Brattle Group Values Quad Cities and Clinton NPP(s) For Illinois

A Brattle Group study sponsored by business groups in Illinois found that keeping the Quad Cities and Clinton nuclear power plants operating in Illinois would save residential and business consumers $3.1 billion over the next 10 years in electricity costs. The study's sponsors, including the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, the Illinois Hispanic Chamber or Commerce and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, are using the results of the study to rally around the Future Energy Jobs Bill, which also has support from plant operator Exelon Nuclear Operations. (read more)