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FILE - In this May 16, 2006 file photo, employees and contractors work inside Quad Cities Generating Station at the Exelon Nuclear plant in Cordova, Ill. Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants after the Illinois Legislature declined to act on its request for financial support. The Chicago-based power provider said Thursday June 2, 2016 that it will close the Clinton Power Station in Clinton on June 1, 2017, and the Quad Cities Generating Station in Cordova on June 1, 2018.   (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT CHICAGO TRIBUNE; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT; DAILY HERALD OUT; NORTHWEST HERALD OUT; THE HERALD-NEWS OUT; DAILY CHRONICLE OUT; THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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Exelon to close 2 nuclear sites; still pushing for subsidies

Antonio Perez

Exelon to close 2 nuclear sites; still pushing for subsidies

Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants because of legislative inaction on state financial support but the company is still lobbying for the plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants because of legislative inaction on state financial support, but that the company is still lobbying for the plan.

An email obtained by The Associated Press that Exelon President and CEO Chris Crane sent to employees about Thursday’s decision also urged them to call a telephone number and record a message in favor of the legislators to be played for lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Exelon announced earlier Thursday it would close unprofitable plants in Clinton and the Quad Cities by 2018 after lawmakers adjourned without approving a plan for Exelon to share in state subsidies for carbon-free electric generation.

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The telephone number’s greeting encourages employees to say immediate legislative action could save the plants.

Exelon spokesman Paul Adams confirmed the closure decision is not irreversible.

First Published: June 2, 2016, 7:38 p.m.

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FILE - In this May 16, 2006 file photo, employees and contractors work inside Quad Cities Generating Station at the Exelon Nuclear plant in Cordova, Ill. Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants after the Illinois Legislature declined to act on its request for financial support. The Chicago-based power provider said Thursday June 2, 2016 that it will close the Clinton Power Station in Clinton on June 1, 2017, and the Quad Cities Generating Station in Cordova on June 1, 2018. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT CHICAGO TRIBUNE; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT; DAILY HERALD OUT; NORTHWEST HERALD OUT; THE HERALD-NEWS OUT; DAILY CHRONICLE OUT; THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES  (Antonio Perez)
FILE - This Oct. 7, 2011 file photo, shows the north entrance to the Exelon nuclear power plant, in Cordova Ill. Exelon Corp. says it will shut two Illinois nuclear plants after the Illinois Legislature declined to act on its request for financial support. The Chicago-based power provider said Thursday June 2, 2016, that it will close the Clinton Power Station in Clinton on June 1, 2017, and the Quad Cities Generating Station in Cordova on June 1, 2018. (Paul Colletti /The Dispatch via AP) QUAD CITY TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT  (Paul Colletti)
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