Missouri Business Fall 2018
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BUSINESS<br />
CONNECTIONS<br />
<strong>Missouri</strong>’s bright energy future<br />
Columbia<br />
Photography by Janet Prenger<br />
On Aug. 22-23, industry leaders brought optimistic messages of innovation and<br />
opportunity to the <strong>Missouri</strong> Chamber’s Energy & Environment Conference in<br />
Columbia. Conference presenters were excited about the potential of renewable<br />
energy, the dropping costs of producing new technologies and less burdensome<br />
regulation from current political administrations.<br />
Warner Baxter, the chairman, president and CEO of Ameren Corporation, gave<br />
the opening keynote.<br />
“It really starts with the <strong>Missouri</strong> Chamber’s 2030 vision. It’s a bold vision to<br />
really try and drive economic development for the state of <strong>Missouri</strong>. But what’s<br />
closely tied to it is <strong>Missouri</strong>’s energy future, because without a strong energy future,<br />
we’re going to have a difficult time achieving the economic future that we want,”<br />
said Baxter. “And so, there’s a lot of change going on in the energy industry and I<br />
think all that change is positive – positive for our customers, positive for our state.”<br />
Celebrate<br />
95 Years!<br />
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