ADVISORY: Clean Energy & Consumer Advocates to Release St. Louis Energy Burden Report

Report launch accompanies interactive online energy burden map for public use

January 24, 2025

St. Louis, Mo- A group of clean energy and consumer advocates will hold a press conference to unveil a new report that details the financial, health, geographic, and educational disparities and recommendations related to energy burden in St. Louis. Energy burdenis defined as the percentage of household income that is spent on energy-related utility bills.

The report is informed by a new interactive online tool, the Missouri Energy Burden Explorer, which will enable anyone to view energy burden statistics by census tract for Ameren Missouri and Spire customers.

Who: Jenn DeRose, Senior Field Organizer with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Missouri

Sandra Padgett, Executive Director with the Consumers Council of Missouri

Tori Cheatham, St. Louis Regional Director with Renew Missouri

What: Press conference to release the St. Louis Energy Burden Report and Missouri Energy Burden Explorer

Where: TechArtista in the first floor conference room. 725 Kingsland Ave Suite 100, University City, MO 63130. Offstreet parking is available.

When: Thursday, January 30, 2025, starting at 9:00am.

Why: Share findings and recommendations on energy burden issues in the St. Louis area.

Visuals: The press conference will take place in a conference room with a television, where visuals from the report, including charts and tables, will be displayed during the press conference.

Reporters interested in an embargoed copy of the report can contact Renner Barsella at [email protected].

On Wednesday, January 29th at 10:00am CT, the organizations will also host an embargoed reporter briefing on how to use the Missouri Energy Burden Explorer tool in advance of the press conference. The tool developer will be available to answer questions at this meeting only. Please register here.

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.

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