INDUSTRY LOBBIES AGAINST POTENTIAL ILLINOIS POWER PLANT POLLUTION PLAN

September 23, 2004
The Illinois electric utility industry is seeking to stop the Illinois EPA (IEPA) from moving forward with power plant emission rules stricter than the federal government's, claiming that any such plan would put the state at a competitive disadvantage, cost jobs and severely threaten electricity reliability. If IEPA does move forward as expected with a recommendation for stringent emission rules, particularly for mercury, in a report mandated by the legislature and due by the end of this month, it would...


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