(Springfield, IL) — Senators in Springfield are supposed to vote on a new clean energy law that will make electricity in the state more expensive. Lawmakers have been negotiating the legislation for months. It provides 694-million-dollars in subsidies for Exelon’s nuclear power plants, and requires the state to be 100-percent carbon free by 2050. To do both, the law adds at least an extra three-dollars and 15-cents per-month to every electric bill in the state. Business groups say the proposal is too expensive. Democrats at the state Capitol say it’s necessary to reach the goal of ending coal and natural gas use in Illinois in the next 30 years.
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