Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 4:20:01 GMT -6
SPRINGFIELD — Much energy is being expended at the Capitol trying to forge agreements on the state budget, but several segments of Illinois' power sector are hoping lawmakers will focus on legislation to deal with the state's long-term electricity needs.
The nuclear, coal and renewable energy industries are competing for legislators' attention as the General Assembly's spring session draws closer to its scheduled May 31 adjournment. All three are backing measures they say are vital to the state's energy future and its economy.
Exelon Generation, which shares a parent company with northern Illinois power utility Commonwealth Edison, is seeking legislative changes that it says are essential to the future of its nuclear power plants near the Quad-Cities and in Clinton, Ill.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Donne Trotter, D-Chicago, would extend state subsidies to nuclear power plants that are struggling financially. Exelon says the subsidies are warranted because, like wind and solar power, nuclear doesn't emit carbon pollution.
Read more: qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/illinois-energy-industries-pushing-for-state-help/article_9b5ef923-997a-5813-8306-bac7dea40689.html
The nuclear, coal and renewable energy industries are competing for legislators' attention as the General Assembly's spring session draws closer to its scheduled May 31 adjournment. All three are backing measures they say are vital to the state's energy future and its economy.
Exelon Generation, which shares a parent company with northern Illinois power utility Commonwealth Edison, is seeking legislative changes that it says are essential to the future of its nuclear power plants near the Quad-Cities and in Clinton, Ill.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Donne Trotter, D-Chicago, would extend state subsidies to nuclear power plants that are struggling financially. Exelon says the subsidies are warranted because, like wind and solar power, nuclear doesn't emit carbon pollution.
Read more: qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/illinois-energy-industries-pushing-for-state-help/article_9b5ef923-997a-5813-8306-bac7dea40689.html