What is the status of the Taylorville Energy Center?
The Clean Coal Portfolio Standard Law (Senate Bill 1987 or SB 1987) requires Illinois utilities and other retail electricity suppliers to purchase up to 5 percent of their electricity from clean coal facilities that capture at least 50 percent of their greenhouse gas emissions. The bill also provides that an initial clean coal project that has a final air permit on the effective date of the legislation is entitled to enter into 30-year contracts with utilities and other retail suppliers. Christian County Generation believes that the Taylorville Energy Center will be Illinois’ initial clean coal project. Under SB 1987, the TEC was required to perform a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) Study detailing the labor and materials needed to build the plant. Christian County Generation hired a joint venture consisting of the construction firm of Kiewit Energy Company (Kiewit) and the engineering firm of Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company (Burns & McDonnell) (collectively, KBMD) to per
