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Tenaska Passes Senate

Taylorville is one step closer to getting a clean-coal plant. The Senate barely approved the three-point-five-billion-dollar project yesterday. President John Cullerton says it will pump eight-billion dollars into the state's economy. It's expected to create about 25-hundred construction jobs plus an additional 450 permanent jobs. Opponents expressed concerns about air pollution and rate hikes. Cullerton says there are provisions in place to protect consumers. He says the rate hikes will be capped at two-percent plus all of the increases will have to be cleared by the Illinois Commerce Commission. The bill heads to the House but isn't likely to get a vote until next spring.

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