Chicago utility hits
wind energy milestone
Nov. 18Electric utility Exelon Corp. is
celebrating a milestone, selling more than 1 million megawatt-hours of
wind energy.
The Chicago-based utility has 20-year agreements to buy power from
four wind farms in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The wind farms
together produce enough electricity to power about 105,000 homes. Exelon
is entering its fifth year in the wind energy business, and its 154
megawatts is enough to power 40,000 homes.
Exelon distributes electricity to 5.2 million customers in northern
Illinois and Pennsylvania and generates $14 billion in annual revenue.
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