Ameren aims to charge customers for closure of Rush Island coal plant

Ameren aims to charge customers for closure of Rush Island coal plant

June 21, 2022

The costs to close the region’s second-largest power plant, after decades of Clean Air Act violations, are rising.

Electric utility Ameren has proposed the construction of $244 million in electric lines and other upgrades before shuttering the Rush Island Energy Center in Jefferson County. On top of that, it could cost $15 million to $20 million a month, according to one estimate, to keep the plant available until those projects are completed.

And Ameren now says it plans to charge customers for much of it.

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