JEFFERSON CITY---Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) to construct, install, own, operate and maintain a new 345 kV (kilovolt) switchyard (Burns Switchyard) and associated facilities in Callaway County.
According to the application, Ameren Missouri, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and Show Me State Solar, LLC (Show Me State Solar) entered into a Generator Interconnection Agreement on July 28, 2022. Pursuant to the MISO Generator
Interconnection Procedures, Show Me State Solar proposes to construct a 250 megawatt (MW) solar generation facility (the Solar Farm) in Callaway County. According to the application, in order to deliver its anticipated output to the market, Show Me State Solar must interconnect to the transmission system in the area.
Ameren Missouri states in its application for a CCN that the Burns Switchyard is necessary for Show Me State Solar to interconnect the Solar Farm’s renewable energy with the Missouri transmission grid and to deliver generation capacity and energy to the market.
Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than
February 14, 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