NewsOverview: Staffing of the Prairie State Generating Company MineThanks to a partnership with the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC), Prairie State is proud to announce the development of a Mining Certification Program that will help enhance educational opportunities for the region's large and talented workforce, and provide interested individuals a uniform understanding of the development and operation of a mine, environmental and safety systems, mine equipment and facilities and logistics and communications systems. (READ MORE) State Projects, 'green' future touted at energy summit04/21/2009: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn told a nearly packed gymnasium at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville that the future of Illinois and the nation rests with the creation of millions of ''green'' jobs. (READ MORE) Solving a Crucial Problem10/11/08: One year after breaking ground on the nation's largest coal-fired power plant under construction, officials with Prairie State Generating Co. said the project has been running on schedule.
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Safety & EnvironmentPrairie State is in the process of constructing a new mine rescue station near the site of the power plant and mine. |
