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Regulators Say Clean Coal Plant Would Cost Money
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois power regulators say a $3.5 billion coal-fired power plant planned for central Illinois would cost electricity customers a lot of money and has too many uncertainties to know whether its costs could run even higher than expected.

The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday advised state lawmakers to protect customers from price increases from the Taylorville Energy Center and push developers to firm up plans and cost information.

The commission says the plant's power would cost roughly twice what wind or nuclear cost to generate.

Omaha, Neb.-based Tenaska says its plant would use coal gasification technology and store emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide underground.

Tenaska has said the plant would have little impact on ratepayers.

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