Category: Energy & Utilities

  • Building the Grid for What Comes Next Ameren is rebuilding the transmission map across central and eastern Missouri as Grain Belt, new generation, and gigawatt-scale loads converge on one regional system Änna Farrar Aug 19, 2026 On August 19, Pike County Presiding Commissioner Bill Allen posted that someone “with Data Centers” had called him looking…

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  • The Second Blue Bird

    Amazon is already buying power from the first solar field, now Warren County is being asked to approve another. On August 6, 2026, a public notice appeared in the newspaper for an upcoming Warren County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Most of it was ordinary local-government language. Then came the new business: Blue Bird Solar…

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