SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — State lawmakers are scheduled to return to the capital city this week to debate a clean energy deal that could shutter all coal-fired plants in the state by 2035… ...

Under pressure to hold down skyrocketing costs that promise more expensive electric bills for dozens of Midwest cities, developers agreed Friday to cap the construction budget for a massive coal-fi… ...

The Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission, a state-chartered entity that buys bulk power for dozens of municipal utilities, owns 12 percent of the Prairie State plant.

Prairie State is one of the biggest challenges to President-elect Joe Biden’s plans for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035. Originally Published: January 21, 2021 at 12:02 PM CST Share this: ...

The Prairie State Energy Campus 40 miles south of St. Louis is the largest coal-fired power plant built in the last 30 years -- and one of the cleanest say its owners.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A United States District Court judge recently said that the Prairie State power plant 30 miles outside Belleville may have violated federal law for over a decade. Magistrate ...

One of Prairie State Energy Campus’ two power units was selected in 2019 as the site of a U.S. Department of Energy-backed carbon capture research project slated for completion at the end of 2021.

The Prairie State Energy Campus has entered into an agreement with Southern Illinois Power Cooperative to purchase a 125 MW equity share of Prairie State's power plant project.