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But more broadly, the legislation coupled with market forces could have a significant impact on the state’s energy future, especially for downstate customers.
Already a net importer of energy, downstate Illinois will for better or worse be more reliant on the market to fulfill its energy needs as more sources of baseload power go offline, experts say.
“We will absolutely be a large net-importer of energy and capacity,” said Eric Hobbie, CEO of Prairie Power Inc., a wholesale electricity provider to 10 cooperatives in Central Illinois. “So we will be dependent on our neighbors.”
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A coal miner pulls on yellow rope before he drives a crew miners down the slope into the mine to begin their shift in the miles of tunnels to produce coal for the 1630 megawatt electricity power plant at the Prairie State Energy Campus in Marissa on June 30. ....

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