Comment on These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities by Carl coomer
Illinois has opened the door to a new era of nuclear energy generation, but a question remains: Where would new nuclear power plants go? JB Pritzker directed state agencies to explore this spring, when he signed his first executive order of the year and as the state seeks to stave off projected energy shortfalls that could spur higher energy prices and jeopardize reliability in coming years. The goal of the order was to bring at least two gigawatts more energy online, enough to power up to 2 million homes or 20 large data centers.
- ▪Illinois has opened the door to a new era of nuclear energy generation, but a question remains: Where would new nuclear power plants go?
- ▪JB Pritzker directed state agencies to explore this spring, when he signed his first executive order of the year and as the state seeks to stave off projected energy shortfalls that could spur higher energy prices and jeopardize reliability
- ▪The goal of the order was to bring at least two gigawatts more energy online, enough to power up to 2 million homes or 20 large data centers.
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Illinois has opened the door to a new era of nuclear energy generation, but a question remains: Where would new nuclear power plants go? It’s an issue that Gov. JB Pritzker directed state agencies to explore this spring, when he signed his first executive order of the year and as the state seeks to stave off projected energy shortfalls that could spur higher energy prices and jeopardize reliability in coming years. The goal of the order was to bring at least two gigawatts more energy online, enough to power up to 2 million homes or 20 large data centers. Illinois took its first official step back into nuclear energy when Pritzker signed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act this January, lifting a nearly four-decade ban on building new large-scale nuclear power plants.
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