Utility Ameren Missouri filed a 20-year resource plan proposing 10.6 gigawatts of additional gas-fired generation capacity.

Ameren Missouri filed a 20-year resource plan proposing 10.6 gigawatts of gas-fired generation additions. The figure represents proposed generation capacity, not a reported increase in already operating supply.

Company executives said the plan was intended to maintain a diversity of resources, preserve reliability, and manage costs. Those are management’s stated objectives, rather than demonstrated results of the proposed additions.

Environmental advocates quoted in the article argued that the plan would significantly increase the utility’s reliance on fossil fuels. The supplied excerpt does not specify individual plant schedules, construction costs, approvals, or data-center customer commitments, and filing the plan should not be equated with authorization or construction of all proposed capacity.