New York Times: A major Midwest utility, Ameren, said Monday that it had created a new subsidiary to build transmission lines in Missouri and Illinois that will being more wind power onto the grid – not to mention coal power, from clean to conventional. Saying that it was encouraged by a law enacted in June in Illinois that is supposed to streamline the approval process, Ameren, based in St. Louis, said it had $3 billion in potential new power lines in its sights. Financing will be easier to secure …