There's been plenty of talk about going green over the last few years and come November 4th Missourians will have a chance to give some of the state's largest utility companies a nudge in that direction, if they vote yes on Proposition C.

Melissa Hope, Sierra Club says, "It requires Missouri's investor owned utilities to get 15% of their energy from renewable sources."

Those sources include wind, solar, hydropower and biomass.

The plan is being pushed by Missourians for Cleaner Cheaper Energy and groups like the Sierra Club.

Hope says, "The environmental community has been working to try to get a clean energy initiative passed in the legislature the past 5 years."

After the state House voted the plan down twice, proponents decided to take their idea directly to the voters.

Supporters say Prop C is a good first step toward cleaner energy, will bring jobs to the state, and could save money in the long run as the cost of fossil fuel rises.

"Over the next 20 years this will reduce our energy costs by $331 million," Hope said.

So far there has been no opposition to Proposition C even from Missouri's 3 investor owned utilities.

Ameren UE and Empire District Electric Company are officially remaining neutral on the issue. While Kansas City Power and Light has come out is support of it.

We do want to point out Prop C only deals with investor owned utilities so it would have no affect on Springfield’s City Utilities.

There is an estimated cost to the state of about 400-thousand dollars. Missouri's fair ballot language says the measure would have no impact on taxes.