As discussions continue about cost, reliability and sustainability goals, the Batavia City Council is considering adopting an energy policy to guide how it provides electricity to residents in the future.

Currently, the city has its own municipal electric utility, according to Batavia City Administrator Laura Newman. The Batavia Municipal Electric Utility gets its energy via a power sales agreement with the Northern Illinois Municipal Power Agency, or NIMPA, a joint action agency made up of Batavia, Geneva and the city of Rochelle.

NIMPA is a partial owner of the Prairie State energy campus, per its website. Power from Prairie State is distributed to NIMPA members, including Batavia, Newman said, meaning the plant is the source of Batavia’s electric power.

Prairie State is a coal-f

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