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LAKE OZARK, MISSOURI (June 11, 2019) – Spill gates at Bagnell Dam are now open. Current forecasts predict they may be open for several weeks. To manage the amount of water released from Bagnell...

Jefferson City, Mo.(June 7, 2019) – Every summer, some in the community struggle to stay cool as temperatures rise, especially seniors, the physically disabled and low-income families. That’s...

LAKE OZARK, MISSOURI (June 5, 2019) – Ameren Missouri announced spill gates at Bagnell Dam may open as soon as Saturday, June 8, sending additional water down the lower Osage River and creating...

ST. LOUIS (May 29, 2019) – Every summer, some in the community struggle to stay cool as temperatures rise, especially seniors, the physically disabled and low-income families. That’s why...

ST. LOUIS (May 24, 2019) – Ameren Missouri has contributed $25,000 to the Central and Northern Missouri chapter of the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts following a tornado that...

Below is the latest information on the storm restoration efforts from Ameren Missouri as of 9 a.m. Fri., May 24, 2019. For up-to-date outage information, please visit AmerenMissouri.com/Outage....

FULTON, MISSOURI (May 21, 2019) — Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center finished its planned refueling and maintenance outage and has returned to power operations. During the outage, 84 of...

Today Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, after construction, a third wind generation facility in Missouri....

ST. LOUIS (May 6, 2019) – The wait is over, and the chicks have arrived. Situated in a nesting box more than 160 feet above the Sioux Energy Center, the Ameren Missouri Falcon Cam is providing...

Ameren Missouri electric customers now have new, innovative ways to reduce their energy usage and save money on their energy statements without sacrificing comfort. Customers can begin to take...

Ameren Missouri's second planned wind facility in the state is one step closer to producing renewable energy. This morning, the Missouri Public Service Commission voted unanimously to grant Ameren...

Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today the pricing of a public offering of $450 million aggregate principal...

March 3, 2019 Attribute to: Pam Harrison, director, Missouri gas operations, Ameren Missouri A pipeline company experienced a rupture and subsequent fire on one of its cross-country pipelines just...

ST. LOUIS (March 1, 2019) – Ameren Missouri will host a Smart Energy Plan public stakeholder meeting on March 4 to get feedback on its recently announced plan to modernize the energy grid and...

According to the Better Business Bureau, scam activity directed at small businesses is growing at a national cost of $7 billion annually. Regardless of size, location or industry, no business is...

Ameren Missouri announced this week the largest infrastructure upgrade plan in the company's history. The Smart Energy Plan includes more than 2,000 electric projects over the next five years that...

St. Louis (Jan. 28, 2019) – The region's electric energy provider and the area's largest health care provider are partnering for the good of the region. Ameren Missouri and BJC HealthCare are...

ST. LOUIS (Nov. 14, 2018) – Ameren Missouri wants to warn its customers about thieves using new, more sophisticated tactics to imitate utility companies. For the third consecutive year, Ameren...

ST. LOUIS (Nov. 12, 2018) —Ameren Missouri and United Way 2-1-1 in partnership with statewide Community Action Agencies today announced an assistance fund of $50,000 to help active military...

Customers will have the opportunity to save millions of dollars and have more control over their energy usage as part of the largest energy efficiency plan in Missouri history. Today, Ameren...

The largest-ever wind facility in Missouri is one step closer to producing renewable energy. This morning, the Missouri Public Service Commission voted unanimously to grant Ameren Missouri, a...

Today Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, after construction, a wind generation facility of up to a...

LAKE OZARK, MO (Oct. 19, 2018) – Ameren Missouri’s $53 million reliability upgrade to the historic Bagnell Dam, a major source of clean energy for the state, included installation of a series...

COLUMBIA, MO (Oct. 18, 2018) – Tis the season to turn on your furnace and warm up in front of a fireplace, which makes Fall a great time to schedule tune-ups for natural gas equipment. It's also...

ST. LOUIS (Oct. 16, 2018) – For the first time, Ameren Missouri customers can choose to receive the benefits of solar energy without installing a single panel on their roof. Today, Ameren...

ST. LOUIS (Oct. 11, 2018) – Ameren Missouri today applauded the announcement of Quaker Window Products Co. constructing a new manufacturing facility in Eldon, Missouri, adding 300 new jobs to...

ST. LOUIS, MO – Oct. 8, 2018 – The Arts and Education Council (A&E) announced today that Ameren Corporation and its employees contributed over $130,000 to A&E in 2018. Ameren’s cumulative...

COLUMBIA, MO (Oct. 4, 2018) – Ameren Missouri donated $30,000 to Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) to provide emergency energy assistance for 89 families on a limited income in Audrain,...

ST. LOUIS (Oct. 1, 2018) – As communities impacted by Hurricane Florence continue to recover from the disaster, Ameren Corporation is providing assistance through a $25,000 donation to the...

As a direct result of Ameren Missouri's Smart Energy Plan, made possible by a new state law, the company is accelerating upgrades of more than $1 billion in grid projects throughout Missouri,...

ST. LOUIS (Sept. 4, 2018) – Ameren Missouri is providing tips to customers in the St. Louis area to help make them aware of scam artists who are attempting to defraud them in English and...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. (September 4, 2018) — Construction crews have poured the final yards of concrete and are completing finishing touches on Ameren Missouri’s $53 million reliability upgrade to...

Ameren Missouri is donating $5 million over the next three years to provide energy assistance and new programs for its limited income customers to address immediate needs and help them keep bills...

COLUMBIA, MO. (Aug. 9, 2018) — Ameren Missouri natural gas crews are replacing aging pipe with new gas mains and services as part of a $13 million investment to upgrade infrastructure and...

ST. LOUIS (Aug. 7, 2018) – Ameren Missouri has been named 2018 Organization of the Year in St. Louis by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), receiving the honor during the nonprofit...

Starting tomorrow, Ameren Missouri customers will see their electric rates decrease by 6 percent, thanks to legislation passed by the Missouri General Assembly and swift action by the Missouri...

Here is the latest information on the storm restoration efforts from Ameren Missouri as of 9 a.m. Sunday, July 15. The latest outage information is available at AmerenMissouri.com/Outage. Since...

Ameren Missouri Statement For years customers have expressed a need for more stable and predictable rates, while at the same time modernizing our grid by making it more resilient to outages. Over...

To date Ameren Missouri has restored power to approximately 40,000 customers affected by the storms that came through Thursday night. For the latest outage information please visit...

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE), is offering a new program to help increase renewable energy use in the state. Today, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC)...

Lake Ozark, Mo. (June 14, 2018) — Despite the inclement weather experienced this spring, volunteers persevered and removed more than 640 cubic yards of trash weighing nearly 39 tons from the...

ST. LOUIS (June 13, 2018) – A Peregrine falcon chick that hatched this spring at Ameren Missouri's Sioux Energy Center will soon leave the nesting box to strike out on her own. In May, the...

Electric rates are falling later this summer for Ameren Missouri customers, thanks to a new law updating century-old policies in the state. In addition to a rate cut, estimated at around five...

Ameren Missouri is laying out plans for the largest energy efficiency program in state history. The proposed group of programs, detailed in a filing with the Missouri Public Service Commission...

ST. LOUIS (June 1, 2018) – To help keep seniors, the physically disabled and low-income families safer from the heat this spring and summer, Ameren Missouri donated today 500 window air...

Today Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, after construction, a 400-megawatt wind farm in northeast...

ST. LOUIS (May 10, 2018) — Representatives from Ameren Missouri, contractors and partners gathered to celebrate a year of energy savings through Ameren Missouri’s BizSavers® program. The...

ST. LOUIS (April 30, 2018) – The executive officers of two St. Louis metropolitan area companies have been awarded business-development scholarships from Ameren Corporation to attend the...

ST. LOUIS (April 25, 2018) — The Falcon Cam has revealed exciting news: Ameren Missouri's Sioux Energy Center is now home to two newly hatched Peregrine falcon chicks. The live feed is a...

ST. LOUIS (April 5, 2018) – The last of three waves of Ameren line workers and support personnel from Illinois and Missouri have just returned from Puerto Rico. Deployed for consecutive...

Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today the pricing of a public offering of $425 million aggregate principal...

ST. LOUIS (March 20, 2018) – Missouri is home to about 340 bird species in a common year, and thanks to their distinctive dive-bombing hunting technique, peregrine falcons are among the most...

Ameren Missouri is providing tips to customers in advance of National Consumer Protection Week to remind them of the tricks scammers use to steal money. Ameren Missouri says the goal is to educate...

Ameren Missouri has filed its Charge Ahead program with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The proposed program encourages electric vehicle (EV) and equipment use among Missouri residents and...

Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), received approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) to proceed with the...

Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center finished its 22nd planned refueling and maintenance outage today and has returned to power operations. During the outage, one-third of Callaway's 193...

In keeping with an ongoing commitment to incorporate more renewable energy, Ameren Missouri is proposing an innovative way to help large businesses and cities across Missouri reach their renewable...

The Ameren Missouri BizSavers® Program team recently helped Kraft Heinz achieve over $1 million in incentives at the company's newly expanded processing plant in Adair County. The partnership...

Fall is a great time to schedule tune-ups for furnaces. It's also the perfect time to review natural gas safety measures, which is why Ameren Missouri reminds customers to take immediate action if...

Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center began its 22nd planned refueling and maintenance outage on Saturday, Oct. 7. "These refueling periods, which happen every 18 months, are an integral part...

Ameren Missouri announced today a forward-thinking plan to dramatically increase the amount of wind and solar generation to provide cost-effective and sustainable energy for its customers. Ameren...

Ameren Missouri crews are on their way home after a 10-day mission to restore power to Florida residents impacted by Hurricane Irma. Ameren Missouri crews were part of an army of 60,000 utility...

Adopt-the-Shoreline announced today that the 2017 fall shoreline cleanup at the Lake of Ozarks begins Saturday, Sept. 16, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 5. With more shoreline than the state of...

With an additional wave of Ameren employees headed to Florida, Ameren now has approximately 1,000 employees and contractors assisting in the restoration and rebuilding efforts in response to...

Ameren joined energy companies from across the Midwest this week on mutual assistance calls administered by Edison Electric Institute (EEI). This comes at the request of Duke Energy as they...

As part of the ongoing effort to maintain a high level of service reliability for customers and to modernize aging infrastructure, Ameren Missouri installed smart grid technology in St. Francois...

Ameren Missouri has added 20 jobs to its contact center in Jefferson City, signaling a commitment to customer service operations in mid-Missouri. "We are committed to supporting our mid-Missouri...

Scientists, students and enthusiastic stargazers will have their eyes on the skies on Monday, Aug. 21, when the first total eclipse of the sun in nearly 40 years crosses the United States. For...

Ameren Corporation today announced a $50,000 donation to America's First Great Dam Foundation in support of their efforts to build a museum in honor of the Keokuk Energy Center and dam. "Thanks to...

"First and foremost, thank you to our customers for their patience as we continue to work restoring service as safely as efficiently as possible. We expect most of our customers to have the lights...

I first want to thank our customers for their patience as we work to restore service as safely and efficiently as possible. We expect to restore service to most of customers today. Already this...

Ameren Missouri announced a pledge of $50,000 to assistance agencies within their service territory to help families stay cool and safe during extreme summer temperatures. The contribution will be...

Ameren Missouri's Osage Energy Center generated more renewable electricity last month than any other May in its 86 year history. Final production numbers just came in and the energy center,...

Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today the pricing of a public offering of $400 million aggregate principal...

Efforts by volunteers to clean up the shoreline around the Lake of the Ozarks was a ton of work - 48 tons to be exact. From a discarded truck door to a derelict dock float, volunteers pulled out...

Memorial Day weekend is the official kick-off of summer. Last year, the St. Louis region experienced days of life-threatening heat. As part of the annual Cool Down S.O.S. (Save Our Seniors) Air...

Five Peregrine falcon chicks hatched this spring in a nesting box high above Ameren Missouri's Sioux Energy Center now have permanent identifications. Representatives from the World Bird Sanctuary...

Ameren Missouri has contributed $25,000 to the American Red Cross of Eastern Missouri to assist with relief efforts following record flooding in Missouri. "Thanks to the generosity of...

Ameren Missouri is taking off on a forward-thinking plan to increase the amount of solar energy available to customers. Today, the company announced plans for a new solar generation facility to be...

In a nesting box high above Ameren Missouri's Sioux Energy Center, five Peregrine falcon chicks have hatched. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and World Bird...

The first major step in an 18-month, $52 million investment by Ameren Missouri to improve Bagnell Dam began this week. "This is the largest, most visible project we've done at the dam in more than...

When Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks wanted to upgrade its office and atrium lighting, they turned to Ameren Missouri’s BizSavers® energy efficiency program for assistance. In total, Central...

The falcons are back! Ameren Missouri, alongside the World Bird Sanctuary (WBS) and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), are once again partnering to bring a live bird’s eye view of...

Adopt-the-Shoreline, a Lake of the Ozarks volunteer cleanup initiative sponsored by Ameren Missouri, awarded Fred Cost from FD Associates the 2017 Outstanding Volunteer Award at the group’s...

Ameren Missouri promoted Russell Burger to the position of Director of SEMO Division. In his new role, Burger is responsible for managing the electric services in the company’s Cape Girardeau,...

A strong line of storms made its way across Southeastern Missouri and Ameren Missouri service territory early Wednesday morning damaging electric infrastructure in the area. As of 7 a.m., more...

For the second consecutive year, Ameren Missouri received the J.D. Power award for the highest ranking among large Midwest utilities for overall customer satisfaction with business electric...

With a winter storm watch issued throughout most of Ameren Missouri's service territory, the company is preparing operational teams to respond quickly in the event of service disruptions....

A major construction project is set to begin at Bagnell Dam and Osage Energy Center. Starting this spring, construction crews will begin a $52 million project installing a series of new anchors...

For Missouri electric vehicle drivers thinking about a longer road trip, planning where to charge – if there's a place at all – can be an issue. Under a proposal Ameren Missouri plans to file...

The board of directors of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) today declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 42.5 cents per share. This dividend is payable Sept. 30, 2016, to...

Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today the pricing of a public offering of $150 million aggregate principal...

Refueling and maintenance activities at Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center are complete, and the 1,190-megawatt nuclear plant is back in service. This was the 21st planned refueling and...

Ameren Missouri is upgrading its company-owned street and outdoor lighting to energy efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). LEDs will save lighting customers money and are more reliable that...

Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center began its 21st planned refueling and maintenance outage Saturday, April 2, and will be out of service for several weeks. Refueling outages at the...

Ameren Missouri is proud to continue its commitment with the World Bird Sanctuary(WBS) and the Missouri Department of Conservation(MDC) to give communities a live bird’s eye view of nesting...

Ameren Missouri business and residential customers will have the opportunity to participate in a new three-year portfolio of energy efficiency programs starting this spring.

Ameren Missouri customer operations crews are ready to safely reconnect power for customers whose electric service was proactively disconnected ahead of the recent December 2015 flooding. At the...

Ameren Missouri strongly encourages customers to exercise electricity safety practices during the historic December 2015 flood. As flood waters continue to rise and crest, and eventually recede,...