Municipal electric utility gets a hearing in Gibson City

GIBSON CITY – City officials and businessmen are using their energy to talk about the future of energy.

The city council's 11-member Energy Task Force heard Phillip "Doc" Mueller of the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association in Springfield outline the concepts of a municipally-owned electric company at its first meeting Thursday.

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