Rush Island Energy Center

The utility company was found in violation of the Clean Air Act for failing to install pollution controls when it updated the Rush Island Energy Center.

The company was given a choice by a federal court to either shut down the Rush Island Energy Center or add expensive pollution controls.

Ameren Missouri announced it will close its Rush Island coal plant in Festus over the next few years

The decision upholds a 2017 ruling by a lower court and part of a 2019 order that Ameren install pollution controls at the coal plant.

A federal judge on Monday ordered Ameren Missouri to install devices at its power plants in Festus and Labadie to remove harmful air pollutants. U.S.…