‘It was relief’: Exelon pledges jobs, multimillion-dollar upgrades at Illinois plants – Rockford Register Star

Byron's economy relies heavily on the financial contributions the nuclear plant makes in the form of taxes and the jobs it, directly and indirectly, creates for the community. On Wednesday, the energy company said it needed to fill 650 positions between its two plants and would be investing $140 million at the Byron plant specifically over the next five years.

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