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[The following is a paid advertisement.]
Recently, Tenaska has been waging a scare campaign about available energy in Illinois and how desperately we need the power from the Taylorville Energy Center.
What they don’t tell you is this: The available Illinois power pool is 304,000 MW. Tenaska would contribute 544 MW to that pool. That’s two-tenths of one percent - like pouring a coffee cup into a bathtub.
Which would be perfectly fine – should even be encouraged – if it didn’t come with a special deal, above market price tag on consumers.
These are the facts:
Tenaska describes this increase as small, says it won’t kill a single job statewide. You be the judge:
* The Chicago Public Schools will pay $1 million more every year in higher electricity costs because of this plant.
* The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District will pay $1.3 million more per year.
* An industrial supply business in central Illinois will pay $265,025 more.
* A state university will pay $208,959 more per year.
* A retail discount store in southern Illinois will pay $66,204 more per year.
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Tuesday, Jan 4, 11 @ 1:34 pm
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