MATTOON – The president of Coles Together says she doesn't believe the withdrawal of two companies from the FutureGen Alliance will affect prospects to build the clean coal plant in Mattoon.
Two weeks after the federal government revived its plans to build FutureGen in Coles County, two financial backers of FutureGen, American Electric Power Co. of Columbus, Ohio, and Southern Co. of Atlanta announced on Thursday they are withdrawing from the Mattoon project.
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