Press Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- March 21, 2024
Contact:
Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300
PR-24-109

Ameren Missouri Granted CCNs, with Conditions, for Generation Facilities

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement which grants certificates of convenience and necessity (CNNs), with multiple conditions, to Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri authorizing Ameren Missouri to construct, install, own, operate, maintain and otherwise control and manage: (1) a 300 megawatt (MW) solar generation facility to be constructed in Warren County, Missouri (Split Rail Project); (2) a 50 MW solar generation facility to be constructed in Audrain County, Missouri (Vandalia Project); and (3) a 50 MW solar generation facility to be constructed in Pike County, Missouri (Bowling Green Project).

The agreement approved by the Commission was submitted by the Staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission, the Office of the Public Counsel and Ameren Missouri. The agreement indicates that non-signatory parties the Midwest Energy Consumers Group (MECG), the Sierra Club, Renew Missouri Advocates d/b/a Renew Missouri and the Missouri Industrial Energy Consumers (MIEC) either do not oppose the agreement or that they take no position either in support of or in opposition to the agreement.

“After reviewing the Agreement and the application, the Commission finds that the Agreement is a reasonable resolution of the issues contained therein and will approve it,” said the Commission.

Ameren Missouri serves approximately 1.2 million electric customers in Missouri.
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