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Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Drunk driver hits main gas line in Columbia.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Target in Jefferson City is back in business after an employee struck a natural gas line.

Monday, March 21, 2011  A Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection team is at Ameren Corp.'s Callaway nuclear plant near Fulton after concerns were raised about lubrication of an auxiliary feedwater pump.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  The St. Louis-based utility company Ameren Corp. is changing the names of its subsidiaries in Missouri and Illinois.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Vienna, Mo. schools are experiencing power outages after an Ameren UE substation went out.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  Triple digit heat in the heart of Missouri Tuesday had air conditioners running wide open and the people who pay for comfort thinking efficiency. That put the spotlight on a new Ameren U/E program that provides low-income households with new appliances.

Friday, June 11, 2010  Ameren UE filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission Friday for an $11.9 million increase in gas rates for its 127,000 Missouri gas customers.

Monday, May 03, 2010  A division of the St. Louis-based utility Ameren Corp. is reducing its staff by 75 full-time positions.

Monday, March 15, 2010  The Public Service Commission opened two weeks of evidentiary hearings Monday on a request from Ameren/UE to increase annual revenues by $320 million through higher rates for electricity.

Monday, March 01, 2010  Some 900,000 Ameren UE customers will get their 2009 home energy usage reports in the mail this week.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  Ameren UE said they will not be vying for the loan to build a new reactor in Callaway County.

Friday, February 12, 2010  The Missouri Public Service Commission has held 17 hearings throughout central and eastern Missouri on the St. Louis-based company's request for an 18 percent rate increase.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010  The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing tonight in the auditorium at Moberly Area Community College.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  Hundreds of mid-Missourians attended Tuesday's public hearing in Jefferson City to discuss the latest Ameren UE electric rate case.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  The third public hearing held by the Missouri Public Service Commission on Ameren UE’s rate increase request begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday. WATCH the LIVE stream of the hearing.