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Consumers Council and residents urge city action as data‑center plans and SB4 raise rate concerns
Summary
Consumer advocates and multiple St. Louis residents told the committee that Missouri’s large‑load tariff and recent regulatory changes leave ratepayers exposed to costs for new generation and transmission; presenters urged community benefit agreements and stronger collateral and contract terms.
John Kaufman of the Consumers Council of Missouri told a City of St. Louis committee that consumer protections in the recently enacted Senate Bill 4 and the large‑load tariff leave gaps for residential customers and recommended the city pursue community benefit agreements to offset impacts on low‑ and moderate‑income households. "We believe there is a nexus between the large load tariffs, the data centers that are coming, the power plants that will be needed to serve them, and the possible impact on the rest of the customers," Kaufman said.
Kaufman highlighted earlier regulatory practices that shifted construction costs to ratepayers and warned of outcomes seen in other…
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