Ameren agrees to shut down coal plant this fall

Ameren is agreeing to shut down its Rush Island, MO, coal-fired power plant this fall, rather than seeking to keep it open until mid-2023 as it originally sought, under an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Sierra Club in long-running new source review (NSR) litigation in federal district court. Ameren submitted a Feb. 22 notice to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri that all parties have now reached agreement on the contents of its...