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Legislative Advocacy

Our Work with the Missouri Legislature

Renew Missouri maintains an active legislative presence in Missouri’s State Capitol during Legislative Session (January through May). As a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, we are permitted to spend a portion of our time and budget on lobbying and other legislative activities. (See here for more on IRS regulations for the political activities of nonprofits.)

Renew Missouri works to protect our state’s clean energy and energy efficiency laws, while developing the next generation of policies that will make us a leader in renewables and energy efficiency. In recent years, we have successfully defended against attacks on Missourians’ ability to install solar on their property, thwarted attempts to weaken Missouri’s Renewable Energy Standard, and blocked proposals to restrict the sale of electric vehicles. In addition to defending key policies, Renew Missouri also represents clean energy interests in negotiations surrounding broader utility issues.

2024 Legislative Agenda

HB 1705

Oppose

Anti net-metering bill that would allow utility companies to charge solar customers whatever they want under the guise of a “demand charge.” Currently not allowed under the law, this would allow utilities companies to essentially zero out whatever rate of return you would expect from your net metering system. Sponsored by Rep. Jim Sculte (R-Callaway County)

HB 1854

Oppose

Anti net-metering bill. Sponsored by Rep. Bob Banderman (R-Franklin County)

SB 855

Oppose

Anti net-metering bill. Sponsored by Senator Cindy O’Laughlin (R- Shelby County

SB 1090

Oppose

Anti net-metering. Sponsored by Senator Karla Eslinger (R-Ozark County)

HB 2592

Support

A bill that strengthens net-metering in Missouri that increases net metering caps from 100kw to 1000kw, places regulation of interconnection with the PSC rather than simply within the rules of the utility company, allows for annual true-ups, and uniformed solar permitting across all utilities. Sponsored by Rep. Aaron McMullen (R-Independence)

HB 2342

Support

This bill authorizes community solar in Missouri. Community solar is any solar project or purchasing program, within a geographic area, in which the benefits flow to multiple customers such as individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and other groups. In most cases, customers benefit from energy generated by solar panels at an off-site array. Sponsored by Betsy Fogle’s (D-Springfield)

SB 1347

Support

Establishes community solar in Missouri. Sponsored by Senator Curtis Trent (R-Springfield).

Clean Energy Laws You Need to Know

Section 386.890. RSMo.

In 2007, Renew Missouri advocated for true net metering and simple interconnection practices for small solar and wind systems. As a result, the Missouri legislature adopted the “Easy Connection Act,” allowing all Missourians to interconnect solar panels and small wind turbines to their utility grid free of charge and to receive full retail credit for any energy put back on the grid.

Section 67.2800 – 67.2835, RSMo.(s).

In 2008, Renew Missouri helped Missouri become the 27th state to enact a Renewable Electricity Standard (“RES”) and only the 3rd state to pass an RES through the ballot initiative process. The RES requires Missouri’s largest utilities to get 15% of their energy from renewables by 2021, with 2% of that energy coming from solar. The RES also includes a $2 per watt solar rebate program, which has proven to be a huge success. Ameren, Liberty, and Evergy have exceeded these requirements.

Section 137.100. RSMo.

Enacted in 2013, solar energy systems not held for resale are exempt from state, local, and county property taxes.

Section 393.1075 RSMo.

In 2009, the Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment (MEEIA) was signed into law. MEEIA allows utilities to earn a profit on the electricity saved because of voluntary energy efficiency programs and incentives they offer to their customers. Utilities can both recover the costs of their efficiency programs, and the lost revenue from customer energy savings, through rate adjustment. Additionally, utilities can earn a profit if their programs are successful, just as they earn a profit on traditional investments in energy generation. The law increases investments in energy efficiency, decreases Missourians energy bills over time, avoids or delays the need for constructing future power plants, and reduces our State’s reliance on coal and other fossil fuels.

MEEIA has accounted for reducing the amount of power produced by utilities of the entire output of 1.5 power plants over the past nine years and led to lower energy bills as well as safer and healthier living spaces for ratepayers.

393.1700 RSMo.

Recently passed in 2021 through HB 743, securitization is a financing mechanism that allows utilities companies to retire their coal plants ahead of schedule. Investor-owned utilities (IOUs) fear that retiring coal plants early is uneconomic, particularly when debts incurred by construction of the plant remain. When a plant is retired early, ratepayers are theoretically required to reimburse the utility for the capital it had invested but not yet recovered, as well pay for a return on that capital investment. Impacts of early plant retirements include displacement of workers with consequent impacts on local economies as well as reduced earnings prospects for IOUs.

Given the proper regulatory oversight, a utility company can refinance its remaining debts to lower interest rates. Securitization allows the utility to cover remaining debt with a low-interest loan (typically 15-20 years with 3% interest) from bondholders. By allowing IOU’s to issue ratepayer-backed bonds and raise money from shareholders, securitization keeps prices for consumers’ low and incentives IOUs to retire coal plants by solving the problem of the utility’s return on investment.

Since its passing, Liberty/Empire and Evergy have leveraged this policy to close a coal plant and address issues encountered from storm damage.

Section 442.404 RSMo.

In 2022 Governor Mike Parson signed into law Senate Bills 745 and 820 which included language that promised to expand property rights and energy access in Missouri. This also provided provisions to protect homeowners solar rights. The provision specifies: “no deed restriction, covenant, or similar binding agreement running with the land shall limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels or solar collectorsâ€Ķon the rooftop of any structure”. SB 820 prohibits Homeowner Associations (HOAs) from banning solar arrays and requires them to set forth “reasonable restrictions” regarding the placement of solar panels. To see a sample HOA solar guidelines that outlines ‘reasonable restrictions’ please see this document:

SAMPLE HOA SOLAR GUIDELINES

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into federal law on August 19th 2022 by President Joe Biden. The IRA contains $499 billion in new spending and tax breaks that aim to boost clean energy, reduce healthcare costs, and increase tax revenue. There is about $391 billion set aside for energy and climate spending in the form of tax credits, incentives, and loans. The IRA is an extremely significant piece of climate legislation and according to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the law is projected to help reduce U.S. carbon pollution by about 40% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, and will move the U.S. much closer to its target as part of the Paris Climate Agreement (at least a 43% reduction by 2030).

For more information on the IRA and how Missourians can take advantage of it, please see our YouTube webinar. To view the IRA in its entirety, see this document:

Inflation Reduction Act PDF

In 2014, the Grain Belt Express project first attempted to receive a certificate of convenience and necessity (“CCN”) from the PSC to construct, own, manage, control, maintain, and operate a transmission line and related facilities (“the Project”) within and over eight Missouri counties. Grain Belt promised to deliver wind power from western states to marketplaces where the power would then be transmitted to the East Coast.

The PSC determined that Grain Belt did not adequately demonstrate this project met need or adequately advanced the interests of Missourians. At the time of the hearing, there were no commitments from purchasers for capacity and the four major utilities in Missouri were not lacking any renewable energy credits which would have prompted them to purchase wind energy from Grain Belt.

Grain Belt submitted another application to the PSC on August 30, 2016. This time, the Commission found the project advanced the public interest, but denied the CCN due to a separate court decision that required a different transmission line developer to provide county assents before a CCN could be granted. On appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court held the PSC erred in its finding that it could not grant a CCN and remanded the case back to the PSC. On March 20, 2019, the PSC granted Grain Belt’s CCN finding that it would allow hundreds of thousands of Missouri customers to see the benefits from low cost wind, create thousands of construction jobs, and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue. The opponents of the Grain Belt appealed the decision and the Eastern District Court of Appeal held oral arguments on December 4, 2019.

After the PSC approved Grain Belt, the Missouri Legislature – with backing from the Missouri Farm Bureau and other groups purporting to represent agricultural interest – considered bills in the 2019-2022 sessions to prevent private transmission companies from using eminent domain. While there was a litany of issues with this legislation (e.g., retroactive lawmaking, legislation targeting one party), this passed the Missouri House but stalled in the Senate. In 2022, a compromise was reached where Grain Belt would be allowed but there would be requirements for merchant lines going across multiple states to deliver a certain percentage of power to Missouri as well as requirements to pay landowners more money for easements. A win for everyone.

Also in 2022, Grain Belt went before the PSC again to ask for an extension of their existing transmission line that promised to add another 2500 MW of wind to its wires. Landowners fought this new addition but, in the fall of 2023, the PSC approved the new version of the project. As of this writing, opposing parties have not appealed the decision but that action is expected.

In addition to providing wind power to other states, the Grain Belt Express entered into contracts with several Missouri municipalities that would save these utilities an expected $11 million per year on power. Project developers are in the process of negotiating with landowners for easements, and there is no publicly-available timeline for when this will be constructed.

Energy Equity Advocacy

Renew Missouri is committed to uplifting vulnerable populations by advocating for energy programs, policies, and solutions. From energy burdened communities to aging housing stock, energy equity is a cornerstone issue in improving Missouri’s environment and infrastructure.

Missouri Energy Efficiency for All (MO EEFA)

The Missouri Energy Efficiency Coalition (MO EEFA) works to improve efficiency and affordability in low-income multifamily housing through engaging utilities and building power within local communities so that all Missourians can live in affordable, efficient, healthy housing. Renew Missouri works with other partners in the coalition to help intervene in electric and gas utility cases to develop new and improved energy efficiency programs.

Energy Burden Campaign

Renew Missouri is partnering with Consumers Council of Missouri on a project to study disparities in energy burdens and to identify solutions for lowering energy costs for families across the Greater St. Louis area.

“Energy Burden” is defined as the proportion of a household’s income that goes to paying utility bills. Nationally, we know that vulnerable populations experience higher energy burdens than average. African American and Latino communities often have energy burdens three times that of average customers. We also know that high energy burdens are concentrated in certain geographic areas and correlate with low incomes, negative health conditions, and inefficient housing with poor ventilation and construction materials. St. Louis consistently ranks in the top ten cities with the highest energy burden for African-American households. These financial, housing, and health burdens are products of historic injustices leading to generations of inequities drawn along racial, economic, and geographic lines.

While our project starts in the St. Louis region, we intend to take it statewide to eventually accomplish a Missouri Energy Equity Assessment. We are partnering with utilities to secure the necessary data and develop policy solutions. We are working with a number of non-profit partners as well. Consumers Council of Missouri leads the community engagement work, and the Missouri Chapter of the Sierra Club is helping with communications and reports. Our software and data consultant, Power-D City, is currently building a web platform to facilitate our Energy Burden Campaign.

Project Goals

  • Analyze and identify energy burden disparities across communities in the region along with related factors (housing, race, health), using data from utilities, governments, and other sources;
  • Engage impacted and underserved communities to gather input and perspectives, and collaboratively develop solutions to address energy burden disparities;
  • Create an online tool that maps energy burden differences and related factors across the St. Louis region, and that provides a step-by-step energy resource guide for the public;
  • Work with communities, utilities, state regulators, and local government leaders to enact solutions that address disparities.

Energy Efficiency

Our Work to Advance Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency – when viewed as its own resource – is the lowest-cost investment that utilities can make to meet their customers’ energy needs. It is less expensive to save a kilowatt-hour than it is to produce one from a power plant, not to mention cleaner and better for the grid! Through a combination of regulatory, legislative, and direct utility advocacy, we work to advance Missouri’s energy efficiency laws and utilities’ efficiency programs to ensure that every Missouri resident and company has a strong incentive to save energy and money.

To address Missouri’s shortcomings in energy efficiency, Renew Missouri also advocates for proven state efficiency policies that will create in-state jobs, lower electric bills, and reduce carbon emissions. The efficiency industry boasts the highest number of jobs per MWh saved and per dollar spent; Missouri already has over 30,000 jobs linked to energy efficiency, and the number will continue to grow in the future.

As of 2022, Missouri is ranked 29th by the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) in the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. In 2015, Missouri was ranked 44th — that is a 15 point jump in 8 years!

Renew Missouri Homes

Renew Missouri, in collaboration with Pearl Certification, has launched Renew Missouri Homes, a program promoting energy efficiency in residential properties. The program utilizes the Missouri Home Energy Certification (MHEC) to showcase energy-efficient home features and increase their market value. The partnership with MoDNR, Pearl Certification, and Renew Missouri has already certified over 4,000 homes, engaged contractors, and trained real estate professionals.

Our program, Renew Missouri Homes, brings together the nexus of energy efficiency and proper home valuation through home certification. The certification documents high-performing home features so they can be properly valued at the time of sale or refinance. Energy efficiency is undervalued when it comes to buying and selling homes. When people look at a place to live, they see the visible features like
granite countertops or open floor plans. But what about a home that has highly efficient features like a brand-new heat pump or top-of-the-line insulation? How do we make those equally important features more visible? With third-party certification.

Our goals are to educate homeowners on the value of home certification, connect them with high-quality contractors to make the improvements that result in energy savings, learn what rebates or other incentives are available to them to help offset the costs, and find real estate agents to help them sell their high-performing home when they are ready.

What Does the Program Offer?
  • Home Certification – The Missouri Home Energy Certification and the nationally recognized Pearl Certification highlight homes that go above and beyond in comfort, health, and energy efficiency.
  • Contractors – Connect Missouri homeowners to contractors who can improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of their homes;
  • Documentation – Certification provides documentation to help appraisers accurately assign value to smart improvements homeowners make; and
  • Real Estate Stakeholders – By connecting with real estate agents who understand how to effectively market high-performing homes, a Pearl Certified home, on average, sells for a 5% premium.
To learn more about certifying your home, please use the link above to visit the Renew Missouri Homes website — a convenient, centralized location for businesses, homeowners, and energy professionals to find all information and resources relating to energy efficiency in the State.

Pay as You Save (PAYS)

PAYS is an on-bill tariff program that allows utility customers to finance energy efficiency improvements by paying for the measures through their monthly utility bills. PAYS is unique among other so-called “on-bill financing” mechanisms because it is not technically a loan product. Instead, the customer agrees to a monthly assessment on their bill in exchange for the utility paying the costs of the energy efficiency measures. The crucial element that makes PAYS work is that the savings from EE measures must outpace the monthly payments owed, such that the customer comes out ahead without having to contribute any upfront funds.

Health and Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency and health are interrelated as households with poor indoor air environments are more likely to deal with health problems such as: childhood asthma, headaches, lung infections and other respiratory illnesses. Addiotionally, poor indoor air quality is driven (in part) by a household’s energy systems: building envelope, HVAC system, ventilation, insulation, etc.

Renew Missouri recognizes that energy efficiency in the home can have positive impacts on residents’ health outcomes. As part of our advocacy, we developed a public messaging campaign around this issue, as a result: we created the following videos.

Renewable Energy

Our Work to Advance Renewable Energy

Renew Missouri is dedicated to advancing policies to support renewable energy development in Missouri. We employ a combination of legislative advocacy, regulatory engagement, legal strategy, and grassroots organizing to protect the policies Missouri currently has, and to develop the next generation of policies that will make us a leader in renewable energy. Wind and solar are growing many times faster than the rest of the American economy and are adding jobs at a staggering rate.

Our renewable advocacy is focused on improving customer access to renewable energy. The price of wind and solar power has dropped so dramatically that mandates are becoming obsolete; the market has made renewable energy the most cost-effective resource. Large corporations are increasingly committing to reaching 100% renewable energy, and residential customers continue to invest their own money to permanently lower their bills and increase property values.

Tracking Renewable Energy in the State

In 2021, 12% of the energy produced in Missouri came from renewable sources like solar, wind, and hydropower. (Source, Source)
12%
Missouri is 37th in the nation for producing renewable energy. (Source)
37th
In 2021, Missouri ranked 13th in wind power generation with the best wind energy resources located in the northwest corner of the state.
13th
In 2021 solar made up about 6% of renewable energy generated.
6%
More than 3/4 of the state's solar power comes from customer-sited, small-scale generating systems, mostly installed on business and home rooftops. (Source)
75% +
  • The amount of electricity generated from utility-scale and small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the state is increasing and has more than tripled since 2014.
  • At the beginning of 2022, Missouri had close to 2,200 megawatts of wind power generating capacity and 57 megawatts under construction.
  • For more stats and analysis on Missouri’s renewable energy product, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Regulatory Advocacy

Our Work at the Missouri Public Service Commission

The Missouri Public Service Commission (“PSC”) is the state agency that regulates public utilities (electric, gas, and water). Comprised of five Commissioners, the PSC provides a forum for utilities, regulators, consumers, and affected stakeholders to weigh in to decide issues of utility policy.

Renew Missouri engages primarily with Missouri’s electric Investor Owned Utilities (“IOUs”), including Ameren Missouri, Evergy, and Liberty/Empire Electric. We intervene in utility rate cases, Integrated Resource Planning (“IRP”) cases, energy efficiency portfolio cases, rulemaking and workshop dockets, and others. Our attorneys occasionally represent other parties with similar interests before the PSC.

Rate Cases

A utility rate case is a formal process conducted by utility regulators (the PSC) to determine the utility rate of return on prudent investments. Meaning, the PSC oversees the utilities to make sure the utility’s proposed rates are just and reasonable. A rate case begins when an IOU applies to its regulator for a rate or policy change. Most utilities file for a rate or policy change every two to five years, and from start to end rate cases take about 11 months.

Renew Missouri often intervenes in rate cases in Missouri and Kansas. We advocate with rate-payers, renewable energy and energy efficiency interests in mind. If you would like more detailed information about rate cases, please send us a message.

Transmission

In 2014, the Grain Belt Express project first attempted to receive a certificate of convenience and necessity (“CCN”) from the PSC to construct, own, manage, control, maintain, and operate a transmission line and related facilities (“the Project”) within and over eight Missouri counties. Grain Belt promised to deliver wind power from western states to marketplaces where the power would then be transmitted to the East Coast.

The PSC determined that Grain Belt did not adequately demonstrate this project met need or adequately advanced the interests of Missourians. At the time of the hearing, there were no commitments from purchasers for capacity and the four major utilities in Missouri were not lacking any renewable energy credits which would have prompted them to purchase wind energy from Grain Belt.

Grain Belt submitted another application to the PSC on August 30, 2016. This time, the Commission found the project advanced the public interest, but denied the CCN due to a separate court decision that required a different transmission line developer to provide county assents before a CCN could be granted. On appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court held the PSC erred in its finding that it could not grant a CCN and remanded the case back to the PSC. On March 20, 2019, the PSC granted Grain Belt’s CCN finding that it would allow hundreds of thousands of Missouri customers to see the benefits from low cost wind, create thousands of construction jobs, and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue. The opponents of the Grain Belt appealed the decision and the Eastern District Court of Appeal held oral arguments on December 4, 2019.

After the PSC approved Grain Belt, the Missouri Legislature – with backing from the Missouri Farm Bureau and other groups purporting to represent agricultural interest – considered bills in the 2019-2022 sessions to prevent private transmission companies from using eminent domain. While there was a litany of issues with this legislation (e.g., retroactive lawmaking, legislation targeting one party), this passed the Missouri House but stalled in the Senate. In 2022, a compromise was reached where Grain Belt would be allowed but there would be requirements for merchant lines going across multiple states to deliver a certain percentage of power to Missouri as well as requirements to pay landowners more money for easements. A win for everyone.

Also in 2022, Grain Belt went before the PSC again to ask for an extension of their existing transmission line that promised to add another 2500 MW of wind to its wires. Landowners fought this new addition but, in the fall of 2023, the PSC approved the new version of the project. As of this writing, opposing parties have not appealed the decision but that action is expected.

In addition to providing wind power to other states, the Grain Belt Express entered into contracts with several Missouri municipalities that would save these utilities an expected $11 million per year on power. Project developers are in the process of negotiating with landowners for easements, and there is no publicly-available timeline for when this will be constructed.

Rural Electric Cooperative Advocacy

In 2021, Renew Missouri helped form the Rural Power Coalition (RPC), a national coalition of other state-based clean energy advocacy organizations. Since then, we have grown the coalition to cover most of the United States across 15 place-based organizations all working with rural electric cooperatives (RECs) to transition and prepare them for a clean energy future.

This coalition has been advocating for rural Americans to be eligible for $100 billion in funding to assist rural electric cooperatives (RECs) across the nation to affordably transition towards a clean energy electric system for the country. While we were not able to get the full amount, we were able to get $9.7 billion awarded towards assisting rural electric cooperatives through loans and forgivable grants to close coal plants to be replaced with local clean energy investments. This will allow for our Missouri cooperatives to receive a maximum of 10% ($970 million) that can be used on renewable energy projects, purchasing renewable energy, and energy efficiency programs.

The other key provision we have been able to secure for rural electric cooperatives was a change to the federal tax credit programs for renewable energy systems. RECs are tax exempt entities and were previously not able to easily receive tax benefits for transitioning to renewable energy. Now with the change to the Direct Pay option in the IRA, RECs are eligible for cash payments for investments in renewable energy systems.

We need YOUR help to get this information to REC board members, general managers, and leaders across the state of Missouri to make sure that our cooperatives do not miss out on this once in a generation opportunity to receive federal funding that will not have to be paid back.

If you are a member-owner of your REC it is time you let your co-op know that they need to remove federal debt out of your power and into a modern, cleaner Missouri. Regardless of the outcome of this legislation, we need our co-ops to hear from you and to know that member-owners in Missouri do not want their cooperative to continue to fall behind our municipal and investor-owned utilities. Renew Missouri is working with member-owners across the state to improve the governance and democracy practices of cooperatives.

Want to learn more about your rights? Let us know and we can come to a town near you! Renew Missouri is offering Meet & Greets with REC member-owners, board members, and general managers across the state to help educate folks on the newly available federal programs that can help individuals, small businesses, farmers, and even RECs themselves to receive federal assistance to bring new renewable energy projects to you!

If you are, or know, a member-owner that wants to get more involved with their co-op, please fill out the short contact form below!

Rural Co-op Intake Form
Are you interested In taking action in advocating for clean energy in your community?

City & Municipal Advocacy

St. Louis

Benchmarking Ordinance & Building Energy Performance Standard

In 2017, the City of St. Louis passed the Building Energy Awareness Ordinance that  required municipal and private buildings over 50,000 square feet to track and report energy and water usage – annually (including multifamily).

When applied to building energy use, benchmarking serves as a mechanism to measure energy performance of a single building over time, relative to other similar buildings. This benchmarking ordinance is important because it is the foundational element to managing energy in buildings and in turn creating a Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS).

Following the benchmarking ordinance, in May of 2020, the City of St. Louis became the fourth jurisdiction in the U.S. and the first city in the Midwest to adopt a Building Energy Performance Standard (“BEPS”). The ordinance is intended to meaningfully reduce energy use for buildings of 50,000 square feet and larger. The ordinance requires that all municipal, institutional, commercial and multifamily buildings equal to or greater than 50,000 square feet must consume energy at or below a standard set by the city. These standards are currently law and carry consequences for non-compliance. They apply to existing buildings as well as new construction.

To help manage compliance and resources, the Building Energy Exchange was created. For more information on the specifics of BEPS, visit the website.

Click to visit the Building Energy Exchange website.

Resolution 124 – St.Louis City’s Goal to Move to 100% Clean Energy

In 2016, St. Louis City introduced a Climate Action Plan, accessible here. The city aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050, measured against 2005 levels. In 2017, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted Resolution 124, setting a goal for the city to transition to 100% clean energy in the electricity sector by 2035.

To facilitate this transition, the city established a 100% Clean Energy Advisory Board, along with a Communications and Engagement Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee. Renew Missouri played a pivotal role in the Advisory Board. A dedicated team of volunteer consultants produced a Pathways Report suggesting ways to achieve the 100% clean energy target. The Pathways Report is available here.

Kansas City

Climate Action Plan

In 2021, Kansas City began the process of developing a comprehensive Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan. Throughout the course of a year, Renew Missouri engaged in stakeholder meetings, provided feedback on the necessary elements to cover, met with Kansas City staff, and provided comments on drafts of the Plan. The Plan passed through City Council in late August of 2022, and Renew Missouri will continue to work with the City and other stakeholders to ensure effective implementation.

Energy Efficiency Investment Fund (EEIF)

Across the country, states and local governments have begun establishing green banks, sometimes referred to as infrastructure banks or clean energy funds. In Kansas City, Renew Missouri has partnered with the Building Energy Exchange KC to assist in the development of the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund (“EEIF”) – a green bank that will provide low-cost capital for efficiency investments with a focus on the affordable multifamily market. To learn more about the EEIF, click here.

Click to learn more about the EEIF.

Columbia

Renew Missouri’s Columbia team engages with the Columbia City Council, the Office of Sustainability, and various advisory boards and commissions on issues related to climate action and clean energy. Renew Missouri was active in the development of the city’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, which was adopted in 2019, and continues to track the city’s progress towards its emissions reduction goals. More recently, our team has been engaging with the city on its plan to develop a community solar program, and advocating for equity and affordability standards that would make the community solar program inclusive for low-income homeowners and renters.

Your City

Help us get started in your city! For more information on how you can help, please contact our Executive Director, James Owen.

Frequently Asked Questions

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