Illinois State House District 89 issued the following announcement on Aug. 28.
State Representative Andrew Chesney issued the following statement about the announcement by Exelon on August 27 about its proposed closure of its Byron Nuclear Generating Station:
“The Byron Nuclear Generating Plant is important to our region, important to our property tax base and critical for the high-paying jobs it provides for Northwest Illinois.”
“It is a terrible shame that the criminal misconduct of ComEd in its corrupt partnership with House Speaker Mike Madigan has jeopardized this important asset for our region and our state. I support a transparent process of a negotiated “all of the above” energy policy for Illinois. I will go to bat for saving these skilled jobs for our region, but not if it means compromising my core principles to the corruption and self-dealing that have maligned past energy policy decisions. We owe our property taxpayers, area ratepayers, and our region’s highly-skilled, mostly union, workers at this facility not only our best efforts, but honest practices.”
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