Considering Coal-to-Nuclear Transitions in Missouri
Kansas’s Department of Commerce and Evergy (the state’s largest utility) are partnering with TerraPower, a leading nuclear developer, to explore...
What Could New Executive Orders on Nuclear Mean for Missouri?
In a recent op-ed, I discussed how national security may once again be a catalyst for the development and deployment...
SB 4: Missouri’s Energy Challenge and the Push for CWIP Reform
Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) is a massive, 133-page omnibus bill that flew through the Missouri Legislature and has now...
Forming a Missouri Nuclear Advisory Council
The recent snowstorm reinforces the necessity of a reliable, consistent energy grid to power homes and businesses. As America and...
Missouri Needs to Be Prepared for Growing Energy Demand
When the legislature finally passed an education reform bill, I was hopeful this would mean we would see movement on...
New Report Highlights Excessive Energy Subsidies
A new report released by the Texas Public Policy Foundation documents federal subsidies received by the energy industry over the...
Stimulus Package Highlights Missed Energy Opportunity
The recent $2 trillion stimulus package included a lot of different ideas to help keep our economy afloat, but one...
Emerald Automotive Still Seeking The Green
It’s been a couple years since we first discussed hybrid car start-up Emerald Automotive. When we last left it, Emerald...
Ameren: A Boost For Nuclear Energy?
For years, Ameren Missouri officials have worked to reform Missouri’s construction-work-in-progress (CWIP) law that prohibits utilities from billing customers for...
New Ethanol Mandates From Washington
My father founded and ran several area gas stations until his death. At first, he embraced the use of oil...
Intriguing, Yet Frightening, Comment Over at Political Fix
Below is the full text of a comment from a blog post over at the Post-Dispatch‘s Political Fix blog. It...
Interstate Rail Project Would Bring High-Speed Spending
On June 17, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) asked states for proposals for spending the $8 billion of stimulus money...
Ethanol, Millhaven, and Me
I appeared on the McGraw Millhaven Show Monday to discuss a number of items, but for the point of this...
Stay Out of the Way
In a recent post, Sarah Brodsky commented on the Department of Energy’s decision to fund biofuels research centers in three...
Biofuel Funding Goes Elsewhere
Missouri was not selected to be the site of a federally-funded biofuels research center: The Department of Energy announced Tuesday...
