There’s a game of disinformation that the two electric utilities play in Illinois. Com Ed makes contributions to legislators in southern Illinois and Ameren gives money to state representatives and senators in northern Illinois. I guess these power companies (pun … Continue reading
Category Archives: Nuclear Power Plants
Congressman Randy Hultgren did not send out a press release on his signing a letter that will help Com Ed get permission to raise electric rates. I had to find this on Crain’s Chicago Business. Reporter Greg Hinz characterizes the … Continue reading
A press release from Exelon, the operator of the Byron Nuclear Power Plants that are not operating properly: Byron Station Declares Unusual Event Operators at Byron Generating Station declared an Unusual Event at 10:18 a.m. CT, due to the loss … Continue reading
I don’t claim any expertise concerning electric utilities Commonwealth Edison’s and Ameren’s wanting customers to pay for upgrading its system. But, it does seem to me that getting the electricity to homes and businesses is part of the business of … Continue reading
Last weekend three Members of Congress, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk and U.S. Representatives Joe Walsh and Robert Dold took a tour of the Zion Nuclear Plant. (Today, Walsh will be at Woodstock’s Challenger Center holding a Town Hall Meeting starting … Continue reading
This Saturday Business Section of the Chicago Tribune shows the problem Democrats are going to have this fall. That is, if the electorate is concentrated on jobs or the lack thereof. WIND Radio talk show host Michael Savage has suggested … Continue reading
I don’t know which is the bigger story: Green Party candidate Rich Whitney’s coming to McHenry County or the Northwest Herald’s finally covering a 2010 gubernatorial appearance in McHenry County Let’s start with Whitney. I made it to the Woodstock … Continue reading
My first throught when I saw this Saturday’s Chicago Tribune headline about trying 9/11 terrorist mastermind in Thomson, Illinois, was ”In Your Guts You Know They’re Nuts!” but I thought the understated “Oh, Joy” might be appropriate. Obviously, the “key … Continue reading
It was “just” a surplus property issue. Should it take approval of the Illinois General Assembly to dispose of surplus property worth more than $1 million? But House Bill 4744 was aimed by Crystal Lake State Representative Mike Tryon directly … Continue reading
In his December 15th statement about imprisoning terrorists in Northwestern Illinois’ Thomson Correctional Center, 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo warned that “the vitriol now pointed toward Gitmo will transfer to the village of Thomson and this facility, creating a new … Continue reading
Attending the Illinois Republican Convention in Decatur took us past three energy sources. We went south of I-39 past the Byron Nuclear Power Plants and the giant windmills. We saw we think were windmill blades sitting in water on Route … Continue reading
Attending the Illinois Republican Convention in Decatur took us past three energy sources. We went south of I-39 past the Byron Nuclear Power Plants and the giant windmills. We saw we think were windmill blades sitting in water on Route … Continue reading
Wednesday, January 16th, the 16th congressional district Democratic Party candidate, Robert Abboud, spoke to the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee in Woodstock’s Farm Bureau Building. What’s the country’s environment and energy policy? Abboud asked. “Anyone know?” “No oil executive left … Continue reading
Wednesday, January 16th, the 16th congressional district Democratic Party candidate, Robert Abboud, spoke to the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee in Woodstock’s Farm Bureau Building. What’s the country’s environment and energy policy? Abboud asked. “Anyone know?” “No oil executive left … Continue reading
Glory be! Look at the gift our Illinois General Assembly has blessed me with. A cut of $85.91 in my October electric bill. (Click on bill to enlarge.) We only have to pay 5.34 this month. The rest has mysteriously … Continue reading
Glory be! Look at the gift our Illinois General Assembly has blessed me with. A cut of $85.91 in my October electric bill. (Click on bill to enlarge.) We only have to pay 5.34 this month. The rest has mysteriously … Continue reading