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A new roadmap for coal

Prairie State Energy Campus, a combination coal mine and power plant financed by Peabody Energy, could be the new model for the struggling coal industry. (READ MORE )

Prairie State Energy Campus Startup Just a Few Months Away

The countdown is under way for the partial startup in December of Prairie State Energy Campus, a 1,600-megawatt mine-mouth complex in southwestern Illinois, the brainchild of Peabody Energy Corp. a decade ago. (READ MORE )

Prairie State Energy Campus Provides Long-Term Job Opportunities

For Michael Langenstein of Okawville, landing a job operating the power plant at the Prairie State Energy Campus was everything he had hoped for in a job. He comes home to his family every night, receives a good salary, and has job security. (READ MORE)

Where are the Southern Illinois Jobs?

Think COAL -- one of the biggest growth industries in Southern Illinois (READ MORE)

Boilermakers excel at Prairie State power plant build

THE LARGEST COAL-FIRED power plant currently being built in the United States is taking shape in southern Illinois, and Boilermakers from across the country are playing a leading role in its construction. (READ MORE)

Prairie State and Bechtel announce new fixed cost EPC Agreement

To help keep energy costs low for millions of customers, Prairie State Generating Company, LLC and Bechtel Power Corporation today finalized a revised engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement that will provide a fixed price for the total cost of constructing the power plant at the Prairie State Energy Campus. (READ MORE)