Vistra Corp. to close coal power plants in Illinois, Ohio
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Vistra Corp., had already shuttered four Illinois plants in Canton, Coffeen, Havana and Hennepin and agreed to close another near Peoria in a legal settlement with environmental groups. But the company based in Irving, Texas, announced recently that it plans to close its four remaining Illinois coal plants within a decade, including Baldwin Power Plant in Randolph County. It'll also close two Ohio plants. Roughly 15% of the electricity generated in Illinois last year came from Vistra coal plants. But The Chicago Tribune cites federal records that show the companyโs fleet was responsible for nearly half the carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emitted in 2019 by Illinoisโ power plants.