The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments
Wednesday on a case that focuses on a question of whether a state government
commission overstepped its legal bounds when it removed key provisions from a
2008 renewable energy law.
The renewable energy standard law requires that utility
companies, such as Ameren Missouri, Kansas City Power & Light, and Empire
District Power Company, use a certain percentage of renewable energy in their
power sales to customers — 15 percent
by 2021. Sixty-six percent of Missouri voters supported the law at the ballot box eight years ago.
