Ameren gets green light for Callaway County solar facility.
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Ameren gets green light for Callaway County solar facility. Ameren Missouri will move forward with its 250 megawatt solar facility in Callaway County, the Missouri Public Service Commission decided Wednesday. By a unanimous 4-0 vote, the commission issued a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, which will allow the electricity company to develop its largest yet solar generation facility next to the Callaway County nuclear plant. Ameren already owns the 1,160 acres of land needed for the development in rural Callaway County, and said in September 2025 that it hopes to have the facility operational by 2028. The utility company anticipates the facility will be able to power up to 44,000 homes and create about 300 jobs. Plans also include a $17.2 million switching station at the site, with the upfront cost of building the solar facility not publicly available. Ameren said in September it plans to utilize several tax credits to construct the solar facility, anticipating eligibility for 100 percent production tax credit and 30 percent investment tax credit through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, according to previous Fulton Sun reporting. "This particular application would allow an additional 250 megawatts of generation onto Ameren's system in a relatively short time frame, while realizing tax benefits, which have could have significant cost savings to customers,"...
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