By Adam Studzinski
BLOOMINGTON – The legislation which will keep the nuclear plants in Clinton and the Quad Cities open another decade is now law.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the bill Wednesday afternoon at Clinton High School. Rauner said the hardest working people in the country are in Illinois.
“For all of you team members. For all of you team members here at this Clinton plant – electrical workers, the staff, the AFLCIO, laborers, everyone of you – you are the backbone of Illinois’ prosperity,” said Rauner. “You are the hardest working, best people in America.”
Power company Exelon had said it would be shutting down the two plants without the legislation.
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) says without Rauner’s help the bill would still be in committee and thousands of jobs would have been lost.
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