Ameren Missouri is proposing two voluntary programs that would require customers to support more solar power.
One program would ask residential customers to pay a bit more each month to finance a new solar plant. The second effort would look for commercial customers that would allow Ameren to install solar panels on rooftops and open spaces.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports regulators still must approve both programs.
Ameren isn't planning any incentives to participants in the programs. But the utility is pledging to spend up to $13.5 million on the effort.
The three-year pilot programs are expected to generate only up to six megawatts of solar power. But Ameren officials say the proposals would help the utility learn best ways to incorporate small-scale solar power production.
