Dive Summary:

• The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday ordered the St. Louis-based Ameren Missouri to refund $26 million to 1.2 million customers after failing to count some its power sale agreements under its fuel adjustment clause.
• But the utility defended the charge saying that its accounting was meant to counteract stagnating sales from a large aluminum manufacturing customer whose operation shut down for an unfavorable amount of time after an ice storm.

From the article:

“A previous review by the Missouri Public Service Commission for an earlier time period also determined Ameren to be at fault, forcing the utility to return $17.1 million to its customers.”