SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to visit Clinton on Wednesday to sign a bill overhauling Illinois’ energy policy and creating $235 million in annual ratepayer subsidies that allows 
Exelon Corp.’s nuclear power plants there and near the Quad Cities to stay open. The governor’s office did not respond immediately Monday to a request for confirmation, and as of Monday afternoon, the bill hadn’t been sent to his desk. Energy giant Exelon said it would close the unprofitable Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear plants, which together employ about 1,500 full-time workers and generate millions in property tax revenue for schools and local governments, if the General Assembly didn’t approve subsidies during the fall veto session. Please follow the story from Dan Pertella of the Bloomington Pantagraph.
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