{"id":294685,"date":"2024-01-12T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294685"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:09:03","slug":"green-weaponization-in-missouri-ameren-vs-ratepayers-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294685","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGreen\u201d Weaponization in Missouri: Ameren vs. Ratepayers, Taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"294688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=294688\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jefferson City, Missouri, USA downtown view on the Missouri River with the State Capitol at dusk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/about#m_krebs\">Mark Krebs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmeren Corporation claims, putting in SO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;scrubbers would cost more than securitizing Rush Island\u2019s \u2018stranded assets.\u2019 However, Ameren is avoiding what it would fully cost to replace Rush Island\u2019s critically needed and reliable capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Thomas Jefferson wrote in Volume 4 of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/title\/jefferson-the-works-vol-4-notes-on-virginia-ii-correspondence-1782-1786\">Notes on Virginia<\/a>: \u00a0\u201cWith money we will get men, said C\u00e6sar, and with men we will get money.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such threats to keeping our constitutional republic are increasingly evident with the weaponization of many Federal Agencies (e.g., the Department of Justice, FBI, etc.), as well as numerous Biden Executive Orders for federal agencies to fight the \u201cexistential\u201d threat of anthropogenic global warming (AGW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These threats, coupled with the plague of \u201cwoke\u201d political agendas promoting \u201cEnvironmental, Social, and Governance\u201d (ESG) and\/or \u201cDiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d (DEI), are forcibly reaching leading \u201cinvestment management\u201d firms (e.g., BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, State Street Global Advisors, and J.P. Morgan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter Missouri, where our utility&nbsp;<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/robbr\/Documents\/2024%20New\/Ameren%20Corporation\">Ameren Corporation<\/a>&nbsp;drinks the green Kool-Aid as evidenced by their \u201cwoke\u201d pitch to J.P. Morgan on June 22, 2023, titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s21.q4cdn.com\/448935352\/files\/doc_events\/2023\/Jun\/22\/jpm-energy-power-and-renewables-conference-final.pdf\">Powering a Smart, Sustainable Tomorrow<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ESG\/DEI cult has also infiltrated energy utility trade associations.&nbsp; For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s21.q4cdn.com\/448935352\/files\/doc_downloads\/2023\/07\/EEI-AGA-ESG-Sustainability-Template-1.pdf\">EEI-AGA ESG\/Sustainability Template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s21.q4cdn.com\/448935352\/files\/doc_downloads\/2023\/03\/2022-ameren-dei-annual-report.pdf\">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scrapping Reliable, Clean-up Capacity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cast of characters goes to the state regulatory side. Ameren, through Missouri Public Service Commission (MOPSC), proposes (<a href=\"https:\/\/efis.psc.mo.gov\/Case\/Display\/10206\">Docket EF-2024-0021<\/a>) to scrap (as opposed to retire and \u201cmothball\u201d) its best performing coal plant, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameren.com\/-\/media\/missouri-site\/files\/aboutus\/rush-island-factsheet.pdf?la=en-us-mo&amp;hash=E4A7BFFDEBACE901ADFE187BC1F2486054CF8EE4\">Rush Island Energy Center<\/a>, through a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mostpolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Missouri-Electricity-Bill-Reduction-Assistance-Act.pdf\">recently enacted \u201csecuritization\u201d bill<\/a>&nbsp;and replace it with a mix of renewables plus batteries (R+B).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reasons for this \u201cretirement\u201d go back over a decade. Improvements at Rush Island increased efficiency and capacity but also increased Sulfur Dioxide (SO<sub>2<\/sub>) emissions there. Ameren got sued by DOJ (representing the EPA). The Sierra Club intervened in February 2017 seeking to further its own \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.org\/environment\/moving-beyond-carbon\/beyond-carbon\/\">Beyond Carbon<\/a>\u201d agenda (underwritten by Michael Bloomberg). For Sierra Club\u2019s summary,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/environmental-law\/federal-court-rules-ameren-missouri-must-install-pollution-controls\">see&nbsp; Federal Court Rules Ameren Missouri Must Install Pollution Controls<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ameren is a willing participant, as they stand to get&nbsp;<em>seven times<\/em>&nbsp;(or more) the rate base from a renewables program as compared to continued operation of fossil-fueled power plants such as (but not limited to) Rush Island. That spells increased profit for the utility.&nbsp; But at what long-term costs to consumers and overall economic sustainability?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News coverage of this docket has been largely benign towards Ameren (given the widespread indoctrination about AGW within mainstream media).&nbsp; However, locally, a notable exception has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathan-bechtold-a86b2053\/\">Nathan Bechtold<\/a>, who writes for LakeExpo.com as its Editor in Chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my opinion, Nathan Bechtold has the talent to be a great investigative journalist, perhaps even in the league of Robert Bryce someday. Prime examples of Bechtold\u2019s journalism include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeexpo.com\/news\/business\/smoke-and-mirrors-ameren-is-killing-its-most-reliable-power-plants-while-raising-rates\/article_850def50-dc07-11ed-8911-1769f9916a41.html\">Smoke And Mirrors: Ameren Is Killing Its Most Reliable Power Plants, While Raising Rates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeexpo.com\/news\/business\/hot-take-missourians-are-finding-out-the-true-cost-of-solar-wind\/article_accac58a-40e9-11ee-8084-1b13fc95c4cf.html\">HOT TAKE: Missourians Are Finding Out The True Cost Of Solar &amp; Wind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My Motion on the Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you open to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/efis.psc.mo.gov\/Case\/Display\/10206\">MOPSC Docket EF-2024-0021<\/a>&nbsp;and scroll down, you will see all parties who have filed documents in conjunction with this docket. One of these is my motion to intervene, timely filed on December 15, 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, my motion has not been approved. Ameren has filed a response in opposition to my motion.&nbsp; On January 5, 2024, I filed a response to Ameren\u2019s objections to my motion to intervene. At the time of this writing, it might not be looking good for me (versus Goliath Ameren) in that MOPSC\u2019s \u201cproposed procedural schedule\u201d that does not list me as a party to this case. So much for a free market voice in this debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What my motion, if approved, could contribute would include independent cost estimates and environmental concerns<\/em>. We estimate it would cost $1 Billion to put SO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;scrubbers on Rush Island.&nbsp; According to Ameren, it would cost consumers less than $2 per month on their utility bills for a \u201csecuritized\u201d recovery surcharge of its Rush Island \u201cstranded assets.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, Ameren claims, putting in scrubbers would cost more than securitizing Rush Island\u2019s \u201cstranded assets.\u201d However, Ameren appears to be avoiding what it would fully cost to replace Rush Island\u2019s critically needed and reliable capacity. With a mix of R+B, as Ameren is proposing, we estimate it would cost $7 Billion and the R+B capacity would be far less reliable than that from a coal-fired Rush Island.&nbsp; $7 Billion may be overly conservative. Others have estimated $13 Billion, while some maintain it can\u2019t be done at any cost due to the physics of R+B coupled with weather effects adversely impacting having enough of R+B capacity when you need it the most. I lean towards the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much R+B systems cost is a function of regional availability factors, which are a function of local weather patterns.&nbsp; For Missouri, a reasonable reliability factor for renewables is 15% on average; meaning that 85% of the time, renewable capacity is not available. This is where batteries come in to play, but not reliably.&nbsp; Batteries are stored energy, typically available for only a few hours, whereas polar vortex conditions, wind droughts (etc.) can last for many days (and some say weeks). For coal, natural gas and nuclear, capacity factors are largely reversed and in the range of 85% availability or higher. For the direct use of natural gas, it is available virtually 100% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of Ameren\u2019s R+B economic analyses and projections have been made confidential and\/or redacted (with PSC approval).&nbsp; Missouri, like most states, has an official office for consumer advocacy. Here in Missouri, it is called the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/opc.mo.gov\/\">Office of Public Counsel<\/a>&nbsp;(OPC). To OPC\u2019s credit, they have voiced objections&nbsp;to Ameren\u2019s scores of redactions and claims of confidentiality. Ameren has replied in objection to OPC\u2019s objections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assuming OPC prevails and gets access to confidential\/redacted data, then what will they be able to do with it? To me at least, it appears that OPC does not have the requisite technical staffing to effectively challenge Ameren\u2019s plans for replacing fossil fueled assets with renewables.&nbsp; Large commercial\/industrial interests have been granted intervenor status and perhaps they may have the funding and willingness to take on Ameren\u2019s plans. Or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The undeniable facts are that the electric grid is incredibly complicated (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanaffairsjournal.org\/2022\/08\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-electrical-grid\/\">The Rise and Fall of the American Electrical Grid<\/a>).&nbsp;Accordingly, I\u2019m not faulting staff for not having adequate expertise.&nbsp;That said, it is important to recognize what you don\u2019t know as not knowing what you don\u2019t know (or worse yet, not caring) will lead to calamity. AGW extremists, on the other hand, are at fault for willfully ignoring such complexities and it makes me wonder what their true agenda really is.&nbsp; Ignorance is definitely not bliss. To the contrary, \u201cMy people perish for lack of knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ratepayers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Succinctly put, the odds appear heavily stacked against&nbsp;all classes of consumers (i.e., residential, commercial and industrial). Basically, the game is rigged.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameren.com\/missouri\/company\/environment-and-sustainability\/integrated-resource-plan#:~:text=Ameren%20Missouri's%20plan%20ensures%20energy,affordable%20and%20clean%20energy%20sources.\">Integrated Resource Planning<\/a>&nbsp;(IRP) has devolved into Institutionalized Revenue Plundering. &nbsp;The situation appears to be getting \u201cprogressively\u201d worse.&nbsp; For example, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/americas_judiciary_is_quietly_receiving_training_from_leftwing_climate_group.html\">America\u2019s judiciary is quietly receiving \u2018training\u2019 from leftwing climate group<\/a>. To gain a better sense of the scope of this emerging \u201clawfare\u201d threat, follow the links in the above listed article &nbsp;to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org\/\">Environmental Law Institute<\/a>&nbsp;and then the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cjp.eli.org\/\">Climate Judiciary Project<\/a>, then on to the downloadable \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files-pdf\/53.10900.pdf\">CLIMATE CHANGE DISINFORMATION LIABILITY UNDER THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MOPSC\u2019s trade association is the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) whereas the OPC\u2019s trade association&nbsp;is the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA).&nbsp; Both trade associations appear&nbsp;to be heavily influenced by decarbonization&nbsp;via&nbsp;electrification interests as evidenced by the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.naruc.org\/resources\/library\/index.cfm?event=getSimpleSearch&amp;mode=simpleSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pubs.naruc.org\/resources\/library\/index.cfm?event=getSimpleSearch&amp;mode=simpleSearch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasuca.org\/other-ev-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasuca.org\/other-ev-resources\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: depending on your browser, you may need to search&nbsp;for the terms decarbonization&nbsp;and electrification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cleaned-Up Coal at Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given Bloomberg\u2019s funding of \u201cBeyond Carbon,\u201d probably approaching $1 Billion in total over the last decade (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.org\/environment\/moving-beyond-carbon\/beyond-carbon\/\">with nearly half of that budgeted in late 2023 for 2024<\/a>), coupled with the \u201call you can eat\u201d subsidy buffet for \u201cgreen\u201d energy per Biden\u2019s horrendously misnamed \u201cInflation Reduction Act,\u201d (among many other sources of funding), free-market advocates should assess and prioritize their relatively modest financial resources to combat this scourge and apply some basic triage to the situation.&nbsp; Otherwise, state by state, there may be no alternatives to \u201cclean\u201d utility generated electric energy relatively soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consequently, society will lose the unique abilities of fossil fuels to cope with prolonged extreme weather to protect lives. &nbsp;Overreliance on R+B can result in deaths associated with multiple inabilities to cope with prolonged extreme weather events.&nbsp; Such extreme weather death counts will likely exceed premature death estimates due to Rush Island\u2019s emissions. Maybe a high death from weather extremes is what it will take to change course. But that\u2019s basically \u201cbetting the farm.\u201d&nbsp; I\u2019d rather not take that bet since it needlessly puts consumers at risk; especially those that are most susceptible to the massive\/eventual ill-effects of politically correct \u201cnet zero\u201d illusions. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, Robert Bryce warned of the close call within New York State in an article titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/robertbryce.substack.com\/p\/bone-chilling\">Bone Chilling<\/a>&nbsp;in which it was postulated that \u201c<em>Last Christmas, the U.S. narrowly averted an energy disaster that would have decimated New York City and killed thousands<\/em>.\u201d&nbsp; In February of 2018, I wrote an article published on MasterResource titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/edison-electric-institute\/eei-nrdc-naruc-propaganda\/\">Warring Against Natural Gas: Joint EEI\/NRDC Statement to NARUC (crony environmentalism at work)<\/a>.&nbsp; It portended the collusion between electric utility interests and AGW extremists through deep-decarbonization via electrification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is more bad news.&nbsp; On December 19, 2023, S&amp;P Capital reported \u201cFurther rounds of US coal retirements loom over fresh reliability concerns.\u201d&nbsp; There is no link because it\u2019s behind S&amp;P\u2019s&nbsp; paywall but here is a similar link that isn\u2019t blocked and warns that coal plant retirement estimates&nbsp; are higher than anticipated:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/coal-nerc-plant-retirements-reliability-americas-power\/631015\/\">Coal advocates warn NERC is underestimating plant retirements by about 68 GW, threatening reliability<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;AGW advocates such as Sierra Club and NRDC are pushing securitization hard to basically bribe electric utilities with an opportunity to \u201chave their cake and eat it too\u201d through recovery of stranded fossil-fuel assets while simultaneously increasing rate base by adding expensive\/unreliable R+B.&nbsp; All it takes is commission approval and they generally appear to get it more often than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also significant national security risks from overreliance upon an ever-growing and unreliable supply of critical minerals and materials. &nbsp;Making the US entirely dependent on a renewable energy monoculture largely controlled by and directly benefiting China.&nbsp; Assuming hostilities break-out, one electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) from a \u201cweather balloon\u201d and it\u2019s literally \u201clights out.\u201d &nbsp;Getting them back on can take months some estimate, and further estimates calculate death tolls in the millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a minimum, China has a commanding presence in the global battery and photovoltaic markets. It behooves China for America to be a dependent market for their products. It also appears that at least some AGW extremists may be \u201cwatermelons\u201d funded by the CCP.&nbsp; On December 18<sup>th<\/sup>, Fox News released the following:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ccp-tied-group-quietly-fueling-us-based-climate-initiatives-tax-filings\">CCP-tied group is quietly fueling US-based climate initiatives<\/a>.&nbsp; The group in question is the Energy Foundation. But the Energy Foundation is heavily funded by the MacArthur Foundation as is both the Sierra Club and the NRDC.&nbsp; Evidence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/sierra-club-foundation-18141\/\">https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/sierra-club-foundation-18141\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/natural-resources-defense-council-811\/\">https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/natural-resources-defense-council-811\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/energy-foundation-9634\/\">https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/energy-foundation-9634\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not implying that Sierra Club and\/or the NRDC are directly funded by communist China. However, it does appear at least feasible that CCP funds may be co-mingled. More investigation is called for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A utility executive once said (something to the effect) that utilities are the only industry where you can make a profit redecorating your office. That is the power of getting costs approved as \u201cprudent\u201d by public utility commissions so utilities can start earning their authorized rate-of-return. In the previously listed link at the beginning of this article to the presentation by Ameren to J.P. Morgan, Ameren appears to brag about their ability to get investments into rate-base.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Missouri PSC should not be duped into allowing Ameren to securitize Rush Island and then replacing it with renewables as it will devastate low\/fixed income consumers and do virtually nothing to affect AGW<\/em>. At an absolute minimum, Rush Island should be mothballed so it can be brought back into service when (and not if) the fraudulent prevention of AGW through an all-electric energy monoculture comes crashing down. In addition, Rush Island, if it is retired, should be replaced with reliable and affordable fossil-fueled generation rather than overpriced, unreliable renewables-plus-batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary &amp; Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forces against affordable, reliable free markets are gaining ground, to the massive long-term disadvantage of consumers and taxpayers.&nbsp;This is where the proverbial rubber meets the road for America\u2019s energy consumers and economic sustainability concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the record, I\u2019m not paid by anyone for what I write, Conversely, my writing probably led to my abrupt retirement from an energy company as my message apparently was not compliant with the ESG\/DEI dogma that has become rooted in energy utilities.&nbsp;Nor am I paid for intervening in this rate case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I see where it\u2019s headed and that\u2019s more economic hardship from \u201cBidenomics\u201d runaway spending on energy technologies and resultant inflation that do not and cannot serve the best interests of American consumers\u2014especially low\/fixed income consumers, which now includes me.&nbsp; By the way, the resultant stress from financial desperation from a collapsing economy can also kill (in many ways). \u201cDivide and conquer\u201d paves the way towards \u201cthinning the herd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this Ameren docket represents is the embodiment of \u201cBeyond Carbon.\u201d The thing is, it\u2019s not working because it doesn\u2019t work in the real world.&nbsp; For further reading about this real-world issue, please refer to the Real Clear Foundation\u2019s newly released whitepaper;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUU1K8x04fDmCToLLRXIzaZKMTDx-2FqlBDaPUJofky7xvNgcsMluf8z3AU97MZtqvLss0Zt-2FkonOBsYxxx-2Fo4SE7gY4M1OJ5-2BwjVhKjQm9EDNgsHnU-2BrrruX3RAujKOBrXqA-3D-3DWoF4_N6G-2BY1iFsIsctpbWeJmIAG0An9uRz-2BYXNr5nxotKe-2B57HVty9HQaAB8pg81RXvEquunZO2PZIOdCzN6RB611FoIUFgJPsGL7EiDDqC09YurutQxjkBEE-2FLaHU2Nexehbg4t5QqL0XV95G1BdDOh-2Fjs3tz3TRXCFMGWSwovRxC4o7yOCjVSjeZyYG-2Fy-2BM41-2FPWtng07Fv-2FPms2oTZCiyf9MNO6WaYpfvmf7wECSngKMvLM05OAhjujaNmN0aRQs785CBSdLk4cU7p3ylQD-2FUQbqWjTUoMWVoVXxvIC5xDLAEZ9ey97Z0rKizPCt4ZFt-2B9v0x-2B7lQsFMAFkikKyc-2FWjji-2BNer5XasC6q-2B6JyiK6K0-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Folly of Climate Leadership: Net Zero and Britain\u2019s Disastrous Energy Policies<\/a>. It provides the first in-depth study of Britain\u2019s catastrophic net zero energy policies and makes the case of what to expect if the U.S. economy continues to follow Britain\u2019s disastrous path. Besides, it will probably be shorter and easier to read than many entries in my&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/category\/krebs-mark\/\">MasterResource archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moral of the story is that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.industrydive.com\/turning-decarbonization-goals-into-reality?utm_source=UD&amp;utm_medium=Library&amp;utm_campaign=DNV&amp;utm_term=Utility+Dive+Weekender&amp;ignoremxtracking=mxtrue&amp;mxcpi=6ddd9cda-07c3-4036-990d-ada13ffb3210&amp;omt=1&amp;result=success\">nearly 80% of U.S. electricity customers are served by utilities that have set a 100% carbon-reduction target.<\/a>&nbsp;Realistic hopes for a smooth and affordable transition to \u201cbeyond carbon\u201d are approximately nil and pursuing the false environmental claims of Bidenomics will devastate consumers and economic sustainability.&nbsp; It\u2019s the energy and environmental equivalent of &nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_B%E1%BA%BFn_Tre\">Battle of B\u1ebfn Tre<\/a>: \u201cIt became necessary to destroy the town to save it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the technical advancements readily available for&nbsp;fossil fuel production and consumption, the \u201cpremature death\u201d claims from incremental fossil fuel use pale in comparison to deaths that would occur from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22electrifying+%E2%80%9Ceverything%22&amp;oq=%22electrifying+%E2%80%9Ceverything%22&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCjE4MTQ0ajBqMTWoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">electrifying\u201c everything<\/a>&nbsp;when (not if) the grid collapses.&nbsp; While EMP-related collapse or solar flares are plausible causes for grid collapse, a deep and extended \u201cpolar vortex\u201d seems the most plausible given we have already witnessed two near grid collapses in under three years:&nbsp; Namely, Winter Storms Uri (2021) and Elliott (2022).&nbsp;As of today, there appears to be another great storm coming:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/forecast\/national\/news\/2024-01-08-second-major-winter-storm-gerri-late-week-snow-severe-winds\">Winter Storm Gerri<\/a>. In other words, such weather extremes are likely not to be worst case scenarios.&nbsp;Rather, they should be expected and planned for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, utility regulators may take some courage that not all state commissions are drinking the AGW extremists\u2019 Kool-Aid.&nbsp; A case in point appears to be New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Case 22-00270-UT as evidenced below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/new-mexico-supreme-court-upholds-new-mexico-public-regulation-commission-denial-of-pnm-application-for-abandonment-securitization-of-four-corners-coal-plant-301871764.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Mexico Supreme Court upholds New Mexico Public Regulation Commission denial of PNM application for abandonment, securitization of Four Corners Coal Plant<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-mexico-electric-rates-pnm-coal-plant-d534554b59a04f139d94d3c5682b7efa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Mexico regulators reject utility\u2019s effort to recoup some investments in coal and nuclear plants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, however, more investigation is called for; specifically, to see how far securitization is being used nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cGrass-root\u201d efforts to combat such threats to free markets need funding.&nbsp; Please consider doing so. I am open to offers and\/or suggestion.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/\">GoFundMe<\/a>&nbsp;maybe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utility regulators are paid to balance the interests of utilities with consumers. That balance is not achieved by catering to the short-term interests\u2019 of overly compensated electric utility executives to \u201ctransition\u201d the whole of American society to an all-electric monoculture abetted by AGW alarmists who are also highly compensated for anti-energy wealth destruction (social justice, anyone?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You have been warned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mark Krebs, a mechanical engineer and energy policy consultant, has been involved with energy efficiency design and program evaluation for over thirty years. Mark has served as an expert witness in dozens of State energy efficiency proceedings, has been an advisor to DOE and has submitted scores of Federal energy-efficiency filings. His many MasterResource posts on natural gas vs. electricity and \u201cDeep Decarbonization\u201d federal policy can be found&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/category\/krebs-mark\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>Mar<em>k\u2019s first article was in Public Utilities Fortnightly, titled&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortnightly.com\/fortnightly\/1996\/12\/its-war-out-there-gas-man-questions-electric-efficiency\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a War Out There: A Gas Man Questions Electric Efficiency\u201d<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;(December 1996). Recently retired from Spire Inc., Krebs has formed an energy policy consultancy (Gas Analytic &amp; Advocacy Services) with other veteran energy analysts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;From&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/title\/ford-the-works-of-thomas-jefferson-12-vols\">vol. 4 \u201cNotes on Virginia,\u201d Correspondence of Thomas Jeferson between 1782-1786<\/a>.&nbsp; The following paragraph provides full context to the phrase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor should our assembly be deluded by the integrity of their own purposes and conclude that these unlimited powers will never be abused, because themselves are not disposed to abuse them. They should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when a corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price. Human nature is the same on every side of the Atlantic and will be alike influenced by the same causes. The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;(Links at the end of Sierra Club\u2019s summary go to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads-wysiwig\/AmerenCourtOfAppeals_08_20_2021.pdf\">8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling<\/a>&nbsp;and Sierra Club\u2019s press release titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/press-releases\/2021\/09\/ameren-missouri-escapes-paying-fully-for-its-pollution\">Ameren Missouri Escapes Paying Fully for its Pollution<\/a>. Securitization has quickly become one of the leading strategies employed by the \u201cclean energy\u201d lobby to destroy fossil-fuel utilization in this country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/#_ednref1\"><\/a>&nbsp;<strong>NOTE<\/strong>: Yesterday (January 10th), the Missouri PSC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/efis.psc.mo.gov\/Case\/FilingDisplay\/581176\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;Krebs motion to intervene. The basis of the denial was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The intervention was as a consumer (rather than as a Principal of MasterResource or Gas Analytics &amp; Advisory Services, \u201cwhose interventions would require an attorney.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Krebs\u2019s motion to intervene was not different that any ordinary consumer that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/regulation\/missouri-administrative-code\/title-20-department-of-commerce-and-insurance\/division-4240-public-service-commission\/chapter-2-practice-and-procedure\/section-20-csr-4240-2075-intervention\">Commission Rule 20 CSR 4240-2.075<\/a>\u00a0allows to be ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/krebs-mark\/green-weaponization-missouri-ameren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cGreen\u201d Weaponization in Missouri: Ameren vs. Ratepayers, Taxpayers<\/a>\u00a0appeared first on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master Resource<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Jefferson wrote in Volume 4 of  Notes on Virginia:  \u201cWith money we will get men, said C\u00e6sar, and with men we will get money.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":294688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Thomas Jefferson wrote in Volume 4 of  Notes on Virginia:  \u201cWith money we will get men, said C\u00e6sar, and with men we will get money.\u201d","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691826203,691826204,691818419,691818229,691818087,691825805,691826202],"class_list":{"0":"post-294685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ameren-corporation","9":"tag-beyond-carbon","10":"tag-ccp","11":"tag-esg","12":"tag-global-warming","13":"tag-missouri","14":"tag-weaponization","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0bigstock-Jefferson-City-Missouri-USA-363905599-1920x1080-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1eEZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":213924,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213924","url_meta":{"origin":294685,"position":0},"title":"MO Senator Holly Rehder chats feral hogs, black bears, and the Great Outdoors","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I was chosen [as the Conservation Federation of Missouri} Conservation Senator of the year, which was a high honor.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-627.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-627.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-627.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-627.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-627.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":293081,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293081","url_meta":{"origin":294685,"position":1},"title":"Wrong, Kansas City Star, Climate Change Isn\u2019t Worsening Weather in Kansas or Missouri","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"29\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Kansas City Star\u00a0ran an opinion piece claiming climate change is already making weather more extreme in Kansas and Missouri. 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