Ameren News

Officials are unsure what caused a power outage Thursday morning in East Alton and Wood River.

Chicago-based Exelon Corp. became the third utility in recent weeks to suspend plans for nuclear power plants as questions continue over the financial viability of such projects.

It's been almost three-and-a-half years since an AmerenUE hydroelectric reservoir was breached with catastrophic consequences.

AmerenUE is giving a break to needy customers who have fallen behind in their utility payments.

The Samaritan Center receives 50 units for those in need. Ameren-UE donated 400 air conditioning units to six agencies across Missouri as a part of their "Be Cool" program.

St. Louis area residents in need of heat relief can get help through the United Way of Greater St.

Missouri regulators are investigating at Spring Lake, where residents and swimmers have received serious, even fatal, electrical shocks.

This hot weather has air conditioners working overtime. Senior Vice President at Ameren Karen Foss joined NewsChannel 5's Jennifer Blome to offer some tips for keeping cool.

Summer heat has settled in firmly and is likely to hang around well into next week, with no prospects for relief in the far-away skies.

Signs warning, "Spring Lake closed until further notice," have been posted around the Summerset subdivision in southern Jefferson County for the second time in three years.

Thousands of utility customers in the Midwest are without electricity following waves of thunderstorms.

That's enough to power 26,000 households. This farm is fully operational with both phases having a total capacity of more than 300 megawatts .

In a first for the electric utility, AmerenUE said Thursday it has signed an agreement to buy wind power from Horizon Wind Energy 's Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm in Iowa.

A new Ameren Illinois Utilities program is helping residential electric customers who are dealing with unemployment.

The St. Louis-based utility Ameren Corp. is purchasing wind power for the first time.

A former AmerenUE engineer is accusing the utility and the federal agency that regulates nuclear power of failing to adequately investigate a 2003 incident that led to a two-hour unplanned shutdown at the Callaway reactor.

A former AmerenUE engineer accuses the utility and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of not fully investigating a two-hour unplanned shutdown at the Callaway reactor in 2003.

The May 29th Post-Dispatch editorial "False Choice: Inaction on global warming is no option" pointed to the need to address climate change now.

ST. LOUIS, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmerenEnergy Generating Company's Hutsonville Plant announces that midnight yesterday marked seven years with no lost-time accidents.

Jun 9, 2009 7:17 am US/Central BELLEVILLE, Ill. Powerful thunderstorms spawned four reports of tornadoes touching down in southern Illinois on Monday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and damaging outbuildings.