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Deal to subsidize nuclear power, close coal plants passes Illinois House

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An energy deal to prop up two nuclear power plants that Exelon said it would close also requires coal-fired power plants to shutter by 2045.

The deal passed the House late Thursday and goes to the Senate next. The Senate is set to return to Springfield on Monday, Senate President Don Harmon said in a statement.

“The shared goal among the Senate, House and Governor Pritzker has been to position Illinois as a national leader on reliable, renewable and affordable energy policies,” Harmon said. “This proposal accomplishes that shared goal. I commend the work the House has done to build on the progress the Senate had made.”

The measure in a House amendment to Senate Bill 2408 passed late during Thursday’s special session in the House. It includes hundreds of millions of dollars in ratepayer subsidies for Nuclear power.

Terry McGoldrick with IBEW Local 15 said passage is imperative for keeping the Byron nuclear plant open.

“The plan is right now if we don’t get something done they will take the fuel out of Unit 1 on the 13th and start removing fuel on Unit 2 on the 16th,” McGoldrick said. “Those are real dates.” read more

13 Comments on Deal to subsidize nuclear power, close coal plants passes Illinois House

  1. Gen 4 nuclear energy is our path to reliable and cheep energy. 99% efficiency, it can use nuclear waste that has built up and meltdowns are abolished with the latest nuclear technology.

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  2. Ain’t happening, the greenies will freak, it will get tied up in court, and the cost will get so bad they won’t be able to afford it. Meanwhile the idiots will still shut down the coal fired plants.

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  3. anybody think about the problems they’re gonna have when the greenies can’t get enough electricity to power their kiddie cars?

    there’s nothing that I see that in this scheme to replace the lost power from the coal plants

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  4. They tried to do that in Ohio a couple years ago. This summer, it is confirmed FirstEnergy, my former employer, bribed Ohio representatives to pass SB6, which subsidized, primarily, FE’s stable of two nukes in Ohio.

    The result: Ohio residents got their overpayments back, several Ohio lawmakers were arrested, and FE was fined $300 million.

    I marketed this same power before I retired at the start of 2019. I am grateful to God I was not called for deposition.

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  5. I’ve said it before here and on other platforms:

    Eliminate the big rolling iron units, the 800+MW fossil steam generators, the 800 – 1200 MW nuke steam units, and say goodbye to grid reliability in North America. We need that inertia leading forward to maintain grid frequency. Frequency falls away, the grid collapses. Same with system voltage. We NEED large rolling units to hold it all together… tiny windmills and no-inertia solar do little if anything to maintain grid stability.

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  6. Uncle Al
    SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 AT 10:18 PM
    Bad deal. They’re going to need all the coal AND nuclear they can hold onto, and build more.

    Energy is the master resource.<<

    Indeed, Al, and it’s almost too late to keep up.

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