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While our state budget crisis becomes increasingly dire, Exelon still demands a corporate bailout despite making more than $1.3 BILLION in profit in the first six months of the year. This is exactly the wrong thing for Illinois’ citizens and businesses.

EXELON JUST ANNOUNCED SECOND QUARTER 2015 PROFITS: $638 MILLION

SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY or $292,125 AN HOUR

That’s up 22.2% from 2014! Sounds like Exelon had a pretty good second quarter. And yet this wildly profitable company still seeks a bailout from struggling Illinois ratepayers and threatens to throw thousands of people out of work because they’re supposedly not making enough money.

EDITORIAL BOARDS FROM CHICAGO TO BELLEVILLE AGREE…JUST SAY NO TO THE EXELON BAILOUT.

Belleville said it best:

“Good old Exelon. The company has come up with legislation to subsidize its nuclear reactors, get electric users throughout the state to pay for it and claim it’s in the interest of clean energy.”

“State lawmakers need to see this bill for the dirty trick it is and kill it.”

- Belleville News Democrat: “DON’T FALL FOR EXELON BAILOUT”

Struggling Illinois Ratepayers have had enough.

Just say no to the Exelon bailout. Vote no on SB1585/HB3293.

BEST Coalition is a 501C4 nonprofit group of dozens of business, consumer and government groups, as well as large and small businesses. Visit www.noexelonbailout.com.