 ‼️
But there’s a second capacity crunch right around the corner, one currently being masked by the data center rush — and exacerbated by the resulting delays in coal plant retirements." 🏭 ‼️
Another capacity crunch is coming
Is the AI boom masking the looming challenge of 2030s coal retirements?
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February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
"The U.S. power sector is in an all-out sprint...to get data centers online faster...
But there’s a second capacity crunch right around the corner, one currently being masked by the data center rush — and exacerbated by the resulting delays in coal plant retirements." 🏭 ‼️
But there’s a second capacity crunch right around the corner, one currently being masked by the data center rush — and exacerbated by the resulting delays in coal plant retirements." 🏭 ‼️
“For many communities, they’ve been going through the stages of grief,” said Hoover. “First was disbelief, because they know the merits of these projects. They know how badly it’s needed by the community." ‼️ 💰
The Trump EPA ended the 'green new scam.' A year later, communities are still paying the price.
Communities that lost grants have responded in a variety of ways — suing the government, searching for other funds, or simply moving on.
grist.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:49 PM
“For many communities, they’ve been going through the stages of grief,” said Hoover. “First was disbelief, because they know the merits of these projects. They know how badly it’s needed by the community." ‼️ 💰
"A data center in the Crossroads is using the clean energy loan for its chilling equipment. Supporters hope that the loans will encourage the projects to be more environmentally friendly. Critics want the city to do more to regulate the developments." ♻️ 💰
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A Kansas City data center is one of the first in the nation to get a clean energy loan
A data center in the Crossroads is using the clean energy loan for its chilling equipment. Supporters hope that the loans will encourage the projects to be more environmentally friendly. Critics want ...
www.kcur.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"A data center in the Crossroads is using the clean energy loan for its chilling equipment. Supporters hope that the loans will encourage the projects to be more environmentally friendly. Critics want the city to do more to regulate the developments." ♻️ 💰
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"As Missouri’s legislative session begins, lawmakers face a clear and urgent challenge: rising electricity costs, growing demand and the responsibility to ensure reliable, affordable power for Missouri families and businesses."📈💰⚡
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Government-imposed scarcity is the wrong energy policy for Missouri • Missouri Independent
As Missouri’s legislative session begins, lawmakers face a clear and urgent challenge: rising electricity costs, growing demand and the responsibility to ensure reliable, affordable power for Missouri...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"As Missouri’s legislative session begins, lawmakers face a clear and urgent challenge: rising electricity costs, growing demand and the responsibility to ensure reliable, affordable power for Missouri families and businesses."📈💰⚡
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missouriindependent.com/2026/01/15/g...
"Facing rising demand and aggressive load growth projections, utilities are rolling out massive spending plans. Now they’ll have to walk a fine line with regulators and ratepayers." 📈⚖️
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Utilities under pressure: 6 power sector trends to watch in 2026
Facing rising demand and aggressive load growth projections, utilities are rolling out massive spending plans. Now they'll have to walk a fine line with regulators and ratepayers.
www.utilitydive.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Facing rising demand and aggressive load growth projections, utilities are rolling out massive spending plans. Now they’ll have to walk a fine line with regulators and ratepayers." 📈⚖️
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"All told, the U.S. notched 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, which claimed 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages, according to a new analysis from the research group Climate Central." 🌪️ 🌩️ ‼️
In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days
A new analysis finds that in 2025 disasters in the U.S. took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.
grist.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"All told, the U.S. notched 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, which claimed 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages, according to a new analysis from the research group Climate Central." 🌪️ 🌩️ ‼️
"New digital meter socket adapters from Tesla and others make home solar, battery, and EV charging installs a snap. But only if utilities let homes use them."⚡🚗🏡
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
A path to fast, cheap home solar and batteries: Go through the meter
New digital meter socket adapters from Tesla and others make home solar, battery, and EV charging installs a snap. But only if utilities let homes use…
www.canarymedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
"New digital meter socket adapters from Tesla and others make home solar, battery, and EV charging installs a snap. But only if utilities let homes use them."⚡🚗🏡
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"-as electricity requests from data centers exceeded existing supplies, sounding the alarm over power shortfalls, and making Fisk and other plants like it suddenly profitable." 🚨💰
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AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colo...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"-as electricity requests from data centers exceeded existing supplies, sounding the alarm over power shortfalls, and making Fisk and other plants like it suddenly profitable." 🚨💰
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www.reuters.com/business/ene...
"A new report by Oxford-based Aurora Energy Research detailed how adding battery storage to a site could improve data centers’ power quality, provide flexibility and reduce transmission congestion, while offering an opportunity to reduce emissions." 🔋 👏
How Batteries Could Play a Role in Data Center Rollouts - Inside Climate News
An Aurora Energy Research report explores how storage could be co-located with AI training facilities.
insideclimatenews.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"A new report by Oxford-based Aurora Energy Research detailed how adding battery storage to a site could improve data centers’ power quality, provide flexibility and reduce transmission congestion, while offering an opportunity to reduce emissions." 🔋 👏
"...we’ll need to generate enough new electricity in the next five years to power half of all U.S. homes. That herculean task will require laying thousands of miles of new gas pipelines, building transmission lines and substations, and constructing new generation facilities across the country." ⚡🚨
Permitting reform is critical to meeting our AI moon shot
Congress can either deliver durable permitting reform or continue outsourcing America’s future to Moscow and Beijing, writes Tim Tarpley, president of the Energy Workforce & Technology Council.
www.utilitydive.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"...we’ll need to generate enough new electricity in the next five years to power half of all U.S. homes. That herculean task will require laying thousands of miles of new gas pipelines, building transmission lines and substations, and constructing new generation facilities across the country." ⚡🚨
"Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills....Rural utility customers face unique challenges around access to fuel and affordability programs, and they often live in older, less energy-efficient homes..." ⚠️ 🔌
As Winter Approaches, Rural Americans Struggle to Afford Heat | The Daily Yonder
Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills. Now, as the cost of energy
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December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills....Rural utility customers face unique challenges around access to fuel and affordability programs, and they often live in older, less energy-efficient homes..." ⚠️ 🔌
"The world is clamoring for more electrons. It’s getting them from solar and wind.
Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources grew fast enough to more than offset all new demand worldwide, according to data from energy research firm Ember." ☀️ ⚡
Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources grew fast enough to more than offset all new demand worldwide, according to data from energy research firm Ember." ☀️ ⚡
Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand
Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"The world is clamoring for more electrons. It’s getting them from solar and wind.
Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources grew fast enough to more than offset all new demand worldwide, according to data from energy research firm Ember." ☀️ ⚡
Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources grew fast enough to more than offset all new demand worldwide, according to data from energy research firm Ember." ☀️ ⚡
"A House subcommittee on Wednesday advanced several pieces of legislation to weaken energy efficiency programs, cancel standards for manufactured homes and eliminate some home rebates, building codes and job training programs." ‼️ ⚡
Bills to weaken DOE efficiency programs advance
Republican lawmakers say the proposals will make housing and appliances more affordable and improve consumer choice. Energy efficiency advocates say they will raise consumer energy costs.
www.utilitydive.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"A House subcommittee on Wednesday advanced several pieces of legislation to weaken energy efficiency programs, cancel standards for manufactured homes and eliminate some home rebates, building codes and job training programs." ‼️ ⚡
"The Department of Energy has restructured...[shifting] away from renewable energy and toward both fossil fuels and nuclear energy. The news came with no fanfare beyond a statement about the changes being necessary to better execute the Trump administration’s “American energy dominance” agenda." ⚠️ 💼
The Department of Energy is reorganizing
The new DOE is officially dropping two renewable energy offices, and realigning under nuclear and fossil fuel priorities.
www.latitudemedia.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"The Department of Energy has restructured...[shifting] away from renewable energy and toward both fossil fuels and nuclear energy. The news came with no fanfare beyond a statement about the changes being necessary to better execute the Trump administration’s “American energy dominance” agenda." ⚠️ 💼
"Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China." ⛽ ⚡ 🇨🇳
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
Chart: EVs are ascendant — and gas cars are past their prime
Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China.
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China." ⛽ ⚡ 🇨🇳
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
Thanks to Renew Missouri, clean energy options will be available for use with the incoming Kansas City data center. We remain hopeful that the developers, along with others across the nation, will see the advantage in opting to use these cleaner, cheaper sources of energy to the benefit of all ☀️ 🔌
Missouri approves Kansas City utility data center rates, with Ameren close behind
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved a large-load rate submitted by Evergy, which operates in Kansas and Missouri, and that was supported by most parties in the case.
www.stlpr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thanks to Renew Missouri, clean energy options will be available for use with the incoming Kansas City data center. We remain hopeful that the developers, along with others across the nation, will see the advantage in opting to use these cleaner, cheaper sources of energy to the benefit of all ☀️ 🔌
"According to a report out this week from PPA marketplace LevelTen Energy, 76% of solar projects and 86% of wind projects slated to come online by the end of 2028 are already safe-harbored. Those projects account for around 33 gigawatts of capacity eligible for tax credits." ☀️ ✅
Report: Most solar and wind projects are safe harbored
Domestic developers have moved rapidly to lock in tax credit eligibility for near-term projects.
www.latitudemedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"According to a report out this week from PPA marketplace LevelTen Energy, 76% of solar projects and 86% of wind projects slated to come online by the end of 2028 are already safe-harbored. Those projects account for around 33 gigawatts of capacity eligible for tax credits." ☀️ ✅
"Over the past 10 years, global renewable energy investment has exceeded a cumulative $4 trillion, but less than 1% of this investment has reached low-income markets." 📈 🌬️ 💸
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A Decade After the Paris Agreement, Clean Energy Is Making Strides in Emerging Markets but Investment Gaps Persist, BloombergNEF’s Climatescope Finds | BloombergNEF
BloombergNEF’s new framework and scorecard provides a tool for investors to analyze country-level climate risk and resilience.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Over the past 10 years, global renewable energy investment has exceeded a cumulative $4 trillion, but less than 1% of this investment has reached low-income markets." 📈 🌬️ 💸
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"A new emissions gap report released by the United Nations Environment Programme suggests that a decade of global climate policy under the Paris Agreement has reduced the projected maximum global warming for this century to less than 3 degrees Celsius for the first time." 📉 ☀️
New UN Report Warns of Lagging Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The gap between climate promises and climate action is barely narrowing, and that puts Earth on course for a “climate breakdown,” UN Sec. Gen. António Guterres warns.
insideclimatenews.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"A new emissions gap report released by the United Nations Environment Programme suggests that a decade of global climate policy under the Paris Agreement has reduced the projected maximum global warming for this century to less than 3 degrees Celsius for the first time." 📉 ☀️
"Over the next five years, the country will build nearly 67 gigawatts’ worth of new utility-scale batteries, per data from research firm BloombergNEF, enough to send almost 284 gigawatt-hours of stored-up electricity back to the grid." 🔋 ⚡
Chart: Batteries are set to surge onto the US grid
The transition to renewable energy — particularly solar — relies on energy storage. A ton more batteries are about to come online.
www.canarymedia.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Over the next five years, the country will build nearly 67 gigawatts’ worth of new utility-scale batteries, per data from research firm BloombergNEF, enough to send almost 284 gigawatt-hours of stored-up electricity back to the grid." 🔋 ⚡
"Annual energy investment needs to increase by 30% from current levels to get the world onto a 2 °C pathway.
A decade on and the world is still way off track to meet the Paris Agreement goals. No major economy is on track to meet its targets and the clock is ticking." ⚠️ 🚨
A decade on and the world is still way off track to meet the Paris Agreement goals. No major economy is on track to meet its targets and the clock is ticking." ⚠️ 🚨
Energy transition outlook 2025-26 - Insights and Scenarios
Explore Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Outlook 2025-26. Get expert insights, data, and scenarios shaping the global energy transition.
www.woodmac.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Annual energy investment needs to increase by 30% from current levels to get the world onto a 2 °C pathway.
A decade on and the world is still way off track to meet the Paris Agreement goals. No major economy is on track to meet its targets and the clock is ticking." ⚠️ 🚨
A decade on and the world is still way off track to meet the Paris Agreement goals. No major economy is on track to meet its targets and the clock is ticking." ⚠️ 🚨
"The first half of 2025 was the costliest on record for major disasters in the US...according to a climate non-profit that has resurrected work axed by Donald Trump’s administration that tracked the biggest disasters." 🚨 ⚠️
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The first half of 2025 was the costliest on record for major disasters in the US...according to a climate non-profit that has resurrected work axed by Donald Trump’s administration that tracked the biggest disasters." 🚨 ⚠️
This clean energy project tracker logs new clean economy projects, expansions, and production announced across America by congressional district and amount invested ♻️ ⚡
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Clean Economy Works | Tracking New Clean Energy Projects Across U.S.
Tracking new clean economy projects, expansions, and production announced across America since the Inflation Reduction Act
e2.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This clean energy project tracker logs new clean economy projects, expansions, and production announced across America by congressional district and amount invested ♻️ ⚡
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"Regulators are doing away with controversial regulations that required banks to plan for losses in the event of climate-related events, according to an announcement Thursday." 🚨 ⚠️
U.S. regulators toss out rules requiring banks to prepare for climate change
The Fed and others no longer believe the requirements are necessary as they are redundant with other provisions banks already make to plan for emergencies.
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Regulators are doing away with controversial regulations that required banks to plan for losses in the event of climate-related events, according to an announcement Thursday." 🚨 ⚠️