Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives
Previous Post: Question of the day
Next Post: Reader comments closed for Thanksgiving
Posted in:
Myths vs. Facts about the Tenaska/Taylorville Energy Center (TEC)
Myth: The TEC will result in a small rate hike.
Fact: The TEC will cost Illinois ratepayers nearly $300 million every year. More than $142 million will be paid by residential customers. The rest will be foisted on to Illinois employers. For example, the Chicago Public Schools will pay at least $1 million more per year and have absolutely nothing to show for it.
Myth: The TEC will create jobs for Illinois.
Fact: The Tenaska plant is a jobs killer. Economic models show that forcing Illinois employers to pay hundreds of millions in higher rates will cost a minimum of 15,000 jobs statewide. Compare that to the 2,500 temporary jobs and “hundreds” of permanent jobs Tenaska claims its plant will create.
Myth: The TEC is green.
Fact: At best, the plant would have the same emissions profile as a natural gas-fired power plant. Also, underground sequestration of the CO2 is untested and unproven.
Myth: The General Assembly has all the information it needs to decide.
Fact: The ICC has said that a number of important questions need to be answered before any 30-year commitment is made. Tenaska has not provided those answers!
Go to www.stopcoalition.com
posted by Capitol Fax Blog Advertising Department
Tuesday, Nov 23, 10 @ 1:13 pm
Sorry, comments are closed at this time.
Previous Post: Question of the day
Next Post: Reader comments closed for Thanksgiving
WordPress Mobile Edition available at alexking.org.
powered by WordPress.