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Utility Puzzle Includes Idling Illinois Power Plants

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At least three power generation operations are being taken off-line this year in southwest Illinois. Texas-based Dynegy says they are no longer cost-effective, which is usually a straight-forward math problem.

But as St. Louis Public Radio's Wayne Pratt reports, the operations are part of a complicated puzzle involving electric utilities, nonprofit grid monitors and technology.