ANNOUNCEMENT HAS
FAR-REACHING
EFFECTS.
((ERIC))
MICHELE RAVE JOINS
US IN THE STUDIO...
MICHELE... PEOPLE
WHO TALKED WITH
YOU SAY THEY'RE
BLINDSIDED BY THE
NEWS.
((MICHELE))
THAT'S RIGHT ERIC
AND MIMI...
CURRENT AND
FORMER EMPLOYEES
ALONG WITH BYRON
RESIDENTS SAY THEY
WERE SAD TO HEAR
THE EXELON BYRON
POWER PLANT WOULD
BE OFFICIALLY
CLOSING ITS DOORS .
Employees doing
construction at the plant
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE EXELON
POWER GENERATING
STATION WILL CLOSE
ITS DOORS HAS MANY
BYRON RESIDENTS
REELING.
Linda Tarpley
Byron Resident
It's just going to
devastate us some more
with this virus going on
DONALD MURCBACH
IS A FORMER EXELON
EMPLOYEE.
HE WORKED AT THE
BYRON PLANT FOR 20
YEARS AND SAYS HE
DEALT WITH A SIMILAR
SITUATION IN 1998
WHEN THE EXELON
PLANT IN ZION SHUT
DOWN.
Donald Murbach, Former
Exelon employee
I worked there and made
so many friends over the
years I took care of the
cooling towers in those
20 years so I worked with
the maintenance
department you name it.
MURBACH THINKS
MANY EMPLOYEES
WHO ARE CLOSE TO
RETIRING WILL MOST
LIKELY TAKE THE
OPTION.
Donald Murbach, Former
Exelon employee
I'm sure there's going to
be a lot of people at the
plant now that are going
to retire now because
they can and so that will
ease the burden on them
but there's going to be a
lot of people that aren't
going to replace the
money they're making at
the plant
LONG TIME BYRON
RESIDENT ROBERT
SUNDE, SAYS IT'LL BE
A MAJOR LOSS FOR
THE COMMUNITY
Robert Sunde, Byron
Resident
We need to keep that
open we gotta do our job
right here in Byron we
cant make a noise by
keeping it open so I'm
asking the company that
owns it to reconsider it
and keep this plant open
we need it.
MURBACH SAYS THE
POWER THE PLANT
PRODUCED CAN'T BE
REPLACED AND
BELIEVES THE
COMMUNITY WILL BE
HEAVILY IMPACTED BY
THE DECISION.
Donald Murbach, Former
Exelon employee
I think come summer
time we're going to have
problems with power
we've got more wind mills
and we've got more solar
energy but I don't see it
replacing the 2,500 mega
watts makes everyday all
day long."
((MICHELE))
EXELON SAYS IT IS
WORKING WITH
EMPLOYEES ON
FINDING DIFFERENT
WORK OPTIONS.
SOME WORKERS
COULD BE MOVED TO
OTHER FACILITIES.
ERIC.
((ERIC))
A WISCONSIN MAN IS
