Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is always special for me. Thirty years ago I was just finishing radiation treatments for thyroid cancer in November and Thanksgiving was the first real meal that I could enjoy. This year we will not be traveling on Thanksgiving, but will host the meal in our new home. So hope that all of you have a great holiday.

Not much news on the Taum Sauk front, but its only three weeks till the second anniversary of the Taum Sauk event so I'm putting money on a settlement just before the 14th.

Here are two items from a letter Ameren sent to FERC.

Ameren has contracted with Ozark Constructors LLC to rebuild the Upper
Reservoir. Mobilization of the concrete plants, material handling, and
construction equipment is approximately 95% complete. The water
withdrawal pumping system is almost complete and startup of this system
is expected by mid-November. Water withdrawals from the Lower
Reservoir will begin when this system becomes operational.

Ameren is on schedule with the rebuild of the Upper Reservoir. Currently
the refill of the Upper Reservoir is planned for April to June 2009.