As legislature reconvenes, Illinois is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants – Chicago Tribune*

Several hurdles remain, in particular opposition from five Chicago suburbs and dozens of Downstate communities that during the mid-2000s agreed to help pay off more than $5 billion in debt for the Prairie State Generating Station. Additionally, a group of 52 state lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a letter over the weekend claiming that closing Prairie State and Springfield’s Dallman coal plant would make the electric grid less reliable.
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Fed up neighbor
4 years ago

You can bet your bottom dollar everyone of these corrupt officials that are pushing and rushing this into law stem to make millions off renewable energy. Pritzker is the ringmaster in all of this, yes he will sign it into law he signs everything, how can this man read over 900 pages of legislation and yes approve and sign it within 24 hours. I hope the feds pounce on you Pritzker and your sister Penny for your evil misdoings to us, or maybe the people may take up court.

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