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Tenaska’s Rose Colored Glasses
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] According to Tenaska’s own estimates, the Taylorville Energy Center will cost Illinois electricity customers an average of $286 million a year for the next thirty years– or $9 billion total. What’s most worrisome about this big number is that Tenaska’s estimates are only a best-case scenario and assume the Taylorville Energy Center will be built on time and on budget. While Tenaska sees this project through rose-colored glasses, the rest of us just see red. Not only would Illinois electricity customers be on the hook paying seven times the market price of electricity from the Taylorville EnergyCenter, Tenaska thinks we should cover cost overruns that pile up during the construction and operation of the plant too. Tenaska can make all the predictions and promises they want, but there are no guarantees when it comes to this project. A power plant relying on the same unproven technology as the Taylorville Energy Center is currently under construction in Edwardsport, Indiana, and this project is already $1 billion dollars over budget! And, of course, it’s Indiana consumers who are footing most of that bill. Members of the Illinois legislature may vote on Tenaska’s proposal today, but it’s not too late to take action. Visit www.STOPCoalition.com to learn more.
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Stop Older Worker Discrimination Now! – Repeal the Social Security Unemployment Offset
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] FACT: The Social Security Unemployment Offset reduces unemployment benefits for those receiving Social Security by an amount equal to half of the individual’s Social Security payment. This means that jobless Illinoisans suffer with denied or reduced unemployment benefits simply because of their age. FACT: Illinois is one of only two states in the nation that has not taken action to repeal the Social Security Unemployment Offset (Louisiana is the other). Illinois needs to get on board with the rest of the nation and repeal this discriminatory law. FACT: Employers pay fully into the unemployment fund for all their workers, regardless of age. All workers should receive their full unemployment benefit, regardless of age. FACT: Legislation to repeal the Offset has been introduced every year for the last decade in Illinois and consistently enjoys bipartisan support. However, the bill has never been heard in committee or on the floor. Illinois lawmakers must step up to the plate and allow a vote on this issue.
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