VISTRA continues to try to push Solar power in Christian County especially in Kincaid. The Kincaid Power Plant has been burning coal to generate electricity since its construction in the 1950s.  The adjacent coal mine was at one time, the largest underground mine in the free world, employing nearly 1500 coal miners at its peak of production.

Vistra now owns the Kincaid Power Plant and wants to convert the site, which is interconnected to the national power grid, from generating electricity from its coal-fired power plant to a facility that generates electricity from solar. Brad Watson, a Senior Director of Community Affairs with Vistra, says that at the heart of this project it would not only bring construction jobs but also a sustained economic improvement.

That result would be an economic improvement of $10 million. Watson says that the benefits for Christian County would be overwhelming. He is encouraged by the support and wants Christian County to be a part of the future.

This is an everchanging story and Watson says that the Legislators are focusing heavily on solar.

Watson says that it is imperative that you contact your representatives and tell them what Solar means to you and Central

Illinois.

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