Thomas R. Voss assumed the position of president and chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation on May 1, 2009, after serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Ameren since December 2004. In December 2006, he was elected to the additional position of president and chief executive officer of AmerenUE, Ameren’s Missouri rate-regulated operations, assuming the additional responsibilities of nuclear operations and of AmerenEnergy, the power marketing and risk management agent for AmerenUE. Prior to this appointment, he held the title of senior vice president, Generation, and president, AmerenEnergy and AmerenEnergy Resources. In this position, he was responsible for all ... Read More

The time has arrived for the electric power industry, paralyzed for most of a decade anticipating carbon controls, embrace a future where environmental compliance, low cost service, and high reliability are again its most prized qualities. For years, our industry has been besieged with demands to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Our response has been to cancel new fossil projects, co-author or support carbon control legislation, and build high-cost, reduced carbon, renewable projects. Recent events suggest we must seriously re-consider the science that blames anthropomorphic carbon emissions as the principle cause of climate change.

Over the past few months, severe cracks in the foundation of climate science have appeared. Two examples of the latest revelations: hacked emails revealed leading climate scientists massaged or lost data and suppressed scientific dissent and the recent admission by the former director of Britain’s Climate Research Unit that there has been no statistical warming for the past 15 years. On the regulatory side, EPA has been sued to ... (Read More)