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The Normal Town Council will take up a proposed $158 million budget next week. It's slightly larger than the preliminary budget that came out in January with the $251,000 increase coming from the addition of a third town attorney and an increase in sewer equipment and vehicle money.
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Exelon has completed the spin off of its nuclear power plant division into a separate company. Constellation is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, and Exelon owners received one share of Constellation stock for every three shares of Exelon they have.
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The E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville is slated to become a battery energy storage site after it closes next year.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a massive climate and energy plan into law — the last and hardest fought of his agenda items for his first four years in office as he gears up to run for a second term.
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The Illinois House approved an energy regulation and decarbonization bill Thursday, a major step forward for a wide-ranging omnibus bill that had eluded lawmakers throughout the legislative session and the governor’s three years in office.
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A coalition of influential labor unions says negotiations with environmental groups over a massive new clean energy proposal have reached impasse, and is asking Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers to step back into talks to broker a compromise.
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The $350 million Sapphire Sky wind farm will be built in southeastern McLean County. Its 64 wind turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power about 80,000 homes annually, plus $79 million in property tax revenue for local taxing bodies over the life of the project.
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The $350 million Sapphire Sky wind farm will be built in southeastern McLean County. Its 64 wind turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power about 80,000 homes annually, plus $79 million in property tax revenue for local taxing bodies over the life of the project.
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An official with the company bringing a $345 million wind farm project to central Illinois says there will be significant economic and environmental impact to the plan.
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The American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report has produced mixed results for Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.