With Naperville getting nearly 80% of its electricity from coal, a pivotal contract renewal with the city’s power supplier approaches.
The city’s energy portfolio is one of the “dirtiest” in t.
As Naperville’s electric grid stands now, a vast majority of its power comes from burning coal. That’s how it’s been for the past 13 years and that’s how it stands to continue for the next decade. Past that isn’t quite clear yet. This year, though, the city is starting to grapple with what the future of its electric utility will look like 10 years out, when the contract with its current .
To open a discussion on how to move away from coal consumption, green advocates are hosting an educational meeting for residents of Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles Wednesday.
Last December a mass of arctic air, later unofficially named Winter Storm Elliott, swept through Kentucky plunging temperatures to as low as eight degrees below zero. The frigid weather led
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