Smelter seeks rate cut from Ameren

摘要

If the rates Ameren Missouri charges Noranda Aluminum, itsnlargest customer, are not reduced to $30/MWh, the aluminumnmaker will shut its operations and the utility likely would benforced to sell the 485 MW now consumed by Noranda in thenwholesale market at an even lower price, Noranda said in a filingnwith regulators.