A couple of weeks back, first-term Kirkwood City Council Member Al Rheinnecker alerted the public via his re-election campaign newsletter that the Council had voted to implement a 14.8% electricity rate increase for the coming year at their October 17th meeting. The department will also increase the fixed "customer charge" portion of electric bills from… Continue reading Kirkwood Electric’s Problem is Not Unique
Kirkwood is the only municipality in Greater St. Louis with its own electric utility, Kirkwood Electric. This setup has several advantages: it ensures more accountability and higher levels of responsiveness than a natural monopoly like Ameren might provide. Kirkwood Electric also operates at a profit, thus allowing the city to reinvest the dividends into other… Continue reading Elective Pay: Why Kirkwood Electric Should Go Bold
