JEFFERSON CITY---Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking certificates of convenience and necessity (CCNs) 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 Solar Project); (2) a 150 MW solar generation facility to be constructed in Cass County, Illinois (Cass County Solar Project); (3) a 50 MW solar generation facility to be constructed in Audrain County, Missouri (Vandalia Solar Project); and (4) a 50 MW solar generation facility to be constructed in Pike County, Missouri (Bowling Green Solar Project).
According to the application, the Split Rail Solar Project is proposed to be constructed using a build-transfer structure pursuant to a Build Transfer Agreement (BTA) between Ameren Missouri and Invenergy Renewables, LLC. The Cass County Solar Project is proposed to be constructed using a development-transfer structure under a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) between Ameren Missouri and Savion, LLC. According to Ameren Missouri’s application, the Vandalia Solar Project is proposed to be constructed through utilization of an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract and the Bowling Green Solar Project is proposed to be constructed through utilization of an EPC contract.
In its application, Ameren Missouri also seeks: (1) authority to engage in transactions by which it would construct and finance the projects, including the Split Rail Solar Project BTA and the Cass County Solar Project PSA; (2) authority under state statute to complete the mergers of Split Rail Solar Energy, LLC and Cass County Solar, LLC into Ameren Missouri, with Ameren Missouri to be the survivor, after acquisition by Ameren Missouri of each of those two project companies; and (3) certain variances to Commission rules.
Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than
July 12, 2023, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, or by using the Commission’s Electronic Filing and Information System (EFIS) at
www.psc.mo.gov.
Individual citizens wishing to comment should contact either the Office of the Public Counsel (Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Suite 650, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-2230, telephone 1-866-922-2959, e-mail
opcservice@opc.mo.gov) or the Public Service Commission Staff (P.O. Box 360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, e-mail
pscinfo@psc.mo.gov). The Office of the Public Counsel is a separate state agency that represents the general public in matters before the Commission.
Ameren Missouri serves approximately 1.29 million electric customers in Missouri.
Missouri Public Service Commission