As Missouri’s largest electric utility drafts its next three-year resource plan, upper management will have an extra incentive to push clean energy.
Ameren, with operations in Missouri and Illinois, has joined a small group of utilities now tying a portion of top management bonuses to the companies’ progress on clean energy.
The change was adopted by a board of directors committee in December and disclosed to shareholders this month ahead of the company’s annual meeting.
Clean energy advocates are claiming victory for compensation reforms, which follow a couple of years of pressure from Sierra Club organizers.
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