Ameren pledges net zero carbon by 2050, 3.1 GW new renewables by 2030, keeping coal into 2040s

Utility Dive: While an increasing number of states are setting ambitious clean energy targets, market forces are also driving utility actions to reduce emissions where there's no significant policy push, as Ameren has shown in its latest integrated resource plan.​ Though the utility operates in Illinois as well, its Missouri arm is the only one with generating assets, including over 5 GW of coal-fired facilities.

"In the context of Missouri, there is not a lot of support at the political level" for major decarbonization targets, said Ashok Gupta, senior energy economist for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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