Lacking a lifeline, Exelon’s Illinois nuclear plants to retire in fall -CEO – Reuters

Exelon Chief Executive Christopher Crane said that the company remains "hopeful that a state solution will pass in time to save the plants," but noted "clean energy legislation in Illinois remains caught in negotiations over unrelated policy matters."
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Daskoterzar
4 years ago

If they do close them, gosh…where will President House Plant get his power for all those electric cars he will require us all to buy? Wind? Solar? Rolling backouts? Nope Coal Fired Plants…or its back to the 16th century. Lovely.

Fed up neighbor
4 years ago
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This will be very interesting does anyone realize what it cost to charge a electric vehicle yet alone the cost to put a charging station at your place of residence. A Tesla vehicle uses 50amps a hour for 24 hours to reach full capacity (supposedly) who has the money to pay this kind a electric bill. Pritzker is so full of shit you can smell him a mile away, renewable energy ha ha ha.

debtsor
4 years ago

Nuclear is the cleanest energy there is. But environmentalists hate it. Because they are science deniers.

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