Smarter, Cleaner Energy

Ameren Missouri's Smart Energy Plan includes thousands of electric projects that will generate clean energy, reduce outages and speed service response. 

Adding more solar and wind energy to the grid will give customers more clean energy options and reduce carbon emissions 35% by 2030 and 80% by 2050, from 2005 levels. Solar rebates have already helped customers add solar panels to their homes, and Community Solar is already giving customers a chance to support the addition of solar energy to the grid. Through its Neighborhood Solar program, Ameren Missouri works with partners who allow them to install solar panels on their properties to generate and distribute solar energy to nearby communities. Rural communities, in particular, will benefit from three new solar plus battery storage facilities that will power customers' homes during the day and keep the lights on for several hours during an outage. And in 2020, new wind generation will add up to 750 megawatts of clean energy to the grid, enough to power more than 220,000 homes.

Other projects will strengthen the energy grid from overhead to underground, reducing outages, especially during storms and high winds, and speeding power restoration. Stronger overhead lines and utility poles will reduce the likelihood of downed lines. Automated smart equipment and new substations will create a self-healing system that rapidly detects and isolates outages, reroutes power and restores service faster. 

Work is already underway on several projects across Ameren Missouri's service territory with others planned through 2023. From Kirksville to Cape Girardeau, Lawson to St. Louis and communities in between, Ameren Missouri is moving Missouri forward with Smart Energy. Check back for new project videos, which we'll add as projects are completed.