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==Nuclear power==
In April 2009, Ameren suspended efforts to build a proposed new nuclear power plant, the "Callaway 2," in Missouri. It was "the first of the '[[nuclear renaissance]]' reactors to fall by the wayside," reported the ''New York Times''. The move came after Ameren stopped efforts to change Missouri state law to allow "[[construction work in progress]]" (CWIP). CWIP allows utilities to charge customers to cover the cost of future electricity, and has been used to help fund expensive nuclear reactor projects. <ref name="Call2">Matthew L. Wald, "[http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/a-setback-in-the-nuclear-renaissance/ A Setback in the 'Nuclear Renaissance']," ''New York Times'', April 23, 2009.</ref> The bill allowing companies to pass construction costs on to consumers during construction died in the Senate.<ref>Adam Allington, [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kbia/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1497799/KBIA.Local/Ameren.Suspends.Plans.to.Build.Second.Nuclear.Reactor.in.Callaway.Co. "Ameren Suspends Plans to Build Second Nuclear Reactor in Callaway Co."] KBIA, April 24, 2009</ref>
However, a [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] spokesperson "hinted that AmerenUE's application might not, in fact, be dead," as "AmerenUE had been in contact with the commission staff this week, and had not asked that the commission staff stop work on the application. That work is done at the expense of the applicant." <ref name="Call2"/>
