Pritzker is emphasizing clean energy in the wake of the ComEd scandal.
After months of declining to endorse any specific plan to both get Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy and crack down on public utilities’ power in Springfield, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday entered the already raucous fight with his own legislation that will compete with at least three other proposals that have already been introduced.
Pritzker’s plan incorporates some elements of the other already-proposed measures, including ending an energy rate formula lawmakers approved in 2011, championed by utility giants Commonwealth Edison and Ameren. The proposal would also phase out coal by 2030, and end natural gas use by 2045 by reducing caps on greenhouse gas emissions year over year, and implementing an $8 per ton carbon price on emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants.
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Exelon to Split Business, Spin Off Generation Segment
Responding to rapid changes in the power industry, Exelon Corp. plans to cleave its business into two publicly traded companies: one comprising its six regulated electric and gas utilities, and the other, which it plans to spin off, comprising its 31-GW competitive generation fleet and customer-facing businesses.
The separation which the company’s Board of Directors approved on Feb. 21 and Exelon wants to complete in the first quarter of 2022 will give each company the “financial and strategic independence to focus on its specific customer needs, while executing its core business strategy,” the company said on Feb. 24.
Audio from interviews with Byron teachers and Superintendent Barton. “For years and years and years, it s always, ‘Oh, the plant is going to close,’” McGarry said. “I mean, it seems like in more recent years, it s been more regularly stated that the plant is going to close, and then as soon as that announcement is made, another announcement comes out that they re having their best year ever.”
McGarry, a second grade teacher at Mary Morgan Elementary, is also the union president of the local teacher’s union, the Byron Education Association (BEA). She said she started getting the usual worried calls and thought to herself, “We ve been here before, we ve heard this before.” So the latest announcement barely even caught her attention.
Audio From Interviews with Byron Teachers and Superintendent Barton.
“For years and years and years, it s always, ‘Oh, the plant is going to close,’” McGarry said. “I mean, it seems like in more recent years, it s been more regularly stated that the plant is going to close, and then as soon as that announcement is made, another announcement comes out that they re having their best year ever.”
McGarry, a second grade teacher at Mary Morgan Elementary, is also the union president of the local teacher’s union, the Byron Education Association (BEA). She said she started getting the usual worried calls and thought to herself, “We ve been here before, we ve heard this before.” So the latest announcement barely even caught her attention.
interesting head-to-head matchup. instead of doing the debate, they would actually go on american idol and have a singoff. speaking of debates, newt gingrich said yesterday that if he is the nominee and he is on the debate stage with the president of the united states, if there is a reporter who is the moderator, he s not going to do it because he says he doesn t need two obamas on the stage at the same time. what if it s steven tyler? maybe he d do it. well, he s not a reporter. i ll tell you one thing, what i learned from this if i m running for president if i was to advise mitt romney if you want to start with something patriotic, the pledge. i mean, it s just a little bit easier to say and memorize he did a good job. he got all the words. compared to president obama. i m just saying. i m not suggesting that he got the words. they do this instead of a debate. ok. let s do some headlines for you now. a reactor ate nuclear plant in illinois shut down after lo