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NOTICE OFFILING TO: SEEATTACHED SERVICELIST PLEASETAKENOTICEthatIhaveelectronicallyfiledtodaywiththeillinoisPollution ControlBoardtheInitialCommentsoftheillinoisAttorneyGeneral'sOffice, acopyofwhichis herebyserveduponyou.
Dated: July23, 2012

BY: Respectfullysubmitted, PEOPLEOFTHE STATEOF ILLINOIS byLISAMADIGAN,Attorney Generalofthe Stateofillinois



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CarolWebb HearingOfficer lllinoisPollutionControlBoard I021 NorthGrandAvenueEast P.O. Box 19274 Springfield,IL 62794-9274 GinaRoccaforte SERVICELIST

lllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency I021 NorthGrandAvenueEast P.O. Box 19276 Springfield,IL 62794-9276 AmyAntoniolli ReneeCipriano SchiffHardin,LLP 6600WillisTower 233 S. WackerDrive Chicago, IL 60606-6473

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BEFORE THEILLINOISPOLLUTION CONTROLBOARD AMERENENERGYRESOURCES Petitioner,
v. ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PCB 12-126 (Variance- Air)

INITIAL COMMENTS OF THE ILLINOISATTORNEYGENERAL'S OFFICE TheillinoisAttorneyGeneral'sOffice, onbehalfofthePeopleoftheStateoflllinois(the "People"),herebysubmitsitsinitialcommentsinthis matter,pursuantto415 ILCS 5/32 and35 TIL Adm. Code § 104.224(d). TheillinoisPollutionControlBoard("Board") shoulddenythe petitionforvariancefiledbyAmerenEnergyResources ("Ameren") or, inthe alternative, grant itonlywithconditionsthatwouldminimizethe amount ofexcesspollutionallowedintheyears 2015through2019. As discussedinmoredetailbelow,Amerenhas failedto satisfYitsburden ofshowingthatthehardshipofcompliancewiththeregulationsinquestionwouldoutweighthe harmtotheenvironment andpublichealththatthevariancewouldallow. L Background A. LegalRequirementsfor aVariance UndertheillinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAct, theBoardis authorizedto grant variancesfromregulationswhenitfinds thatcompliancewouldimposean "arbitraryor unreasonablehardship" onthepetitioner. 415 ILCS 5/35(a). "Whendecidingwhetherto grant

ordenyavariancerequest,theBoardisrequiredtobalancethehardship ofcontinued complianceonthebusiness againstthe adverseimpactthevariancewillhaveonthe

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environment." Marathon Oil Co. v. EPA, 242Ill.App.3d200,206(5thDist. 1993) (citing Monsanto Co. v. PCB, 67lll.2d276, 293 (1977)). Inaddition, "[t]hepartyrequestingthe· variancehas theburdenofestablishingthatthehardshipresultingfrom adenialofthevariance outweighs anyinjurytothepublicortheenvironmentfrom agrantofthevariance." ld. This burdenhasbeendescribedas "heavy." WillowbrookMotelv. PCB, 135Ill. App. 3d343, 349 (1stDist. 1985). Indeed, "ifthe onerequestingthevariancedemonstrates only thatcompliance willbedifficult, thatproofaloneis aninsufficientbasisuponwhichto grantthevariance. The petitionermustgo further andshowthatthehardshipitwillencounterfromthedenialofthe variancewilloutweighanyinjurytothepublicorenvirorunentfromthegrantofthevariance." Marathon, 242 Ill.App.3d at206. B. ReliefRequestedbyAmeren UndertheillinoisMulti-PollutantStandards ("MPS"), Amerenisrequiredto reducethe annual averagesulfurdioxide ("S02")emissionsfromits coalplantfleetaccordingto the following schedulesetforthin35 Ill. Adm. Code§ 225.233(e)(3)(C): Year S02EmissionRate Jan. 1, 2010-Dec. 31,2013 0.50lb/mmBtu Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31,2014 0.43 lb/mmBtu Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31,2016 0.25 lb/mmBtu Jan. I 2017

- [ongoing] 0.23 lb/mmBtu Here, Amerenis requestingrelieffrom Section225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv),whicharethe2015 and 2017 standards (.025 and .023 lb/mmBtu,respectively). Amerenseekstobeexcusedfrom meetingthe0.25 standardfor five years andthe 0.23 standardforfour years. Inotherwords, Amerenwouldnothavetomeetthe0.25 standarduntilJan. 1, 2020 andthe 0.23 standarduntil Jan. 1, 2021. Thereasonformakingthisrequestisthatthecompanystatesthatitis unableto ·

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securethefinancing necessaryto completeflue gas desulfurization(FGD) equipment(i.e., scrubbers) atthetwounitslocatedatAmeren'sNewtonfacility. C. Ameren'sAltemativeCompliancePlan Inexchangeforthevarianceonthe 2015 (0.25 lb/mmBtu) and2017 (0.23 1b/mmBtu) standards,Amerenproposes an alternativecomplianceplanwherebyAmerenwould committo meetinga0.38 lb/mmBtuyearlysystemaveragefrom2012through2019. Petitionat 8-9. Amerenstatesthatitwillmeetthe 0.38 lb/mmBtubymaintainingtheclosures oftheHutsonville andMeredosiastations,bymaximizing scrubberperformance attheDuckCreekandCoffeen facilities,byburninglow-sulfurPowderRiverBasin(PRB)coal, andby "manag[ing] operations

asnecessarytomaintaincompliance." !d. at9. StartingonJan. I, 2020,Amerenhopestohave

oneoftheNewtonscrubberscompletedto coincidewiththeendofthevarianceonthe0.25 lb/mmBtustandard. !d. Amerenexpectstohavethe secondNewtonscrubbercompletedin2020
toallowittocomplywiththeexpirationofthevariance onthe 0.23 lb/mmBtustandardonJan. I,2021. !d. at 9-10. II. TheVarianceWouldAllowExcessEmissionsin2015through2019. Accordingto Ameren'sownfigures (Petition at26),theproposedvariance and alternativecomplianceplanwouldresultinsulfurdioxide (S02) emissionlevels significantly higherthanwhatthe Multi-PollutantStandardswouldallowintheyears 2015through2019. Thefollowingchart showsthecomparisonand excess emissionsintonsbetweentheMPS and theproposedvariance: Year Variance S02Tons MPS S02 Tons Increase 2015 56,986 42,556 +14,430 2016 56,986 42,556 +14,430 2017 56,986 39,151 +17,835 2018 56,986 39,151 +17,835 2019 56,986 39,151 +17,835
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Amerenattemptsto gloss overthispollutionincreasebyframing its alternative complianceplaninterms ofthecumulative, oroverall,numberoftonsthatwillbe emittedfrom 2010-2021 as comparedtowhatis anticipatedundertheMPS. Amerenbelievesitshouldbeable
to "offset"the additionaltonnage shown abovebyclaimingcreditfor emissionsthathavebeen (orprojectedto be)lowerthanexpectedintheyears 2010-2014,plus someloweremissionsin thelasttwoyears (2020-2021). Theproblemwiththis frameworkis thattheMPS wasnotintendedtobea 12-year averagingperiodofpollutionreduction. Rather, itwas designedto ratchetdownemissions of SOz andotherpollutantsoveraperiodoftimebytriggeringincremental cleanups ofAmeren's coalfleet. Moreover,theloweremissionlevels andprojectionsfor2010-2014havecome about
notfrom anycommitmentsAmerenhasmade(orpromisesto make) as partofthevariance requestbutratherfromhavingits coalplantsdispatchedless andless and also fromprevious business decisionsmadebyAmerentomothballuneconomicunits (HutsonvilleandMeredosia). Throughthevariancerequest, Amerenis seekingtousetheseevents,whichledorwill leadto emissionlevelslowerthanwhatitintended,to essentiallyimposealargeplateauinthe middleofitsMPS compliance schedule, as depictedinthefollowingchartcreatedusingthe emissionfigures inthePetition(page26):

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ThePeople submitthat S02isnotapollutantthatshouldbesubjectedto along-term averaging analysisbecauseitsprimarypublichealthimpacts occurrelativelyquicklyafterbeing released, suchas short-termrespiratoryexposuretothegas itself,formationofparticulatematter intheatmospherethatreturosto groundlevel, and aciddepositionthatdamages lakes and vegetation. Sulfurdioxideis anotapersistentandcumulativepollutantintheatmospherelike greenhousegasesnordoesitbioaccumulateinthe environmentlikemercuryforwhichearly reductions arevaluable. AtonofS02 avoidedin2010 doesnothelp anasthmatic orother sensitiveindividualexposedto emissionsin2018orthelakethatreceives acidrainpollutionin thatlateryear. Inshort,Ameren'sproposalwill allow increasedpollutionfortheyears2015through 2019insignificantexcessfromwhattheMPS wouldpermitandwouldcauseharmthatcannot beundoneoroffsetthroughearlierorlaterreductions. Accordingly,theBoardmustanalyze and determinewhetherthisenvironmentalharmis outweighedbythehardship claimedbyAmeren.

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III. AmerenFails toAnalyze OtherOptions BesidestheNewtonScrnbberProject. MostofAmeren'spetitionis spentonestablishingwhy itcannotgetthefinancing it needsto constructtheNewtonscrubbersontimebecauseofthedifficult economicforces andthe shiftingregulatorylandscapeitfaces. Evenifone concedes all ofthisto betrue(whichthe Peopledo notnecessarilydo atthistime), thosefactors arenotthehardshipAmerenwould confrontbycomplyingwiththeMPS. Thehardship isthealternativemeasuresAmerenwould havetotake assumingitspreferredcomplianceplan(scrubbers atNewton) is unavailable. Amerenpaysverylittle attentiontothisinitspetitionor supportingdocuments. Indeed, the petition seemsto assumethattheonlyalternativetotheNewtownscrubbersis to "cease operations atadditional energy centersas its onlyotherviablecompliance alternative" andthatit wouldhavetoretire "atleasttwoplants across AER'sfleetsuchas, for example, Joppa,E.D. Edwards, and/orNewton." Petitionat2, 23. Theaffidavits submittedwiththepetitiondo not supportthesestatements abouthavingto retiretwo ormoreplants as theonlyoption. Forexample, accordingtoRyanJ. Martinof AmerenServicesCompany, withouttheNewton scrubberAmeren "wouldneedto resortto extremeoperationalcurtailmentsto complywithexistingstandards, likelyincluding,butnot limitedto, themothballing ofunits attheJoppa,Edwards, and/orNewtonenergy centers'' MartinAffidavit,Par. 12 (emphasis added). Notethatlikelyisnotthe same as mustandunits

arenotthe sameasplants (E.D. Edwardshasthreeunits, Joppahas six, andNewtonhastwo). Another affiant, StevenC. Whitworth, states onlythatcompliancewiththeMPShasbecome "a significanteconomichardship." WhitworthAff,Par. 2. Thus,indeterminingwhetherto grantordenythevariance,theBoardshouldclosely scrutinizeotheroptions availabletoAmerenbesidescompletingtheNewtonscrubberbecause

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the companyhas failedtodo thisinitspetition. Giventhe conflictingstatements andlackof clarityinAmeren'spetition and supporting affidavits, itis certainlypossibleandperhapseven likelythatthere aremeasures shortofclosingtwoentireplantsthatcouldbringAmereninto complianceoratleastcloserto it-evenifthoseoptions arenot as financiallypreferabletothe companyastheinstallationofscrubbers atNewtonwouldbe. Forexample,Amerenhas alreadypointedoutthatitplanstotakecertainoperational and technicalstepsto reduce emissions(i.e., maximizingscrubberperformanceattheDuckCreek andCoffeenfacilities,burninglow-sulfurPRB coal, andimplementingotherunspecified operationalmanagementmeasures). Petition at9. Couldscrubbers atAmeren'splantsbe further optimizedto reduceemissions orarethereless expensivepollutioncontroltechnologiesthat could assist? CouldAmerenruncertainunitsless ortemporarilypowerdownaunitateach facility? Whataretheseotheroperationalmanagementmeasures and couldmoreofthembe pursuedtoreduceemissions? All ofthese arepotentialoptions otherthanAmeren'sunsupported claimthattwoentirefacilities wouldhaveto becloseddowninorderto comply. Unfortunately, the companyfails to examinetheoptionsinitspetition. TheBoardshouldrequireAmerento provethatithasfullyexploredalternativecompliancemeasuresbeforegrantinganyvariance. IV. Conclusion Forthereasons statedabove, theBoardshoulddenyAmeren's requestfor avarianceon the groundsthatthecompanyhas failedtoproperlyarticulate and supportthehardshipitwould sufferfromcomplyingwiththeMPS (i.e., whatthereal options are asidefromtheNewton scrubberproject). Inthealternative, ifthereareotherstepsthatcanbetaken, theBoardcould considergrantingthevariancewith conditionsincorporatedinto Ameren'scomplianceplanto minimizethe amountofexcessemissions avariancewouldproduce. Ifthere ismorethe

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companycoulddotoreducetheproposed0.381b/mmBtulimitclosertotheintendedrate of0.25 lb/mmBtu,thenit shouldberequired. Suchanapproachwouldprovidemoreofabalance betweengivingcredittoAmerenfor earlierreductions (eveniftheywereunwantedand unintended) andthe goal ofcontinuingto step downemissionsoverthecourseoftheMPS.

Dated: July23, 2012

BY: Respectfullysubmitted, PEOPLEOFTHESTATEOF ILLINOIS byLISAMADIGAN,Attorney Generalofthe Stateofillinois

JAMESP. GIGNAC EnvironmentalandEnergyCounsel illinoisAttorneyGeneral'sOffice 69W. WashingtonSt., 18thFloor Chicago,illinois 60602 (312) 814-0660 jgignac@atg.state.il.us

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CERTIFICATEOF SERVICE I, JamesP. Gignac, anAssistantAttorney Generalinthis case, do certifythatIcausedto beservedthis 23rddayofJuly, 2012,the foregoing InitialCommentsoftheIllinoisAttorney General'sOfficeuponthepersonslistedonthe ServiceListbydepositingsameinanenvelope, firstclasspostageprepaid,withtheUnited StatesPostalServiceat 69W. WashingtonSt., Chicago,Illinois, atorbeforethehourof5:00p.m. 

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BEFORETHEILLINOISPOLLUTION CONTROLBOARD AMEREN.ENERGYRESOURCES, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Petitioner,


### v. ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY, Respondent. NOTICE OFFILING To: ALLPARTIES ON THEATTACHED SERVICELIST PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

PLEASETAKENOTICEthatwehavetodayelectronicallyfiled "'iththe Office ofthe ClerkoftheIllinoisPollutionControlBoardtheAPPEARANCE OF GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, copiesofwhichareherewithserveduponyou.

Dated: July24, 2012 AmyAntoniolli Renee Cipriano SCHIFFHARDINLLP 233 SouthWackerDrive Suite 6600 Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-258-5500 Amy Antomolh

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BEFORETHEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD
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APPEARANCE PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

I, GabrielRodriguez, hereby filemyappearanceinthisproceedingonbehalfof Petitioner,AmerenEnergyResources.

Dated: July24, 2012 233 SouthWackerDrive Suite 6600 Chicago,Illinois 60606 312-258-5500 grodriguez@schiffuardin.com

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CERTIFICATEOF SERVICE I, theundersigned, certifythat onthis 24thdayofJuly,2012,Ihaveservedelectronically theattachedAPPEARANCE OF GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ,uponthe followingpersons: JohnTherriault,AssistantClerk IllinoisPollutionControlBoard JamesR. ThompsonCenter Suite 11-500 1

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SERVICELIST (PCB 12-126) JohnTherriault,AssistantClerk GinaRoccaforte IllinoisPollution ControlBoard AssistantCounsel James R. ThompsonCenter DivisionofLegalCounsel I00 WestRandolphStreet, Suite 11-500 IllinoisEnvirorunentalProtectionAgency Chicago, Illinois 60601 I021 NorthGrandAvenue,East therriaj@ipcb.state.il.us P.O. Box 19276 Springfield,Illinois 62794-9276RECEIVEDCLERK’SOFFICEJUL252012ILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDJuly252012STATEOFILLINOISPollutionControlBoardAMERENENERGYRESOURCES,))Petitioner,))v.)PCB12-126)(Variance-AirILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL)PROTECTIONAGENCY,)IRespondent)HEARINGOFFICERORDERAhearinginthismatterremainssetforAugust1,2012.InadditiontothequestionsposedinthehearingofficerorderdatedJuly5,2012,petitionerisdirectedtoaddressthefollowingquestionsatthehearing.QUESTIONSFORPETITIONER1.104.204(d)PC249fromtheIllinoisAttorney General’sOfficeasks,CouldscrubbersatAmeren’splantsbefurther optimizedtoreduce emissionsoraretherelessexpensive pollution control technologiesthat couldassist? CouldAmerenruncertainunitslessortemporarilypowerdownaunitateachfacility?Whatarethese otheroperationalmanagementmeasuresandcouldmoreofthembepursuedtoreduceemissions?PC249at7.Pleasecommentonthecompliancealternativesoffurther optimizingscrubberstoreduceemissions,lessexpensivepollution controltechnologies that couldassistinreducingemissions,andoperationalmanagementmeasures thatcouldbepursuedtoreduce emissions.2.104.204(g)Table1onpage26ofthepetitionandAttachment1toExhibit7compares“MPSBaselineSO2Tons”to“VarianceSO2Tons”andcalculatesa“CumulativeSO2VarianceReducedTons”fortheyears2010to2021.InAttachment1toExhibit7,Ameren usedthe“BaselineHeatInput” of340,446,252,explaining,“Inordertoequalizethecomparison,AERusedthesameaverageheatinputprojectionsaswere usedtosupportthe2009 rulerevisionsto theMPS.”Exh.6at3.2(a)Shouldtheunitsfor“BaselineHeatInput”inAttachment1toExhibit7beMMBtu/yearinsteadoflbIMMBtu?(b)Whatheatinputwasusedintherecently approvedSIP(mentionedinquestion2below)?(c)Iftheheatinputvaluesarenotthe same,pleaseexplainwhichvalueismostappropriate forcalculationstosupportanSIPrevision.(d)Itappearsthe“MPSBaselineSO2Tons”iscalculatedbymultiplying“BaselineHeatInput”bytheSO2annualemissionrates fromSection225.233(e)(3)(C).Pleaseexplainhowthe“VarianceSO2Tons”arecalculatedandwhatheatinputAmerenused.PleaseexplainiftheheatinputisadjustedtoreflectthecessationofoperationsatMeredosiaandHutsonvilleEnergyCenters.(e)Pleasedefinethetermfor“nominal”(mmBtu/hr)asusedinExhibit2.(f)For2010and2011, the“VarianceSO2Tons”inthetablesarelistedas70,560and72,539,respectively.Thesumof“2011SO2massemissions”fromExhibit2is72,538.Please indicateifthesevaluesarebasedonactualemissions.(g)Please explainwhythe“VarianceSO2Tons”for2010and2011 arebothlowerthan the“MPSBaselineSO2Tons”.(h)Pleaseexplainthereasoningbehindincludingyears2010and2011inthecalculationof“CumulativeSO2VarianceReducedTons”ifthevarianceweretobegrantedin2012.TheIllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency’s(IEPA)RecommendationfiledJuly23,2012,(Ag.Rec.) stated,“Petitionerproposestocommittoasystem-wideannual averageSO2emissionrateof0.35lb/mmBtu,asopposedto0.38lb/mrnBtuassetforthinthePetition,fromJanuary1,2013,throughDecember31,2019.”Ag.Rec.at20,21.(i)DoesAmerenaffirmthecommitmentabovethatIEPAreferredtoonpages20and21?0)Pleasereaddress Table1onpage26ofthepetitionandAttachment1ofExh.7toreflecttheSO2emissionrateof0.35lb/mmBtuforthespecifiedtimeperiod.Pleaseshowyourcalculationsforallvaluesinthe Table.(k)Please readdressTable1onpage26andAttachment1ofExh.7ofthepetitiontoalsoshow“CumulativeSO2VarianceReducedTons”if2010 and2011 arenotconsidered.33.104.204(1)Thepetitiononpage32states,“...oncetheIllinoisBART[bestavailableretrofittechnology]/SIP[StateImplementationPlan]isadoptedasfinal,IllinoismustseekrevisionstotheSIPreflectingtheterms ofthevariance.”Pet.at32.Ameren fileditspetitiononMay3,2012, andUSEPApublisheditsapprovaloftheIllinoisregionalhazeSIPonJuly6,2012.77Fed. Reg.39943(July6,2012).ThefinalruleiseffectiveonAugust6,2012.Underthefinalrule for Ameren,“threeofitspowerplantsmeetthecriteria forbeingsubjecttoBART,andfivecoal-firedplantsaregovernedbytheSO2andNOlimitsinthe(CPS)[CombinedPollutantStandard].77Fed.Reg.39944.USEPAstated,“Inthenoticeofproposedrulemaking,[US]EPAproposedtoconcludethattheemissionreductionsfromthe(MPS[Multi-PollutantStandard])andthe(CPS)wouldbegreaterthanthereductionsthatwouldoccurwithunit-specificimplementationofBARTonthesubsetofthese sourcesthatmeetthecriteriafor beingsubjecttoBART.Therefore,[US]EPAproposedtofindthatthe(MPS)andthe(CPS)sufficetoaddresstheBARTrequirementforthepowerplantsofthesethreeutilities [MidwestGeneration,Dynegy,andAmeren].”77Fed.Reg.39944(July6,2012).Thepetitiononpage31states,“Illinoisestimatedthatitsplanwillrequire 96,927tonsperyearlowerSO2emissionsby2015thansimplyrequiring BARTandUSEPAacceptedIllinois’planassatisfyingBARTrequirements.”Pet.at31.Amerenfollows,“...thevariancewillresultinmassemissionsofSO2by2015evenlowerthanIllinois’estimatesundercurrentMPSrequirements.ThenetreductioninSO2emissionscontinuesto2020andbeyondand,thus,doesnotimpactthestate’sBARTdeterminations.”Pet.at31.Exhibit15ofthepetition(77Fed.Reg.3973(January26,2012)states:TheMPSandCPSprovide emissionreductionwellinexcessofsimplyimplementingBARTonsubjectunits. ThereductioninNOemissionsfromtheAmeren,Dynegy,andMidwestGenerationunitby2015fromMPS andCPSisexpectedtobe89,882 TPY.IllinoisestimatedthatsimplyimplementingBARTonthesubjectunitsfromthese entitieswouldyield32,992TPYofNOemissionreductions,whichis56,890TPYless[than]thatfromMPSandCPS.IllinoisestimatedthatimplementingBARTonthesubjectunitsatAmeren,Dynegy,andMidwestGeneration facilitieswouldrequirean117,252TPYreductioninSO2emission,butMPSandCPSwillrequirea214,179TPYS02reductionby2015.Thus,Illinoisestimatedthatitsplanwillrequire96,927TPYlowerSO2emissionsthansimplyrequiringBART.EPA believesthat Illinoishasthereby demonstratedthattheemissionlimitsonthesubjecttoBARTunitscoveredbyMPSandCPSsatisfytheBARTrequirements.77Fed.Reg.3973(January26,2012)IntheJuly6,2012USEPAapprovaloftheIllinois regionalhazeSIP,Table1liststhefollowingemissionreductionsforAmerenfromIllinois’plan,includingreductionsfromtheMPSandCPS:4NOxreductionsS02reductions(tons/year)(tons/year)CompanyILPlanLowestBARTIL PlanLowestBARTAmeren24,07423,849111,99774,349(77Fed.Reg.39946(July6,2012))Thepetitiononpage31states, “Given thevoluntarycompliancewithaloweremissionrateof0.38lbIMMBtubeginningin2012(asopposedto0.50lbIMMBtuthrough2013and0.43lb/MMBtuduring2014)through2019,thevariancewillresultinmassemissionsofSO2by2015evenlowerthanIllinois’estimatesundercurrentMPSrequirements.Thenet reductioninSO2emissionscontinuesto2020andbeyondand,thus,doesnotimpactthestate’sBARTdeterminations.”Pet.at31.(a)PleasecommentonhowtheproposedvarianceifgrantedwillimpactthevaluescitedfromtheFederalRegisterabove(77Fed. Reg.3973(January26,2012)and77Fed.Reg.39946(July6,2012)).(b)PleasecommentontheassertionbytheIllinoisAttorneyGeneral’sOffice(PC249):“Theproblemwith thisframework[Ameren’scomplianceplaniisthattheMPSwasnotintendedtobea12-yearaveragingperiodofpollutionreduction.”PC 249at4.ITISSOORDERED.C.M€WdrtrCarolWebbHearingOfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrand AvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield,Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.us5CERTiFICATEOFSERVICEItisherebycertifiedthattrue copies oftheforegoingorderweremailed, firstclass,onJuly25,2012,toeachofthepersonsontheservicelist below.Itisherebycertifiedthatatruecopyoftheforegoingorderwashanddeliveredto thefollowingonJuly25,2012:JohnT.TherriaultIllinoisPollutionControlBoardJamesR.Thompson Center100W.RandolphSt.,Ste.11-500Chicago, Illinois60601CMoWrrCarolWebbHearing OfficerIllinoisPollutionControlBoard1021NorthGrandAvenueEastP.O.Box19274Springfield, Illinois62794-9274217/524-8509webbc@ipcb.state.il.usSERVICELISTPCB2012-126PCB2012-126Gina RoccaforteReneeCiprianoIEPASchiffHardin, LLP1021North GrandAvenueEast6600WillisTowerP.O. 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BEFORETHEILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROLBOARD AMERENENERGYRESOURCES, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Petitioner,


### v. ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY, Respondent. NOTICEOFFILING To: ALLPARTIES ONTHEATTACHED SERVICELIST PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

PLEASETAKENOTICEthatwehavetodayelectronicallyfiled withthe Officeofthe ClerkoftheIllinois PollutionControlBoardAER'SRESPONSES TO THEILLINOIS POLLUTIONCONTROLBOARDTECHNICALUNIT'S QUESTIONS,copiesofwhichare herewith serveduponyou.

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BEFORETHEILLINOISPOLLUTION CONTROLBOARD AMERENENERGYRESOURCES, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION ) AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

AER'SRESPONSESTO THEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD TECHNICALUNIT'S QUESTIONS
Ameren Energy Resources ("AER" or "Petitioner") filed its petition for variance from two provisions ofthe lllinois Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS") for its fleet ofseven Illinois energy centers on May 4, 2012 ("Petition"). In the Petition, AER sought relieffrom Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January I, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for four years, beginning January I, 2017, and endingDecember 31, 2020. 35 Ill. Adm. Code225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii), and (iv). Ahearingin this matter is scheduled for August I, 2012. In her July 6, 2012 order, Hearing Officer Webb ("Hearing Officer") included a series ofquestions on the Petition for AER to answer prior to hearing. Below AER sets out the Hearing Officer's questions in italics and provides answers immediatelyfollowing eachquestion. As a preliminary matter, AER notes that the I11inois Environmental Protection Agency (the "Agency") filed a neutral recommendation in this proceeding on July 23, 2012 ("Recommendation"). In the Recommendation, the Agency proposes, among other things, an alternative mitigation S02emissionrate of0.35 lb/MMBtu, ratherthan 0.38 lb!MMBtu, toapply in calendar years 2013 through 2019. AER commits to this revised S02 emission rate. As an additional mitigation measure, AER proposes herein that the variance term conclude on January 15, 2020, with the return to compliance with the 0.23 lb/MMBtu beginning on that date rather I

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than on December 31, 2020 as proposed by AER in the Petition. The returnto compliance with the0.25 lb/MMBturatewill begin on thedate proposed byAERin itsPetition (January I, 2020). The proposed lower mitigation S02 rate duringthependency ofthevariance reliefand reduced variance time period results from discussions between AER and the Agency since the petition

was filed on May 4, 2012. AER has determined itcan comply withtheproposed mitigation S02 emission rate during the calendar years of 2013 through 2019 by operating flue gas desulfurization ("FGD") systems attheDuckCreekand CoffeenEnergyCentersatahigher level ofcontrol thanwould otherwise be required orneeded to meet regulatory requirements. A 0.35 lb/MMBtu emission rate for S02 through calendar year 2019 also commits AERto not operate the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers during the pendency of the variance. AER addresses each ofthe Hearing Officer's questions below in light ofthe revised mitigation rate presented in the Agency's recommendation and AER's agreement to a shortened variance time period. 1. PC6 suggests that Ameren Energy Resources (AER) could address two other compliance alternatives: (1) reducing capacity at its plants with higher S02 emission ratesand (2) seekingfinancingfrom itsparent company to complete the Newton FGD Project. PC6at4. PC6cites toAmeren's Q4 2011 Eamings Call Transcript (February 23, 2012) where Ameren mentioned "ratclzet[ing] down" generationfrom uncontrolledgeneratingplants as a compliance option should it notinstallscrubbersatNewton. PC6at5. Please comment on the. compliance alternatives ofcurtailing generation and seekingalternative financing. As conveyed in the Q4 2011 Earnings Call Transcript (February 23, 2012), AER has evaluated arangeofcompliancealternatives includinginstallingpollutioncontrol equipmentand curtailing generation. A more complete excerpt from the Q4 20II Earnings Call Transcript shows AER was not considering "ratcheting down" generation as the likely or best compliance option, butratherthat in evaluatingwaysto complywiththeMPS absentthe Newton scrubbers, reducinggenerationwas one ofmany alternativesthatrequired furtherevaluation.

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So, about in that period, we, absent other waysto comply, might need orwould need to ratchet down the generation fi·om our uncontrolled generating plants. Which plants would do that, how that might takeplace, that's all something that we have to assess and examine here over the corning months in terms ofagain absenttheNewton scrubbers, howwewould best go aboutcomplying.' While curtailing generation reduces emissions, it also siphons offAER's sole source of

revenues which are derived from the sale ofpower. Indeed, the de-rating ofa unit means less power to sell, less revenue generated, and therefore reduces the amount of cash available to

coverAER's fixed operating costs to runthe units. In the absence ofimproved forward power prices, significantcurtailment ofgeneration would exacerbate the precarious financial condition ofAER in that insufficient cash flow would be generated to cover operating costs. However, AERdid evaluateall options and has evaluatedwhetherreducingoperations attheNewton, B.D. Edwards, and Joppa Energy Centers is aviablecompliance alternative. The evaluationrevealed that in orderto comply with the proposed MPS S02 emission rates, AERwould need to lower capacityfactors on suchunitstobetween22% and 38%. Insuch scenarios, fixedoperatingcosts would essentiallyremainthe same becausethe units are still operating, even as generating levels

are reduced. The result is negative cash flow and an inability to fund ongoing operations. In fact, the curtailment of operations puts AER as a whole in greater financial peril than unit shutteringtherebyjeopardizingthe system'sviabilityand resulting in greaterjob loss. Operation cmtailment was evaluated and is simply not a viable compliance alternative. In this power market and under the regulatory landscape, ifreliefis not granted AER's only viable option to maintain compliancewould betotakeone ormore energycentersoutofoperation.' AER has also explained in the Petition and supporting affidavits why seeking financing
to complete the Newton FGD project from a third party or its parent company, Arneren

1The Q4 Earnings Call Transcriptis viewable at:**http://www.morningstar.com/eamings/36055260~ameren** corp-g4-201**l.aspx?gindex~6&pindex~6** (page6oflheQ&A tab).

2 The Coffeen andDuck CreekEnergy Centers havewet FGD systemsthataffordthe Companytheflexibility to burnarange ofcoals including highersulfur coal from the Illinois coalbasin. TheNewton, Joppal andE.D. Edwards Energy Centersall burn lowsulfurcoal as a compliancemechanism. 3

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Corporation, is not feasible3 First, the debt covenants ofAmeren Energy Generating·Company ("AEG," alsoknownas "GENCO" in federal securities filings andthird partyfinancial analyses) restrictAEG's abilityto incur additional indebtednessfrom third-party external sources.' AEG's bond indenture covenants prohibit it from borrowing additional funds if its interest coverage ratio is less than 2.5 or its leverageratio is greaterthan 60%. AEGexpects its interest coverage ratio to fall belowtheminimum level required bythe end of2012 atwhich time itwillno longer be able to borrow additional funds from third-party lenders to complete installation of the NewtonFGD system.5 Violatingthese debt covenantsis notaviableoption. Second, Ameren Corporation will not financially support the merchant generation companies to the detriment oftheparent companyorits regulated utilities. AERand AERG are not publicly-registered companies, nor are they rated by credit rating agencies. Accordingly, theyhave no directaccess to publicfinancial markets themselves. The increasingnegativeview ofthe merchant generation and its subsidiaries by credit rating agencies, shareholders, current bondholders, and equity research analysts inhibits Ameren Corporation from investing in AER without the risk ofsevere negative investor reaction that could adversely impact its own credit quality and accesstocapita!.6 · The Citizens Groups state that AER has not shown that it cannot obtain the funding it needstocomplywiththeMPS from its parent company, Ameren Corporation." Specifically, the CitizensGroups referto an earnings call transcript wherein Ameren Corporation discussed aPut Option Agreement that allows the sale ofthree natural gas plants by AEG to AmerenEnergy
'Pet.at22.
4RefertoPage4, Fn. 6andExh. 6ofthePetition for amore robustexplanation ofthecorporaterelationships.
5Pet., Exh. 6.pg. 5. 5Pet., Exh. 5,pg. 7, I0.
1Public Comment("PC")#6,pg. 5. In PC#6, theEnvironmentalLaw & PolicyCenter("ELPC")filed on behalfofELPC, theNatural Resources Defense Council,RespiratoryHealth Association ofMetropolitan Chicago, and SierraClub (collectively, "Citizens Groups'').
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Resources Generating Company ("AERG") for either $1OOM or the market price ofthose gas facilities, whichever is greater. Ameren Corporation has agreed to be the funding source to AERG. This arrangement stems from the extreme liquidity shortages facing AEG and the inability to access credit. Given the likelihood that AEG will be unable to acquire short term debt capacity on its own if and when its credit facilities expire next year, the Put Option Agreement provides some assurance of liquidity. However, proceeds from the Put Option Agreementwould beused to supportbasic operatingneeds, and notanequityinjectionthatcould be used for capital expenditures. The underlying business rationale for the Put Option is that companies could theoretically sell suchassets to generate cash. In this sense, ifexercised, the Put Option will allow AEG to continue to operate and provide critical time needed for power marketconditionsto improve before resumingthe installation ofthe FGD system attheNewton Energy Center8 Ameren's guarantee of the Put Option is much different than a direct investment in AER. The Put Option represents a form ofsupport in that it strengthens AER's liquidity profile but does not provide direct support ofAEG or the Newton scrubber project. Moreover, ifthe Put Option is exercised, AER's liquidity "securityblanket" is eliminated which alone could result in an adverse reaction by the investment community. Again, much like the operating curtailment alternative, AER would find itselfin a worse financial situation than it finds itselftoday. Forall ofthe reasons setforth in the Petitionand supportingaffidavits, neither AmerenCorporationnorthirdparty lenders areviablefinancing alternatives. 2. Ameren'spetition onpages 8 to 10 contains theproposed variance compliance pla!L Inpart,Amerenproposes:

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AER expects to maintain a continuous program ofconstruction at the Newton Energy Centerso as to be in aposition to have theNewton [Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD)] Projectcompletedandoperationalto meetcompliance obligations. Allmajorequipment components requiredto complete theNewton FGD Project has beenprocuredand will bestoredon site during the variance period. Sitepreparation,foundation workandduct work fabrication willallbe expectedto continueoverthe next fewyears. Assumingpowerprices rebound,

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field construction activities includingthe mobilization of skilledcraftlaborand theprocurement ofcommodity items could take approximately 24 months to completeoncetheprojectramps backup. (Pet. at9.) AERhasincurred$237million on theNewton FGDProjectto dateandintends to continuethe variousengineeringandconstructionactivities itcanfundso as bepositionedto completetheFGDProjectin time to complywith the2015MPS S02 annualemission rate by January 1, 2020 andthe 2017rate by January 1, 2021. By the endof2012, AER will have spentover 50% oftheproject cost. (Petat19.) Based on theproposed compliance deadlines ofJanuary 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021,pleaseprovideadditionaldetails in thecomplianceplanproposedonpages8- 10 ofthe petition. Please provide an estimated timeline for phases ofthe compliance plan: engineering, site preparation, foundation work, duct work fabrication,field construction activities, startup, andany othersignificantphases. Also,please includethe estimatedcosts foreachphase. As ofthis date, AERhas scheduled constructionworkthroughthe remainderof2012 and for calendar year 2013. Engineering design will continue through 2014. AER's current and ongoingeffortsare focused on commercial commitments thatcan be completed in 2012 or2013 but that would facilitate future construction sequencing should market conditions improve. All major equipment sets will be delivered to the site and "rough set" (excluding connections and piping) into position. Steel fabrication of ductwork and insulation activities will occur throughout this period as well. The absorber building will be constructed. Electrical systems and piping connections will be deferred. AERwill manage ongoing work to match cash flows and has budgeted $16M in annual expenditures during this period. Lastly, engineering design will continue. At present, detailed engineering design has been completed to the 65% level. Engineering design will continue through completion which will occur in 2014. By the end of 2012 AER would have invested $237M in the Newton FGD project. Additional annual expenditures in the amount of$16M have been budgeted from 2013 through 2016. These expenditures would increase, assuming market conditions improve, in order to complete the project. AERwill agreeto provide the Board withprogress reports on construction activities in future years.

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3. PC 6 states, "[Tjhe closure ofMeredosia and Hutsonville plants -and the consequent decrease in emissions from Ameren's coal fleet

- would occur regardless of whether the variance isgranted."PC 6 at9, (emphasis in original). Ameren'spetition Exhibit 2 lists the S01 emissions in rate and tonsperyearfor each power station. Ameren's petition on page 9·notes that committing to the voluntary SOz emission rate of0.38 lb!MMBtu during the variance period will impose significantoperationalrestrictions onAER. Ameren'spetition onpage26 contains atable showing theprojectedS01 emissions through 2021 

### if the variance were notgranted,projectedS01 emission underthe variance, andthe cumulative S01 reduction underthe variance 

### if the cessation of operations atHutsonville and Meredosiaareconsidered. (a) Pleasestate theoverallannualS01 emission ratefromtheAmerenMPSGroup priorto, andafterthe closureof Meredosia and[Hutsonville]plants. Comment on whetherreduction beyondwhatwas achievedwith closureof Meredosiaand [Hutsonville}plan[ts] wouldbe neededto meettheproposedS01 emission rate of0.38lh!MMBtl(. There is no real dispute that the closures of Meredosia and Hutsonville have an environmental benefit. Rather, the Citizens Groups in public comments believe that such emission reductions should not be considered bythe Board in reviewing the merits ofAER's variarce petition.9 The Hutsonville and MeredosiaEnergy Centers arefully permitted and AER may lawfully reopen them. However, as discussed in more detail below, AERwould agree not to operate the facilities during the pendency ofthe variance period as a condition ofthe relief grarted. In its Recommendation, the Agency recognizes that "there is currently no regulatory requirement for Meredosia or Hutsonville to remain shut down" and that AER makes this commitment in spite of the associated constraints and operating requirements necessary to mitigateanypotential negative environmental impactsresultingfrom thevariance. 10 Theoverall annual S02 emission rate rrom theAmerenMPS Group in 201!,priorto the closureofthe Meredosiaand Hutsonville Energy Centers, was0.46 lb/MMBtu. Tocalculatean estimated 2012 emission rate based on comparable utilization ofthe fleet, AERused 201I as a baseline and removed the contributions ofthe Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers from

9 SeePC#6, pg. 9.
10Rec. at 19, 21.
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the S02 emission rate. AER used this methodology to calculate the annual S02 emission rate after the closure ofthe Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers as 0.40 lbfMMBtu. Many assumptions are needed to predict emissions and utilization in the future, soAERchose the last actual complianceperiodto illustratethereduction achieved by notoperatingthoseplants. Therefore, to meetthe proposed rate of0.35 lbfMMBtu or even the 0.38 lbfMMBtu S02 rate, AER would have to do more. Specifically, AER would have to operate the existingFGD systems at the Coffeen and Duck Creek Energy Centers at a higher level ofcontrol than the operatinglevel needed tocomplywiththe regulations. RunningtheFGD systems ata 99% S02 removal rate ratherthan 95%requires added auxiliary power, the increased sizingofequipment, and increased limestone usage. Moreover, the higher performance will lead to higher maintenance costs due to increased wear and tear. Capital expenditures associated with achieving and maintaining FGD removal efficiencies at a 99% level are estimated at $5 million and operatingand managementcosts forthe increased limestoneusage areestimated at$173,337 annually. (b) Please state the anwuntof S02 emissions 

### ifthe requestedvariance isgranted, comparedto that which would result 

### ifimmediate compliance is required. In particular, please readdress Table 1 011 page 26 ofthepetition to provide a specific estimate ofthe net difference between the projected S02 emissions under the current rule and under the proposed variance 

### ifMeredosia ami Hutsonville arenotconsideredinthesystem-wideanalysis. In Table I ofthe Petition, AERfollowed the same methodologythat was employed and endorsed by the Agency when the MPS was first developed. In the initial MPS analysis, the Agency calculated an average heat input based on the three highest years between 2000 and 2007. In the 2009 revisions to the MPS, AER included calendar year 2008 and averaged heat inputs from 2006, 2007, and 2008, which resulted in a constant projected heat input of 340,446,252 mmBtu. 11 In order to maintain a comparable comparison, AER utilized this same

11 In the matterofProposedAmendmentsto,35Ill. Adm. Code225: Controlof EmissionsFromLarge CombustionSources (MercwyMonitoring),R09-10, Testimony ofMichael L. Menne on BehalfofAmeren Companies,pg. 15 (Feb. 2, 2009). 8

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heat input in the Table I on page 26 ofthe Petition to project emissions for the period of20I0 through 2021. AERcalculatedthetotal projected baseline S02emissions from the AmerenMPS Group under the current requirements ofthe MPS for the period of 2010 through 2021 at 694,510 tons. AER used the same heat input as it used to make its previous demonstration in support ofa rule change in 2009, which includes heatrates from the Meredosiaand Hutsonville Energy Centers. The cumulative S02 reduction reflects both the reduction in**S~** mass emissions due to the cessation ofoperations at the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers and theproposed mitigationrate. AERprojectedtheemission rates undertherequested variance in Table 1 in the Petition to reduce total S02 emissions ("Cumulative S02 Variance Reduced Tons")fortheperiod between2010and 2021 by29,217tons. AER has now prepared a revised table in response to this question 3(b). This table, attached as Table 2, shows theprojected mass emissions ofS02usingtheAgency'srevised S02 emission rate of 0.35 lbfMMBtu during the years of 2013 through 2019 and the shortened variance period compared to that which would result ifcompliancewiththeMPS 2015 and 2017 S02 emissionrates is required. AERdidthecalculations duringthe period of2010 through 2020 and used a revised heat input for the years of 2012 through 2020 to reflect the closures of Meredosiaand Hutsonville. Usingthe sameaverageheat input (again, based on averaging2006, 2007, and 2008 data), but eliminating the heat inputs for those two energy centers, the total projected baseline S02emissions fortheperiod of20I0through2020werecalculated at 647,589
tons. 12 Accordingly, the cumulative S02 emissions reduced for this period are 34,895 tons. Table2 shows a net environmental benefitunderthe revised approach excluding Meredosia and Hutsonville.

12Note, however, thatthe calculations forthemass S02emissions underthevariance inbothTable 1inthe petition andthe revisedtablein ExhibitXX factor in two times the projected emissions fromtheFutureGen projectatthe MeredosiaEnergy Center. 9

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The Citizens Groups criticize the inclusion ofAER's actual emissions in 2010 and 2011 in calculatingthe totalemission reductionsY AERincluded the actual emissionsfrom 2010 and 2011 to illustrate thatAERwould be in the same position or better by the end ofthe variance te1m than aswas projected undertheMPS (that is, to make a true comparison, the entire period needs to be considered). However, removing calendar years 2010 and 2011 from the calculations, a commitmentto the revised S02 mitigation emission rate and the closures ofthe Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers during the pendency ofthevarianceterm still result in a netenvironmentalbenefitof7,770 tons S02duringthevariance period. AERmaintains it is appropriate to calculate emissions reductions using a heat inputthat includes Meredosia and Hutsonville in the baseline, thereby "taking credit" for the closure of these two energy centers. As noted by the Agency, "providing credit for actions (e.g., unit shutdowns)thatresult in emission reductions is an acceptable part oftheestablished regulatory process." 14 A table showingthe cumulative S02 emission reductionswhentaking credit forthe closuresofHutsonville andMeredosiaduringtheMPS period (20I0through 2020) is attachedas Table 3. Performingthe calculationsunder this recognized approach, the revised emission rates and closures ofMeredosiaand Hutsonville will provide a net benefitof60,669 tons S02 during theterm ofthevariance. Accordingly, contrarytotheCitizens Groups assertionthatthevariance will "significantly increase harmful S02 pollution," AER has demonstrated, and the Agency agrees, thatthe revised variancerequest will in fact provide a net environmental benefitand will
notresult in anyenvironmental harm. 4. DoesAmerensuggestanyconditionsto the requestedvariance? In response to the Agency's recommendation and this question, AER suggests that it be subject to the Agency's proposed revised S02 emission rate of 0.35 lb!MMBtu during the

tJtJ PC#6,pg. 9.
14 Rec. at 21. 10

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calendaryears of2013 through 2019 and that it also be subjecttothe shortened variance period. Furthermore, AERagreesto thefollowing conditionstotherequested relief: I. AER agrees not to operate the Hutsonville and Meredosia Energy Centers for power generation purposes during the pendency ofthe variance; except that the FutureGen project which is currentlyproposedfortheMeredosiaEnergy Center siteis exemptfrom this restriction. 2. During the tenn ofthe variance, AER agrees to file progress reports with the Board and the Agency as to the status of construction activities relating to the Newton scrubber annually by the end ofeach calendar year. Furthermore, in the event completion ofthe FGD system becomes infeasible, AERagreesto advisethe Boardand the Agency ofaltemativeplans forcomplianceduringtheremainingterm ofthe variance.

Dated: July 30, 2012 ReneeCipriano GabrielRodriguez Amy Antoniolli SchiffHardin,LLC 233 SouthWackerDrive, Suite 6600 Chicago, IL 60606 Respectfully submitted, AMERENENERGYRESOURCES, Petitioner.

11TABLE2BaselineHeatMPSS02MPSBaselineVarianceS02AdjustedHeatVarianceCumulativeS02InputRateso2RateInputso2VarianceReducedYearMMBtulbfMMBtuTonslbfMMBtuMMBtuTonsTons2010340,446,2520.5085,1120.50340,446,25285,11214,5522011340,446,2520.5085,1120.50340,446,25285,11227,1252012340,446,2520.5085,1120.38312,003,69459,28152,9562013340,446,2520.5085,1120.35312,003,69454,60183,4672014340,446,2520.4373,1960.35312,003,69454,601102,0622015340,446,2520.2542,5560.35312,003,69454,60190,0172016340,446,2520.2542,5560.35312,003,69454,60177,9722017340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,60162,5232018340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,60147,0742019340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,60131,6242020340,446,2520.2339,1510.23312,003,69435,88034,895Total655,359647,58934,895Noteforthe"CumulativeS02VarianceReducedTons"column,apositivenwnberindicatesanemissiondecrease(benefit).*NotethattheHeatInputhasbeenadjustedtoremoveHutsonvilleandMeredosiafromthebaseline;noadditionalemissionreductionshavebeencredited.mCD...,0:J()"Tl:J(Q::0CD()CD<"CD0.0CD...,Ill03()CD0.........._c..u0N0....>.1\.)TABLE3BaselineHeatMPSS02MPSBaselineVarianceS02VarianceCumulativeS02VarianceInputRateso2RateSOzReducedYearMMBtulb/MMBtuTonsMMBtuTonsTons.2010340,446,2520.5085,1120.5085,11214,5522011340,446,2520.5085,1120.5085,11227,1252012340,446,2520.5085,1120.3864,68555,2512013340,446,2520.5085,1120.3559,57888,4832014340,446,2520.4373,1960.3559,578109,8002015340,446,2520.2542,5560.3559,578100,4772016340,446,2520.2542,5560.3559,57891,1532017340,446,2520.2339,1510.3559,57878,4262018340,446,2520.2339,1510.3559,57865,6982019340,446,2520.2339,1510.3559,57852,9702020340,446,2520.2339,1510.2339,15160,669Total655,359691,10660,669Noteforthe11CumulativeS02VarianceReducedTons11column,apositivenumberindicatesanemissiondecrease(benefit).mCD.....0:::J()11:::J(Q;;oCD()CD:c::·CD0..()CD.....;::r;;:(/)0:::::;()CD0"...._w0i\30....>.N

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# WAmeren Michael L Menne Vice President Environmental Services Ameren Services

T 314.554.2816 F 314.554.4182 mlmenne@ameren.com

............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ AFFIDAVIT OFMICHAELL. MENNE Myname is Michael L.Menne and Ihelped preparethis public comment on behalfofAmeren Energy Resources, which I will refer to as "AER." I am the Vice President ofEnvironmental Services for Ameren Services Company, a subsidiary ofAmeren Corporation. I joined the newly formed environmental services department ofUnion Electric Company, now doing business as Ameren UE, in 1976. Ibecame employed as a Manager ofEnvironmental Affairs for Ameren Services Company in 1998 and served as a Manager ofthe Environmental Safety and Health Department, now the Environmental Services Department, for Ameren Services Company from 2000 to 2003. I am responsible for developing policies and procedures relating to environmental compliance for Ameren Corporation and its operating subsidiaries. In that capacity I am responsible for representing Ameren Corporation and its subsidiaries before regulatory and administrative bodies with respect to state and federal permitting conditions and regulatory requirements. I consulted with Steven Whitworth, also an employee ofAmeren Services Company, in preparing and reviewing this public comment. I have read the Public Comment ofAmeren Energy Resources and the facts stated therein are true and correctto thebestofmyknowledge and belief.
Furtheraffiantsayeth not.

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AFFIDAVITOFRYANJ.MARTIN

My name is Ryan J. Martin and I helped prepare this public comment on behalfof Ameren Energy Resources. I previously filed an affidavit in this matter that details myjob description andduties. IhavereadthePublicCommentofAmerenEnergyResourcesandthefacts statedtherein

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CERTIFICATEOFSERVICE I,theundersigned, certifythatonthis 30thdayofJuly, 2012, Ihave servedelectronically the attachedAER'S RESPONSES TO THEILLINOIS POLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD TECHNICALUNIT'S QUESTIONS,uponthefollowingpersons: JohnTherriault, AssistantClerk Carol Webb, HearingOfficer IllinoisPollutionControlBoard JamesR. Thompson Center Suite 11-500 100 WestRandolph Chicago, Illinois 6060I

and electronicallyandbyfirst class mail, postageaffixed, upon: GinaRoccaforte AssistantCounsel DivisionofLegal Counsel lllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency 1021 NorthGrandAvenue,East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield,Illinois 62794-9276

Renee Cipriano GabrielRodriguez AmyAntoniolli SCHIFFHARDINLLP 233 SouthWackerDrive Suite 6600 Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-258-5500

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SERVICELIST (PCB 12-126) JohnTherriault, AssistantClerk GinaRoccaforte CarolWebb, HearingOfficer AssistantCounsel IllinoisPollutionControlBoard DivisionofLegal Counsel James R. ThompsonCenter IllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency 100WestRandolph Street, Suite 11-500 1021 NorthGrandAvenue,East Chicago, Illinois 60601 P.O. Box 19276 therriajlali!)Cb.state.il.us Springfield,Illinois 62794-9276•! 

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BEFORETHEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD AMERENENERGYRESOURCES, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Petitioner,

v. ILLINOISENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY, Respondent. NOTICEOFFILING To: ALL PARTIES ONTHE ATTACHEDSERVICELIST PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

PLEASETAKENOTICEthatwehavetoday electronicallyfiledwiththeOffice ofthe ClerkoftheIllinoisPollutionControlBoardAER'SRESPONSESTO THEILLINOIS POLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD TECHNICALUNIT'S SECONDSETOF QUESTIONS, copies ofwhich areherewithserveduponyou.

Dated: July30, 2012 Renee Cipriano GabrielRodriguez AmyAntoniolli SCHIFFHARDINLLP 233 SouthWackerDrive Suite 6600 Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-258-5500 AmyAntoruolh



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BEFORETHEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD Al\1ERENENERGYRESOURCES, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) ILLINOISENVIRON!\1ENTALPROTECTION ) AGENCY, ) ) Respondent. ) PCB 12-126 (Variance-Air)

AER'SRESPONSESTOTHEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD TECHNICALUNIT'SSECOND SETOFQUESTIONS
Ameren Energy Resources ("AER" or "Petitioner") filed its petition for variance from two provisions ofthe Illinois Multi-Pollutant Standard ("MPS") for its fleet ofseven Illinois energy centers on May 4, 2012 ("Petition"). In the Petition, AER sought relieffrom Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iii) for five years beginning January I, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019, and relief from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C)(iv) for four years, beginning January I, 2017, and endingDecember 31, 2020. A hearing in this matter is scheduled for August I, 2012. In her July 6, 2012 order, Hearing Officer Webb ("Hearing Officer") includeda series ofquestions on the Petition for AER to answer prior to hearing. AER filed responses to the first set ofHearing Officer questions on July 30, 2012 ("AER's First Set ofResponses"). The Hearing Officer inc!J,1ded a second set ofquestions in a July 25, 2012 order. AER's responses to the July 25, 2012 questions are setforth below. 1. PC249 from theIllinoisAttorney General's Officeasks, CouldscrubbersatAmeren'splantsbe furtheroptimizedto reduce emissionsor are there less expensivepollutioncontroltechnologies thatcouldassist? Could Ameren run certain units less or temporarily power down a unit at each facility? What are these other operational management measures and could moreof thembepursuedto reduceemissions? PC249at 7. Please comment on the compliance alternatives of further optimizing scrubbers to reduce emissions, less expensivepollution controltechnologies that couldassistin reducing emissions, andoperationalmanagementmeasures thatcouldbepursued to reduce emissions. 

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AER has and continues to evaluate a number of compliance alternatives that can effectivelyreduce emissions. Under AER's compliance plan, the operation ofFGD systems at the Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers will be fully maximized in order to maintain compliance on a system-wide basis with the MPS S02 emission requirements. The removal efficiencies for the FGD systems will range between 98-99%. 1 Even at those high removal efficiency levels, compliance margins remain narrow and AER will need to employ operational strategies such as low-sulfurcoal proc;urement and generationutilization in orderto complywith the proposed emissionrate. In addition to scrubbers, AER has evaluated other technologies for S02 reduction including sorbent injection. AER's evaluation ofsorbent injectionreflects removal levels of10
to 90%. Suchvariability in removal efficienciesreduces theeffectivenessofthis technology as a compliance alternative. Furthermore, AER's analysis ret1ected that the installation of such equipment at a facility such as E.D. Edwards would impair that unit's electrostatic precipitator performance (ESP) thereby potentially triggering additional controls such as a baghouse to control particulate matter (PM). AER currently utilizes activated carbon injection at all ofits non-FGD units which add to the mass loading on the ESPs. Accordingly, the total cost of sorbentinjectionwhenconsidered in conjunction with the increased capital costs associated with controlling PM, renders this alternative equivalent to that of a scrubber system. More importantly, to comply with the MPS via sorbent injection would entail installation of such
contraIs (and baghouses) atvirtually all ofAER'suncontrolled units acrossthe system. The cost ofsuch alternativewould exceedthe costto completetheNewtonscrubber. Finally, AER considered operational management measures to comply with the MPS in 2015, butfound thatsnch reductions would leadtonegative cash flow and would exacerbate, not

1Seepage 8**ofAER~s**First SetofResponses fortheassociatedcapitalandoperatingand maintenance costs associatedwith achievingandmaintainingsuch high FGD removal efficiencies. 2

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alleviate AER's currentfinancial predicament Please referto pages 2 and 3 ofAER'sFirst Set ofResponses.
2. Table I onpage 26ofthepetitionandAttachmentI to Exhibit 7compares "MPS Baseline S02 Tons" to "Variance S02 Tons" andcalczdates a "Cumldative S02 Variance ReducedTons" fortheyears2010to 2021. In Attachment I to Exl!ibit 7, Ameren used tl1e "Baseline Heat Input" of 340,446,252, explaining, "Inorderto equalizethecomparison,AERusedthesame average heat inputprojections as were usedto support the 2009 rule revisions to theAlPS." Exh. 6at3. (a) Should the unitsfor "Baseline Heat I11put" in AttachmentI to Exhibit 7be MMBtulyearinsteadof lb/MMBtu? Yes. (b) What healinputwas usedin the recently approvedSIP (mentioned in question 2 below)? It appears that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) used 2002 heat input data for its comparison to support revisions to the Illinois SIP for regional haze. The memorandum entitled "Comparison of Illinois PowerPlantEmission reductions to Reductions from Source-Specific BestAvailable Retrofit Technology," filed by USEPA on May 29, 2012
states itused datafrom Illinois' technical supportdocumentforBART. (c) If the heatinputvalues are notthesame,pleasee-.:plain which valueismost appropriate forcalculationstosupportanSIPrevision. Theheat inputsAERuses in its calculationsarenotthe sameasthoseused in support ofthe Illinois SIP revisions. AER and the Agency agreed on the approach to heat input values to be used when developingthe MPS in 2006 and then when seekingthe revision in 2009. Whichheatinputsaremoreappropriateforcalculationsto supporta SIPrevisionmay be bestansweredbytheAgency in thecontextofthe SIPrevision process. (d) It appears the "MPS Baseline S02 Tons" is calculated by mldtiplying "Baseline Heat Input" by the S02 annual emission ratesfrom Section 225.233(e)(3)(C). Please explain how the "Variance S02 Tons" are calculatedand what heat inputAmeren use£L Please explain 

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input is adjusted to reflect the cessation ofoperations at Meredosia and HutsonvilleEnergy Centers. The Board is correct thatthe "MPS Baseline S02Tons" is calculatedbymultiplying "Baseline HeatInput" by the S02 annual emission rates from Section 225.233(e)(3)(C). To calculate the "Variance S02 Tons," AER multiplied the baseline heat input (340,446,252 MM!Btu) by the variance S02emission rates. Thisheatinputwas not adjusted to reflectthe cessation ofoperations at the Meredosia and Hutsonville Energy Centers. AER maintains that it is appropriate to calculate emissions reductions using a heat input that includes Meredosiaand Hutsonvi!!e in the baseline, because bothplantsarepartoftheMPS group and their closure should be considered. As noted by the Agency, "providing credit for actions (e.g., unit shutdowns) that result in emission reductions is an acceptable part of the establishedregulatoryprocess." Rec. at21. lnAER'sFirst SetofResponses, AERprepared

an updated table showing the 802 emission reductions through 2020 when considering the closures ofHutsonvilleand Meredosia(Table 3). (e) Pleasedejmetheterm for "nominal"(mmBtulllr) as usedinExhibit2. The term "nominal" in Exhibit 2 to the Petition specifies a target output consistent withconceptual orpreliminarydesign orprojections, notnecessarilythemaximumcapability

orperformance. (f) For 2010 and 2011, the "Variance S02 Tons" in the tables are listed as 70,560 and 72,539, respectively. Tlze sum of"2011 S02 mass emissions" fromExhibit2 is 72,538. Please indicate

### if these valuesare basedon actual emissio.ns. Yes,thesevaluesare actualemissionsforthoseyears. (g) Please e."plain why the "Variance S02 Tons"for 2010 and2011 are both lowerthan the "MPSBaselineS02 Tons". The MPS Baseline 802Tons are calculated to show the maximum emissions in S02 tons allowable underthe MPS. The actual emissions forthose years arelower, reflectingthe

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operation of FGD systems at high efficiencies and other operational measures to reduce emissions. (h) Please explain the reasoning behind includingyears 2010 and2011 in the calculation of"Cumulative S02 Variance Reduced Tons" 

### ifthe variance wereto begrantedin 2012. AER included the years 2010 and 2011 in the calculation of "Cumulative S02 Variance ReducedTons"to show the total tons ofS02 reducedduring the MPS period by the end oftherequestedvarianceterm. The IllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency's (IEPA) Recommendationfiled July 23, 2012, (Ag. Rec.)stated, "Petitionerproposesto committo asystem-wide annual average S0 2 emission rate of 0.35 lblmmBtu, as opposed to 0.38 lblmmBtuas set forth in thePetition,from January I, 2013, through December 31,2019." Ag.Rec. at20, 21. (i) DoesAmerenaffirm thecommitmentabove thatIEPA referredto onpages 20and21? AERcommitsto complyingwith the S02 emission rateof0.35lb/MMBtu, ratherthan 0.38 lbiMMBtu, in calendaryears 2013 through 2019. As an additional mitigation measure, AERproposes hereinthatthevarianceterm conclude onJanuary 15, 2020, with the returnto compliance with the 0.23 lb/MMBtu beginning on that date rather than on December 3!, 2020 as proposed by AERin thePetition. Please referto AER'sFirst SetofResponses for a

more completeresponseto thisquestion. 

### OJ Please readdress Table 1 on page 26 ofthepetition andAttachment 1 of Exh 7 to reflect the S02 emission rate of0.35 lb/mmBtufor the specified time period. Please show your calculationsfor all values in the Table. Please referto AER'sFirst SetofResponses, Exhibit I for a revisedtablecalculating
tons of S02 reduced under the agreed revised rate and shortened variance period and removingHutsonvilleandMeredosiafrom the system-widebaseline. (k) .Please readdress Table 1 onpage 26 andAttachment 1 ofExh. 7 ofthe petitionto also show "CumulativeS02 VarianceReducedTons" 

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AER calculations show that when removing the actual S02 emissions in 20I0 and 2011 from the "Cumulative S02 Variance Reduced Tons," the variance results in a net environmental benefit of7,770 tons S02 by the end of2020. AER has prepared a revised tableto answerthis question, which is attachedhereto as Table4.
3. Thepetition onpage32states, "
...oncetheIllinoisBART[besttrvailable retrofit technology]ISIP[State Implementation Plan] is adopted asfina4 Illinois must seek revisions to the SIP reflecting the terms ofthe variance." Pet. at 32. Amerenfileditspetition onMay 3, 2012, and USEPApublisheditsapprovalof the Illinois regional haze SIP on July 6, 2012. 77Fed. Reg. 39943 (July 6, 2012). Thefinal rule is effective onAugust 6, 2012. Undertirefinal rulefor Ameren, "three of itspowerplantsmeetthe criteriafor beingsubjectto BART, and five coal-firedplantsaregovernedby tlze S02andNO., limits in the (CPS) [CombinedPollutantStandard]. 77Fed. Reg. 39944. ' USEPA stated, "In the notice of proposed rulemaking, [US]EPA proposedto conclude that the emission reductions from the (MPS [Multi-Pollutant Standard]) and the (CPS) would be greater than the reductions that would occurwith unit-specificimplementation of BARTon thesubsetof thesesources thatmeetthe criteriafor beingsubjectto BART. Therefore, [US]EPAproposed tofindthatthe (MPS) andthe (CPS) suffice to address theBARTrequirement for thepowerplants of these three utilities [Midwest Generation, Dynegy, and Amerenj." 77Fed. Reg. 39944 (July 6, 2012). The petition onpage 31 states, "Illinois estimated that its plan will require 96,927tonsperyearlowerS0 2emissions by 2015than simply requiringBART and USEPA acceptedIllinois'plan as satisfyingBARTrequirements." Pet. at 31. Amerenfollows, "
...the variance will result in mass emissions ofS02by 2015 even lowerthanIllinois'estimates undercurrentMPSrequirements. The net reduction in S0 2 emissions continues to 2020 and beyondand, thus, does notimpactthestate'sBARTdeterminations." Pet. at31. Exhibit15of thepetition(77Fed. Reg. 3973 (January 26, 2012)states: TheMPSand CPSprovide emission reduction well in excess of simply implementingBARTon subject units. The reduction in NOx emissions from theAmeren, Dynegy, andMidwest Generation unit by 2015from MPS and CPS is expected to be 89,882 TPY. Illinois estimated that simply implementing BART on the subject unitsfrom these entities wouldyield 32,992 TPY ofNOx emission reductions, which is 56,890 TPY less [than] thatfrom MPS and CPS. Illinois estimated that implementing BART on the subject units at Ameren, Dynegy, and Midwest Generationfacilities wouldrequire an 117,252 TPYreduction in S02 emission, butMPS and CPS will require a 214,179 TPYS02 reduction by 2015. Thus, Illinois estimated that its plan will require 96,927 TPYlower S02 emissions than simply requiring BART. EPA believes thatIllinois has thereby demonstratedthat the emission limits 6

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on thesubjectto BARTunitscoveredbyMPSand CPSsatisfytheBART requirements. 77Fed. Reg. 3973 (January26, 2012) In the July 6, 2012 USEPA approval oftheIllinois regionalhazeSIP, Table 1 liststhefollowing emissionreductions forAmerenfromIllinois'plan, iJ!Cluding reductions from theMPSandCPS:
Company Ameren NOxreductions (tons/year) ILPlan LowestBART 24,074 23,849 (77Fed. Reg. 39946(July 6, 2012)) S02 reductions (tons/vear) ILPlan LowestBART 111,997 74,349

Thepetition onpage31states, "Given/hevoluntarycompliancewithalower emissionrateof0.38lb/MMBtubeginningin2012(as opposedto 0.50 lb/MMBiuthrough2013 and0.43 lb!MMBtuduring2014) through 2019, the variancewillresultinmass emissionsof S02by2015evenlowerthanIllinois' estimates undercurrentMPSrequirements. Thenetreduction inS02emissions continuesto 2020andbeyondand, thus, doesnotimpactthestate'sBART determinations." Pet. at31. (a) Pleasecommentonhowtheproposedvariance if grantedwilliJnpactthe valuescited fromtheFederalRegisterabove (77Fed. Reg. 3973 (January 26, 2012) and77Fed.Reg. 39946(July 6, 2012)). Inthe final rulepublishedJuly 6, 2012, USEPAnotedinresponsetopublic comments that Illinois' plan would achieve greater reasonable progress - meaning greater emissions reductions and greater visibility protection

- by the BART compliance deadline (in 2017) than the application ofBART on BART-subject units. The 96,927 tons S02 peryear value from the proposed revisions is an Illinois-wide figure that showsthe dramatic reductions the Illinois plan will provide below that which would be achieved by implementing BARTon BART-subject units. USEPA finds this number was calculated in accordance with guidance and is fully consistentwith USEPA'sconclusions in adoptingtherule as finaL 77 Fed. Reg. 39945 (Jul. 6, 2012). Table I in the final rule is Ameren·specific. To calculate the estimated S02 reductions in the final rule, USEPA used emission limits described in USEPA's RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse as being applied to new sources, which is a 0.06
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lb/MMBtu emission rate for S02• USEPA acknowledged this is an exceedingly stringent emission rate for existing power plants, but wanted to show that the Illinois plan provided "significantly greater emission reductions, especially for S02 • • ." than even very conservative definitions for BART. 77 Fed. Reg. 39946. AER contends that both values show that Illinois' plan achieves greaterreasonable progress than simply applying BARTin Illinois. When compared to emissions reductions by AER's energy centers underthe rv1PS, the variance, as proposed by the Agency, imparts even greater emissions reductions by the BART compliance deadline in 2017. Accordingly, an amendment to the SIP incorporating this variance request would only serve to enhance Illinois' ability to comply with the Clean AirAct and Regional HazeRule. (b) Pleasecommentontheassertion by theIllinoisAttorneyGeneral'sOffice (PC249): "Theproblemwith !his framework[Ameren'scomplianceplan] isthattheMPSwasnotintendedto be a12-yearaveragingperiodof pollutionreduction." PC249at4. AER disagrees with the Attorney General's Office characterization of AER's compliance plan and the MPS. By seeking this variance, AER is not requesting a 12-year averaging period ofpollution reduction. Rather, AERis asking to delay the 2015 and 2017 rates such that it can complete installation ofthe pollution control equipment necessary to meet those rates. AER agrees with the Agency that the MPS was created and designed to achieve significant S02andNOxreductions in exchangeformercurycontrolflexibility in the IllinoisMercuryRule. Further,the timingofthe 1\IIPS reductions wasnegotiated and factored in many variables, including Petitioner's ability to install pollution control equipment in a timelymanner. The MPS is structured as arate-based regulation and not as a framework to achieve aspecificmilestoneofmassemissionreductions. Variances are allowed under Illinois law based upon a showing of arbitrary and unreasonable hardship. As part ofthat demonstration, AER must establish that it has to the
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satisfied that obligation by illustrating the impact ofthe proposed rate as compared to the existingregulation. The compliance plan offers a more stringent S02 emission rate early in theterm in exchange for moretimetomeetthe 2015 and 2017 rates. Those earlier, andmore stringent requirements offset the impact ofthe variance relief. This is true even if you
removeHutsonville and Meredosiafromthecalculations. AERwill continueto complywith progressively declining rates during the MPS period. Doing so will require AER to implementeveryeconomicallyreasonableS02reduction measureavailable.

Dated: July30,2012 Renee Cipriano GabrielRodriguez AmyAntoniolli SchiffHardin,LLC 233 SouthWackerDrive, Suite 6600 Chicago, IL 60606 Respectfully submitted, AMEREN ENERGYRESOURCES,Petitioner.

9TABLE4CumulativeBaselineMPSS02MPSVarianceS02AdjustedSOzVarianceHeatInputRateBaselineS02RateHeatInputVarianceS02ReducedYearMMBtulb/MMBtuTonslb/MMBtuMMBtuTonsTons2012340,446,2520.5085,1120.38312,003,69459,28125,8312013340,446,2520.5085,1120.35312,003,69454,60156,3422014340,446,2520.4373,1960.35312,003,69454,60174,9372015340,446,2520.2542,5560.35312,003,69454,60162,8922016340,446,2520.2542,5560.35312,003,69454,60150,8472017340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,60135,3982018340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,60119,9492019340,446,2520.2339,1510.35312,003,69454,6014,4992020340,446,2520.2339,1510.23312,003,69435,8807,770Total485,136477,3667,770Noteforthe11Cumu1ative802VarianceReducedTons"column,apositivenumberindicatesanemissiondecrease(benefit).*NotethattheHeatInputhasbeenadjustedtoremoveI-Iutsonvi11eandMeredosiafromthebaseline;noadditionalemissionreductionshavebeencredited.mCDQ......0::J()11::J(Q:::0CD<"CD0..0CD.....;;.;:fJ)0::!:;0::::!c..v0i\30-->.N'

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CERTIFICATEOFSERVICE I,theundersigned, certifythatonthis 30thdayofJuly,2012,Ihave servedelectronically theattachedAER'SRESPONSESTO THEILLINOISPOLLUTIONCONTROLBOARD TECHNICALUNIT'SSECOND SET OF QUESTIONS, upon thefollowingpersons: JohnTherriault, AssistantClerk Carol Webb, Hearing Officer IllinoisPollution ControlBoard JamesR. ThompsonCenter Suite 11-500 100 WestRandolph Chicago,Illinois 6060I

and electronicallyandbyfirst classmail,postageaffixed,upon: GinaRoccaforte AssistantCounsel DivisionofLegalCounsel IllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency I021 NorthGrand Avenue, East P.O.Box 19276 Springfield,Illinois 62794-9276

ReneeCipriano Gabriel Rodriguez AmyAntoniolli SCHIFFHARDINLLP 233 SouthWackerDrive Suite 6600 Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-258-5500 AmyAntomolli

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SERVICELIST (PCB 12-126) John Therriault, Assistant Clerk CarolWebb,HearingOfficer IllinoisPollutionControlBoard JamesR. ThompsonCenter 100 WestRandolphStreet, Suite 11-500 Chicago, Illinois. 60601 therriaj@ipc b.state.il.us GinaRoccaforte AssistantCounsel DivisionofLegalCounsel IllinoisEnvironmentalProtectionAgency 1021 NorthGrandAvenue,East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield,Illinois 62794-92761

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
AMEREN ENERGY RESOURCES ,

Petitioner ,

-vsILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

Respondent
. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DOCKET NO
. PCB 12
- 126 (Variance
-Air)

Hearing held , pursuant to notice , on Wednesday , August 1 , 2012 , at the hour of 10 : 00 a . m . , at 1021 N
. Grand Ave
. East , Illinois , before CAROL WEBB , duly appointed Hearing Officer
.

L
. A
. REPORTING SERVICE (312) 419
-9292 REPORTER : LAUREL A
. PATKES , CSR #084
-0013401

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2 BOARD MEMBERS : TOM HOLBROOK , Board Chairman JENNIFER BURKE TOM JOHNSON CARRIE ZALEWSKI DEANNA GLOSSER LISA LIU Technical Unit
APPEARANCES : SCHIFF HARDIN , LLP , by GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ RENEE CIPRIANO AMY ANTONIOLLI 233 S
. Wacker Drive Suite 6600 Chicago , Illinois 60606 (312) 258
-5550 aantoniolli @schiffhardin
. com appearing on behalf of Petitioner ; GINA ROCCAFORTE IEPA Assistant Counsel 1021 N
. Grand Ave
. East Springfield , Illinois 62794 appearing on behalf of Respondent
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 I N D E X
PAGE NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY MIKE MENNE 12 QUESTIONS OF MR
. MENNE : By Ms
. Liu 31 36 By Member Burke 33 37 By Member Zalewski 41 NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY GARY RYGH 44 QUESTIONS OF MR
. RYGH : By Ms
. Liu 50 PUBLIC COMMENTS BY: 56 Senator Gary Forby 56 Representative Brandon Phelps 59 Representative David Reis 63 NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY MR
. KELTER 67 PUBLIC COMMENTS BY: Tim Drea 76 Mark Bolander 79 Bill Weber 81 James Gignac 84 Judy Weimer 92 Norman Eckstein 94 Bryan Urbaszewski 97 Julie Johnson 102 Billy McDaniel 103 Dan Cox 106 Steve Ptacek 113 Kelly Stratemeyer 114 Faith Bugel 115 Tracy Cox 126 Paul King 131 Terry Grace 132 Alan Bogardus 134 Policicchio 1371

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4 INDEX (CONT ' D
. ) PUBLIC COMMENTS BY: PAGE Bill Miller 141 Jennifer Cassel 142 Rod Bland 148 Roderick Bland 149 Andrew Armstrong 149 Mike Woo 154 Edward Warden 155 Greg Crawford 157 Sandy Carter 158 Keith Dollar 161 Edyta Sitko 162 Prentiss Carter 164 Gabriel Rojkind 165 Robert McFarlen 167 Simon Wiener 168 Dan Barnett 170 Rachel Grannemam 171 Anthony Robertson 172 Melissa Marks 173 Mike Killebrew 174 Priyanth Manjooran 176 Mike Norman 178 Gloria Fallon 179 Lynn Markum 181 Shannon Weigel 182 Brian Sauder 185 Katie Mimnaugh 186 Vicky Clark 189 Stephanie Simowski 191 Bill Sheppard 192 Anthony Jones 201 Jeremy Barnhill 202 John Bower 204 Mayte Guerrero 205 Rick Wolford 206 Rick Myers 207 David Jakubiak 209 Roger Kerley 211 Bruce Parker 212 Seth Johnson 213 Julie Wilke 216 Andy Todd 218 Charles Henderson 2191

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5 INDEX (CONT ' D
. ) PUBLIC COMMENTS BY: PAGE Allison Fisher 220 Deborah Goodwin 224 Tab Walker 225 Gary Washburn 231 Ed Worthey 231 Andy Bloemer 232 Christine Nannicelli 233 Chris Hankins 236 Gerod Briggs 236 John Marschewski 236 Travis Blake 238 Roland Chapman 238 Kenny Johnson 239 Twyla Harvey 240 Paul Hardiek 240 Roger Bass 241 Larry Quick 242 Art Meyer 243 Lindell Wenthe 245 J
. D
. Weaver 246 Brad Beisner 249 Skip Moore 251 Mitch Seibert 252 Joyce Blumenshine 253 Chris Skates 256 Mike Pierson 258
EXHIBITS

Exhibit 1 Exhibit 2 IDENTIFIED 43 111 ADMITTED

44 1111

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6 PROCEEDINGS HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Good morning
. Can everyone hear okay? My name is Carol Webb
. This is the variance hearing for Ameren Energy Resources , Docket No
. PCB 12
- 126
. It is August 1 st
. We are beginning at 10 a . m . With me today is Board Chairman Tom Holbrook and Board members Jennifer Burke , Tom Johnson , Carrie Zalewski , Deanna Glosser and Lisa Liu from the Board ' s technical unit
. Here ' s how today ' s hearing will work
. We will hear opening statements from Ameren and the IEPA , and Ameren ' s two witnesses will testify and be questioned by the Board and the IEPA
. The public will be allowed to ask Ameren questions at a later time as part of their public comment
. If Ameren can readily answer the question , it will , and if Ameren needs time to consider the answer , Ameren will address the issue in its post
-hearing brief
. After Ameren ' s witnesses testify , I will take comments from elected officials
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7 After the elected officials , I will take an oral statement from Mr
. Rob Kelter with the Environmental Law & Policy Center which I will refer to as ELPC
. I will then allow the Board and parties to cross -examine that individual
. After that individual , I understand there may be two or three people here with some significant health issues that need to leave
. I will give them priority , and then I will begin calling on people in the order listed on the sign
- up sheet
. Time limits may be set later this afternoon
. It is my hope that everyone will get to give their full comments . If time requires me to limit your comments , you will still be able to submit written comment to the Board by August 8th
. Written comments should be sent to the clerk of the Board in
our Chicago office
. We will be taking five to ten minute breaks every hour and a half to two hours as well as a lunch break
.If you have questions or comments about this hearing , please address them to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 8
me and not to the board members
. Only comments made
on the record will be considered by the board , so please do not offer comments to board members during the breaks and please do not approach board members to ask questions regarding the substance or outcome of this hearing
. I understand that many commenters will be arriving after lunch so I will repeat these announcements later
. At issue in this case is Ameren ' s petition for a variance from the sulfur dioxide emission rate provisions of the Multi
-Pollutant Standard , or MPS , applicable to the Ameren MPS group . The decision deadline in this
case is September 20th
. The Pollution Control Board members will make the final decision in this case . My purpose is to conduct the hearing in a neutral and orderly manner so that we have a clear record of the proceedings
. This hearing was noticed pursuant to the Act and the Board ' s rules and will be conducted pursuant to Section 101 Subpart F and 104 Subpart B of the Board ' s procedural rules
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 9 At this time , I ' d ask the parties to please make their appearances on the record
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Gabriel Rodriguez for Ameren
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : And if you have business cards for the court reporter , that would be helpful
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : I also have with me today Renee Cipriano for Ameren and Amy Antoniolli
on behalf of Ameren
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Would the Agency make their appearance on the record , please? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Gina Roccaforte , Assistant Counsel on behalf of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Would Ameren like to make an opening statement? MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Yes
. Good morning , Madame Hearing Officer and members of the Board
. Gabriel Rodriguez for the petitioner Ameren Energy Resources , or AER
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 10 As I mentioned , I have Renee Cipriano and Amy Antoniolli here as well on behalf of AER
. We are here on AER ' s petition for variance from both the 2015 and 2017 SO2 emission rate provisions of the Illinois Multi
-Pollutant Standard , or , as it ' s commonly referred to , the MPS
. AER filed its petition for variance in supporting papers on May 3 , 2012
. It filed responses to two sets of questions from the Board ' s staff on July 30 , 2012
. It has also met with the Illinois EPA to discuss the petition as filed and has modified the relief it seeks as a result of those discussions
. The responses to the Board ' s questions that were filed on July 30 incorporate those modifications
. This matter was set for hearing by order of the Board
. We have today two witnesses available to answer questions from the Board or the Illinois EPA
. Michael Menne (M
-e- n -n -e) is Vice President of Environmental Services with Ameren Services Corp
. Gary Rygh (R
-y-g -h) is a managing1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 11 director and investment banker with Barclays Bank covering the power industry
. While both gentlemen have prepared affidavits that are already part of the record , we would propose that the witnesses give brief statements this morning summarizing their testimony
. After both have completed their statements , we would then make them available to answer questions as a panel
. Mr
. Menne has some exhibits he ' ll be using to help him with his testimony , and
we would ask that those be included in the record when he concludes his testimony
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : The Agency may make an opening statement
. MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Good morning
. My name is Gina Roccaforte , Assistant Counsel on behalf of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
. The Agency neither supports
nor objects to the Board granting the petition1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 12 subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Agency ' s recommendation that was filed on July 23rd
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Ameren may call its first witness
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : And we ' ll call Michael Menne
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Would the court reporter please swear the witness when he takes the stand
. (Whereupon the witness was sworn by the reporter
. )

NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY MIKE MENNE : Good morning , Hearing Officer Webb , Chairman Holbrook , honorable members of the Pollution Control Board
. I thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this morning
. My name is Mike Menne
. I ' m Vice President of Environmental Services for Ameren Services Company
. Ameren Services provides1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 13 business and administrative services for Ameren Corporation and its subsidiaries including Ameren Energy Resources
. In my capacity , I ' m responsible for developing and overseeing the policies and procedures related to environmental compliance and environmental stewardship
. I ' ve worked for Ameren Services since its formation in 1998 and worked on environmental issues since 1976
. In 2006 , I worked directly with Steve Whitworth , an employee of Ameren Services and representative the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on the development of the Multi
-Pollutant Standard that is the subject of the variance before you today As Gabe has mentioned this morning , I ' ll present testimony outlining the variance request and then try my best to respond to any questions you may have
. To put in context where we find ourselves today , I think I ' d be remiss not to talk about the overall commitment Ameren Energy Resources has made to reduce emissions from its coal
- fired power plants in Illinois , and just to get
a frame of reference to make sure everybody1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 14 understands where these plants are , we do have a map here
. These are our coal
-fired plants in Illinois
. That includes the Edwards plant which is in Peoria County
. There are three units there
. The Duck Creek plant in Fulton County , there ' s one unit there , and that unit has a scrubber and an SCR on it , fully controlled
. The Meredosia unit is listed here
. That ' s one of the plants that was closed down right at the end of last year . The Coffeen plant has two coal
- fired units , rather large units
. They both have two scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction equipment on it
. Our Newton power plant in Jasper County has two large units
. The scrubbers that we are building on those units are the main subject of the variance that we ' re going to talk about today
. Our Hudsonville plant in nearby Crawford County was one of the two plants that was closed at the end of last year . And then down in Massac1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 15 County , we have our Joppa plant , six 180 megawatt units
. This represents our coal fleet
. We also have at Grand Tower , which is a combined cycle gas -fired unit , we also have a number of gas -fired turbines on our system
. These plants are an integral part of the communities in which they ' re located , and , in fact , several of these plants have cooling lakes which are used for recreational purposes . I also think another good way to show some of the progress we ' ve made with reducing emissions is to give you a visual on that , and these charts starting with the top chart shows
our historical SO2 emissions
. I ' ll turn these towards the audience in just a minute
. As you can see , the SO2 emissions is in the blue line
. This starts with 1990 and goes through 2011 although there ' s a big jump here
. The second data point is 2005 , and you can see how drastically our SO2 emissions across the AER fleet has come down over this time period , in fact , 79 percent since 1990 , and it ' s come down 231

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 percent just over the last four years . One of the remarkable things about that is at the same time our coal consumption in these units has risen dramatically
. The same thing can be said for our historical NOx emissions
. As you can see over the course of this period , the NOx emissions have reduced at a similar level while the coal consumption has gone up . Indeed , Ameren Energy Resources has spent over one billion dollars on pollution control equipment across the fleet
. In reading some of the public comments that have been submitted so far , there seems to be an implication that AER is somehow ignoring both its duties to meet regulatory requirements and commitment to environmental stewardship , and that cannot be further from the truth
.In order to meet the MPS , AER has already installed scrubbers on three of its generating units at a cost of over $813 million , and
we ' ve constructed a fourth , as I mentioned at the , two of them at the Newton facility , and have already spent over $230 million
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 For the scrubbers that have been installed , we have been voluntarily operating in a SO2 removal efficiency much greater than is necessary to meet our MPS compliance requirements
. In addition , selective catalytic reduction equipment to reduce NOx emissions has been installed at three of our plants at a costs of over $177 million
. Operating cost totals over 7 million annually to run this equipment
. AER also has advanced mercury emission reduction program under way . We ' ve installed activated carbon injection on 12 units at four plants at a capital cost of over $20 million , and the operating cost to keep injecting this substance is $17 million per day
. AER continues to test and evaluate a number of methods to enhance mercury removal
. Most of the AER fleet is already very close to meeting the federal standard that was established in the maximum achievable control technology or the Mercury and Air Toxics rule that
was published finally by the EPA last year . And then the Newton Unit 21

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 currently meets the MPS mercury requirements , and , by the way , the mercury requirements for the MPS are actually more stringent than the federal requirements under the MATS program , and we already have one unit that ' s already meeting those control requirements
. My point is that we ' re not just sitting back we ' re not being lax about this
. We ' ve been very aggressive on our pollution control program , and we continue to be a steward for the environment in the progressive way that we ' ve attacked both our mercury and NOx and SO2 program , and I do want to make it clear today that we ' re only talking about the SO2 portion of the variance
. The NOx and the mercury portions of the MPS , we will continue to exceed those retirements as we are doing today
. In fact , we were doing environmental stewardship when we began the construction of the new scrubber at our new energy centers
. Even though AER knew the forecast looked grim , we committed capital dollars to begin the cost of the installation of the scrubbers on this unit in order to be prepared to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 meet the stringent 2015 MPS SO2 emission range And let me just take a moment to say when Ameren decided to spearhead the development of the MPS , we did so in the belief that it was the right thing to do
. Instead of fighting a proposed more stringent Illinois air pollution regulations , we decided to sit down with the Illinois EPA and work out an approach that showed that we were committed to meeting the administration ' s desire to reduce emissions of mercury and at the same time reflecting the challenges that faced our industry
. We did this on our own with no pressure from outside groups . It
was not a result of any settlement , enforcement case or any adversary proceeding
. Instead , the MPS was developed to provide a path forward towards advanced and deeper SO2 and NOx emission reductions based on what was known from both a federal regulatory perspective and a technology development perspective , and it was premised on the expectation that the power market would continue to support costly installation of pollution control equipment
over the schedule of the MPS
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 As construction of the Newton scrubber continued , the economic climate became more troublesome from a financing perspective
. I note Gary Rygh is with us today , and he ' ll be talking about the market condition and the financing issues , but as described more completely in our petition , completion of the scrubber on the time schedule needed to meet the 2015 SO2 emission rate was increasingly becoming not possible , but instead of abandoning those plans altogether , AER made a commitment to continue but only decelerate the construction scale
. I know the Board has some questions with regard to the schedule of the scrubber as it continues between now and 2020
. We answered that question in writing
. I ' ll be happy to try and answer any follow
- up questions you might have on that this morning
. Without the financial ability to complete the scrubber , AER was left with very few options to meet this 2015 and 2017 SO2 emission rates in the MPS
. As presented more completely in our petition and the answer to the Board ' s1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 21 questions , we did evaluate a number of compliance options including curtailment of plant operations and lesser expense of pollution control equipment to be installed at our other plants
. And I ' ll just make a point here because a lot of people have made an issue that
we haven ' t really looked at other options of what we can do
. We ' re here today
. Our petition said that what we are going to end up probably doing if we don ' t get this variance , it ' s very likely that we will have to shut down the Joppa plant , the Edwards plant , the Newton plant , or one or two of the above by 2015 because that ' s when the
new rate kicks in
. And there ' s been a lot of suggestions that we haven ' t looked at other options and that that ' s not the only option that we have , but I can assure you that we have a lot of air pollution experts in the engineering staff at AER as well as our corporate headquarters , and we spent a lot of time looking at every option on what we could do on each unit in the AER system , and throughout that process , we looked at whether we could cut back1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 operations , whether we could use sorbent injections which is various chemicals you can inject into the system to reduce emissions of SO2 , mercury , or compounds
. One of the things that ' s been discussed and that has been asked of us , why can ' t you just curtail operations at some of the other plants
. Although curtailing operations does reduce emission , the financial impact of such actions is actually more severe than shuttering the units
. When operations are curtailed , the costs associated with operating the plant are still incurred
. Less power produced is less power sold
. Couple this with having to still fund all the fixed operating costs which do not change and the combination puts AER in a worse position financially than it would if it had to close down plants
. As we explained , curtailment of operations jeopardizes the viability of the entire system
. It puts a greater number of jobs at risk
. It also certainly does not allow AER to1

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recover financially so that the funding of the scrubber can be continued
. AER considered , as I mentioned , other technology for SO2 reduction that would require lower capital investment including scrubbers and the sorbent injection
. AER ' s evaluation of sorbent injection reflects , for example , removal levels anywhere from 10 to 90 percent of SO2 , and that ' s based on a variety of plant conditions , coal use , operating factors and things of that nature
. Such variability and removal efficiencies reduces the effectiveness of these alternative compliance technologies
. AER ' s analysis also reflected the installation of such equipment could impair a unit ' s electrostatic precipitator performance , thereby contributing additional controls such as a baghouse
. Accordingly , the total cost of these systems ends up exceeding what ' s necessary to install a scrubber
. Basically what you ' re doing , we ' re already injecting materials into these units for control of the mercury , the activated carbon injection
. This increases the particulate load upon1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 all of our plants which puts a lot of pressure on the precipitators to collect more of the particulates
. Now , if you start injecting other materials to try and collect SO2 as well or increase the efficiency of SO2 collection , you ' re putting more particulates in that system , it puts much more pressure on those precipitators which
means we have to build bigger precipitators
. We have to put baghouses on . It ' s a very expensive proposition , and it ends up turning out being more expensive than continuing with our scrubber project
. When crafting its request for relief , AER was mindful of coming to this Board without looking at what the company could do to address any environmental impacts that might result in whatever they ' ve requested
. As a first step , AER thought it was important to provide the Board with a mitigation emission rate that would take effect during the pendency of the relief
. This rate would effectively require AER to do more in terms of SO2 emission reductions earlier than what is required by the MPS
. As the Board is aware , since1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
we ' ve filed the petition , we have met with the Illinois EPA and agreed to an even lower rate over the course of the MPS period
. This new mitigation emission rate of
. 35 pounds of SO2 per million Btu will be in effect from calendar year 2013 through calendar year 2019 if the relief is granted
. It is important to note that by agreeing to this emission rate , AER will need to commit additional operating resources to enhance operation at its other energy centers on the system
. Specifically , the operation of the scrubbers at our Duck Creek and Coffeen Energy Centers will have to be fully maximized in order to maintain compliance on a systemwide basis with this SO2 emission requirement
. The removal efficiencies for the scrubber system will range between 98 and 99 percent
. Even at those high efficiency removal levels
. . . and frankly , we don ' t normally continue to operate scrubbers at those high efficiency removal levels because over the course of time , plant systems degrade , the pollution control system degrades , and it ' s very difficult to maintain efficiency , removal efficiency levels at that high a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 percentage
. Even at those levels , compliance margins remain very low , and AER will need to employ operational strategies such as low sulfur coal procurement and generation utilization in order to comply with the proposed emission rate
. Importantly , AER is also committing to not operate Hudsonville or Meredosia Energy Centers during the pendency of the variance except , of course , for the zero emission FutureGen project which is to be located at Meredosia , and FutureGen is , as you know , part of the government funded program , and that ' s currently making its way through the permitting process . This commitment by AER to not operate Meredosia and Hudsonville does not exist today and it ' s the only way to meet the mitigation rate proposed
. Both energy centers are fully permitted and under certain conditions or a transfer of the plants occur , there ' s no reason why these plants cannot be operated
. Illinois EPA however has asked for a specific commitment from AER that these plants would not operate during the pendency of the variance , and AER is willing to give the Board that commitment
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 AER ' s commitment to this is important when looking at the overall SO2 reductions that are considered when determining if there ' s a net benefit to the environment over the period of a variance
. AER ' s commitment to keep these plants shut down during the pendency of the variance is a real and meaningful commitment with consequences . As the Agency noted in its July 23rd recommendations , offsets for plant shutdowns and other commitments are fully credible , allowable and establish regulatory practice under the New Source Review and PSD permitting programs . As for the suggestion that you ' ve seen in some comments that the emission reductions from these plant shutdowns were unintended , let me assure you that if the Federal Cross State Air Pollution Rule program had not gone final last year with the first year of compliance being 2012 , these two plants would still be operating today
. Thus , any suggestion that these plants were not shuttered due to air pollution reduction required to meet environmental mandates1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 including MPS is simply not true
. Furthermore , allowing emission credits for plant shutdowns is a primary underpinning of the Federal Administration ' s goal of reducing all forms of emissions nationally from coal
- fired power plants including greenhouse gas emissions
. Now , there has been some comments made that SO2 emissions are higher for five of the variance years under the variance than otherwise if we stayed on the program if you don ' t grant the variance
. Now, I would suggest to you that that is the point of the variance
. If we can meet the emission rates that are established for 2015 and 2017 , we wouldn ' t be before you today
. The net environmental benefit from a variance that we ' re requesting I think is really twofold
. One is we get considerable reductions in SO2 emissions over the next two and a half years - - and we will commit to those
- - that you would not get if this variance was not passed
. It ' s roughly about 25 , 000 tons a year beginning this year because we ' re operating well below where we can operate according to the current MPS , and we will1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 commit to doing that for the next two years , so you get a lot more SO2 reductions , and you get them
sooner if you grant us the variance
. In addition , over the course of the entire variance process between now and 2020 , the total tons reduced in the atmosphere is greater if you grant us the variance than if you do not
. That is what the benefit to the environment ends up really meaning
. Also , in discussion with Illinois EPA, AER recognized Illinois EPA ' s concern with the length of the variation period , the variance relief period I should say . After careful review, AER was to provide Illinois EPA with a commitment to return to the compliance with a 2017 rate almost one full year earlier than proposed
. AER has shared this information with the Board and through its response to questions
. In short , AER is willing to meet the 2017 SO2 rate of
. 23 lb/MMBtu by January 15 , 2020 instead of December 31 , 2020
. The emission charts provided to the Board recognizes the earlier timeframe as well as the lower mitigation rate of
. 35 pounds of SO2 per million Btu as1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 requested by the Agency
. Overall , the goal of this MPS approach was to provide a steady reduction of emissions over time
. We are still moving forward with that program and in full concert with that goal
even with the proposed relief that we are asking
. The movement clearly results in net environmental benefits over the next several years and over the entire course of the program . This concludes my prepared testimony
. I ' d be happy to answer any questions
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Did you want to
- - MR
. RODRIGUEZ : I think we ' ll have the other witness go and then maybe present them both together
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Well , I know
we discussed that ahead of time but since this is an adjudicatory proceeding instead of regulatory , I think I would like to ask the board members if they have any questions of this witness before he steps down
. Chairman Holbrook , do you have any questions of this witness?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31 CHAIRMAN HOLBROOK : No
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Member Burke? MEMBER BURKE : Alisa and I have a few
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Do you want to go now? MEMBER ZALEWSKI : Let them go . MS
. LIU : Good morning , Mr
. Menne
. MR
. MENNE : Good morning
.
QUESTIONS BY MS
. LIU :

Q. My first question , in Ameren ' s responses to the Hearing Officer order dated July 6 , 2012 , question No
. 2 , it provided a more detailed compliance plan on page 6
. However , there is no estimated timeframe for the phases of the compliance plan
. AER states , quote , " Engineering design will continue through 2014
. " AER then refers to other activities that , quote , "will occur throughout this period as well
. " Did AER intend for the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 32 reference to this period to indicate the variance period or just between now and 2014?

A. As I understand the question , it ' s the entire length of the variance period
. It ' s between now and 2020
. We are committed to spending roughly $16 million a year on continued activities at the Newton scrubber between now and 2020
.

Q. Can AER be any more specific regarding the time frames or the cost for the phases of the compliance plan?

A. Well , the cost , basically what we have in our budget is roughly about $16 million annually between now and 2020
. Of course , in the last couple of years , those costs ramp up again to complete the scrubber project
. The actual activities that
we ' re going to be doing would be continuing to put in duct work and much of the engineering that has to go in
. Engineering I believe is only about 65 percent complete on the system
. We have to do quite
a bit more than that
. There is absorber units that have to be put in that will take a considerable amount of time
. We ' re going to be putting them in1

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over the course of the period
. One of the things that we are committed to do is providing the Board annual updates as to what we spend and the activities , and
as they become better defined as we go on , we will provide those to the Board on a regular basis
. MS
. LIU : Thank you .
QUESTIONS BY MEMBER BURKE :

Q. In response to our question 3 (b) of the July 6 , 2012 Hearing Officer order , Ameren provided updated tables 2 , 3 and 4?

A. Yes
. Q. Actually , I think it ' s 2 and 3 for the first set of questions and table 4 on the second set of questions
.

A. Right
. Q. On tables 2 and 3 , the first two values in the column , variance SO2 tons are 85 , 112 , and I ' m wondering whether or not those two values , whether you meant to have the actual emissions there
. In your original petition , the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 34 emissions were maybe for those two years 70 , 560 and 72 , 539
. A. To be comparable to that first table , that ' s correct , it should be those numbers instead of this
. This is what we would be allowed under the variance
. But in the original table that
we submitted , we didn ' t put the allowed numbers on that column
. We put what we actually were thinking
was more relevant
. So it just depends on what question we ' re trying to answer so we do have some variation in these numbers , but that is the allowed number as opposed to the actual
. So if you want to compare , it should be those two numbers
.

Q. Okay
. Because it seems like in order to follow it through then to the last column to get the cumulative SO2 variance reduced times , those might be the numbers that were used?

A. Yes , you ' re right
. The cumulative is the same on both tables , so you ' re absolutely correct
. To come up with that number , the tons in the last column , you would put the actual numbers in that variance column
. I apologize for that1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 35 confusion
.

Q. And then in table 3 , we ' re wondering whether or not you could double check the numbers in this table
. In particular , I wasn ' t able to follow the calculation for the last column , cumulative SO2 variance reduced tons
. I realize you can ' t answer that on the spot but if you would consider that
.

A. Well , the cumulative SO2 variance , the first two numbers are the ones we ' ve been talking about which is the actual tons reduced , the difference between the actual tons and the allowable under the MPS
. From then on , the difference is between what we are allowed under the MPS as it currently exists and what we would be allowed to emit under the variance
. So as you can see , that number grows through 2014 and then it starts to go down from there as we talked about before
. That ' s the
reason for the variance
. We can ' t make that a rate , so the overall tons on an annual basis just for the MPS , that goes down this year .

Q. Yeah , because I understand the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 36 theory , and I just would ask if you would take a look at the numbers
. That would be great
.

A. We will do that
. Q. And then footnote 12 of the answers to the first set of questions
. . . let me get there
. It says , Note , however , that the calculations for the mass SO2 emissions under the variance in both table 1 in the petition and the revised table in Exhibit XX factor in two times the projected emissions from the FutureGen project at the Meredosia Energy Center
. I have two questions
. I ' m wondering if you meant to refer to a table here where there ' s a placeholder for the exhibit and which table that would be , and then I ' m just wondering if you could explain in more detail what you mean by factoring in two times the reduction emissions from the Future Gen project for the Meredosia Energy Center , and I ' m on page 9 of the first set of questions
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : I believe that should be table 2
. MEMBER BURKE : Okay
. That helps
. Thanks
.1

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. MENNES : Off the top of my head , I cannot answer that
. We ' ll have to get back to you . MEMBER BURKE : Okay
. That ' s fine
. Thank you .
QUESTIONS BY MS
. LIU :

Q. In Ameren ' s response to the July 6 , 2012 hearing , question No
. 4 regarding conditions for the variance , Ameren indicated , " In the event completion of the FGD system becomes infeasible , AER agrees to advise the Board and the Agency of alternative plans for compliance during the remaining term of the variance
. " Is there a last possible date at which point AER will know if it will not be able to complete the FGD before the proposed January 15 , 2020 compliance date?

A. Well , if I understand what your question is , as far as knowing when we cannot complete the scrubber
- - are you talking about ultimately and then for the ' 20 timeframe?

Q. Yes
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A. No
. I can ' t give you a date because things are just changing so much every year that we don ' t know what position we will be in going forward
. I mean , our assumption is that markets will recover . We ' ll be in shape to construct that unit at that time , but beyond that , we really just don ' t know at this point in time
.
QUESTIONS BY MEMBER BURKE :

Q. In the July 25 , 2012 Hearing Officer order , question 3 (b) asked Ameren to comment
on the assertion by the Illinois Attorney General ' s Office in Public Comment 249 that the MPS was not intended to be a 12
-year averaging period of pollution reduction
. Ameren responded in part by saying , the MPS is structured as a rate based regulation and not as a framework to achieve a specific milestone of mass emission reductions
. Could Ameren please comment on the human health and environmental impact of SO2 emissions in general ?1

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A. Well , although I ' ve studied it for many years , I ' m not a health expert , and I ' m not going to go into health consequences . The only thing I would say is that under the proposed variance that we are requesting , if you look at what we will commit to for this year , the next two years , you will get a lot more SO2 tons out of the air than if we do not get the variance request , and that is because of the fact that we are over-controlling on our scrubber units
. We have done that over the last year . We ' ve done it this year in hopes that we could obtain the variance request and show that we are being very committed to reducing as much emissions as possible , but that does take resources , and it does take dollars , and so if we do not get the variance request , we ' ll be seeking out ways to
save money in alternative ways , so in addition to possibly closing those plants in 2015 , prior to that time to save money , we could back off the operation of our scrubbed units
.The other point to consider , all of this really got started when the CSAPR rule1

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was stayed by a federal court
. That ' s what ended up or resulted in shutting down two of our coal
-fired units is when we thought we were going to have to comply with that , and then at the 1 1 th hour on December 30th , the court stayed it
. By that time , it was a little late
. Everybody was gone and things
were closed down
. But if you believe that CSAPR is going to come back , which most people do , that it will come back into effect in ' 14 or ' 15 , it ' s going to require us to come up with ways to reduce SO2 emissions even further
. So if you put that in context with what we have presented here , you get much greater SO2 reductions over the course of the first three years . If you then add the CSAPR requirement on top of what we ' ll have to do to meet
our variance request from the years between 2015 to 2020 , even on an annual basis , you ' re probably going to get more tons resulting than you would just out of the MPS continuing on today
. So if there ' s any kind of impact , whether it be health or the environment ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 41 whatever conditions you want to say , you ' re going to have less impact both on an annual basis for certain in the next three years and over the course of the program if we ' re granted the variance
. I don ' t know if that fully
answers your question
. MS
. LIU : Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Do any of the other board members have questions for this witness? MEMBER ZALEWSKI : I have one .
QUESTIONS BY MEMBER ZALEWSKI :

Q. If CSAPR does go in effect , does Ameren have a compliance plan?

A. Very good question
. Q. Thank you . A. Obviously , since we have been struggling to figure out how we would come up with a best way to present to you as an alternative to the MPS , we ' ve also been looking at what else we could possibly do when CSAPR gets reinstated
. One of the things that we1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 42 would have going for us is that we would already be committed to operating at the
. 35 level , so we ' re well on our way to meeting our requirements
. I would say on the NOx side , we would not have any difficulty here
. We will be able to meet that
. On the SO2 side , we will still have to be able to take some additional measures , and we ' re looking at possibly reducing , bringing in
more low sulfur coal or lower sulfur coal
. If we have to do some sort of additional sorbent injection , it wouldn ' t be enough to get us to these MPS rates but we might have to enhance it some . The other thing about CSAPR that is different from the MPS is that it ' s a tonnage base , and so rather than meeting a strict rate , we would have the ability to possibly purchase allowances particularly in state
. CSAPR restricts the amount of allowances you can buy on a full market , but it does allow us to buy SO2 allowances that might be available in state as another option
. But one of the reasons I don ' t have a clearly defined answer for you is because we don ' t know what CSAPR is going to end up being
. If1

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a court remands it , it could cause them to go back and look at all the state budgets again
. We ' re not
sure how that would come out , but we are anticipating that we are going to have to take some additional measures . MEMBER ZALEWSKI : Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Ms
. Roccaforte , do you have any questions? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : I do not
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you very much
. MR
. MENNE : Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Ameren may call its next witness
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : We do have his prepared remarks and his exhibits that we ' d like to
move into evidence if we could
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. I assume you don ' t have any objection? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : No , I do not
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : I ' m going to mark it Exhibit 1
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Please
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 44 (Whereupon Exhibit 1 was marked for identification
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Exhibit 1 is admitted into evidence
. (Whereupon Exhibit 1 was admitted into evidence at this time
. ) MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Our next witness is Gary Rygh
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Will the court reporter please swear in the witness? (Whereupon the witness was sworn by the reporter
. )

NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY GARY RYGH : Good morning , Hearing Officer Webb , Chairman Holbrook , the honorable members of the Pollution Control Board
. My name is Gary Rygh
. I ' m employed by Barclays Capital , the investment banking division
. I ' m currently a managing director in the Global Power and Utility Group
. Our group is responsible for the corporate finance analysis of the strategic and capital markets transactions related to the utility and power sectors
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 45 I have been in the utility power and energy investment banking business for approximately 17 years . I ' ve worked extensively on the strategic merger and acquisition assignments , debt and equity capital markets transactions , and other corporate finance related assignments in the electric , water and gas utility sectors
. I have a Bachelor ' s degree in commerce with a concentration in finance from the University of Virginia
. I am here today to answer questions about how the investment community and shareholders view the challenges facing unregulated merchant generation companies in Illinois utility and specifically the subsidiaries of Ameren Corporation
. First let me briefly review the challenges facing the industry
. Then I will address the Board ' s questions about why borrowing from a third party or Ameren Corporation are not viable financing alternatives for AEG
. My affidavit is attached to AER' s petition for variance as Exhibit 5
. As I explain in detail in that affidavit , a number of factors have worked in concert to severely degrade1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 46 the financial health of AEG
. Illinois ' stringent state environmental mandates for air emission reductions provide very little flexibility given the short timeframe for compliance
. At the same time , natural gas and energy crisis prices have dropped to very low levels
. Moreover , AER is a merchant power generator which means it has significant exposure to market prices , swings in load demand , and commodity price volatility
. Given this market exposure to continued weak natural gas and power prices , AER now faces shrinking margins and , at the
same time , increasing state requirements to invest a significant amount of capital in the remaining pollution control equipment
. AEG is AER' s only rated subsidiary , and as a result of these conditions , its financial health and access to capital have been severely degraded
. These challenges have severely limited the subsidiary ' s ability to access capital from either a third party or its parent company . As you know, access to capital is necessary for the continued investment in state and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 47 federal ly mandated environmental control equipment , and AER no longer has access to the capital necessary to complete the Newton FGD project on time
. As it now stands , AEG ' s credit quality is poor . Credit rating agencies
assume that the financial health and value of AEG has been so greatly weakened that Ameren Corporation has little or no incentive to invest additional capital into AER
. As a result , the credit ratings of the unregulated , regulated and parent entities
are allowed to diverge significantly
. If that were to change and Ameren Corporation decided to invest in unregulated merchant generation subsidiaries , the severe negative investor reaction would adversely impact Ameren Corporation ' s own credit quality and access to capital
. There has been some discussion in the public comments payments and questions from the Board about whether a Put Option Agreement mentioned by an Ameren representative in a Q & A session during a February earnings call could be exercised to provide financing for the Newton FGD1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 48 project
. The Put Option Agreement is essentially an agreement between two unregulated subsidiaries for the sale of assets
. AEG is facing the reality that its credit facilities will soon expire and it will no longer be able to access the necessary financing on its own . If and when that happens , the Put Option Agreement provides some backstop for liquidity
. While the Put Option may temporarily stabilize the subsidiary ' s liquidity profile , it does not provide capital financing for AEG or for the Newton scrubber project
. As to the assertion and comments that granting AER ' s relief would be propping up a failed business model , the statement is the furthest from the truth
. Coal
- fired electricity generation remains an integral and necessary part of the nation ' s energy portfolio
. Some factors that contributed to current market conditions are a permanent part of the long
-term plan such as stringent environmental regulations and Illinois ' deregulated power market
. However , others will definitely change during the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 49 term of this variance
. For example , once CSAPR or equivalent federal legislation becomes law, AER ' s peers in other states will finally be on more equal footing with those in Illinois that are currently subject to the stringent emission reduction requirements of the MPS
. As a result , we will likely
see market prices for electricity rise
. The impacts of these changes will not be felt overnight
. This
means AER needs time to realize the effects of returning to a more sustainable market economy before it will once again have access to the capital necessary to complete the Newton FGD project
. From an investor ' s perspective , it appears no one wants to complete the Newton FGD system project more than AEG itself
. AEG has already started construction on the Newton project at a cost of over $237 million
. This demonstrates AEG ' s commitment to meeting the MPS requirements and reducing emissions from its energy centers
. That concludes my prepared testimony but I ' m available to answer any questions1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 50 you have
. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of AER today
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Chairman Holbrook , do you have any questions for this witness? CHAIRMAN HOLBROOK : No
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Ms
. Burke? MEMBER BURKE : No
.
QUESTIONS BY MS
. LIU :

Q. Good morning , Mr
. Rygh
. You referred to the Put Option?

A. Sure
. Q. Could you spell that? A. I ' m trying not to make this overly complicated
.

Q. How do you spell it first? A. Put (P
- u -t) Option
.

When you think about how the merchant generation currently finances itself as long
-term debt , which is done before , currently outstanding , trading far below par which is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 51 obviously an indication of investors ' views on when and if they ' ll get paid back for that , the other piece which is important because , you know, the long
-term financing is done for things like capital projects and investing in the business , but as a merchant generation company , fuel , collateral , all sorts of things , you need liquidity , and right now , the generation company , GENCO in particular , has a $500 million revolving credit facility that it shares with the parent , Ameren Corporation
. That revolving credit facility expires in the middle of 2013
. The Put Option effectively is
a replacement for some form of liquidity when that current facility expires because the ability to actually renew that facility , well , it doesn ' t exist at this point
. So the Put Option is basically , think about it as a , it ' s just an emergency rainy day fund such that at least as they transition and the current revolving bank commitment goes away , there ' s some semblance of liquidity there
. You can ' t wait till the last minute when you have no liquidity to try to find liquidity , so1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 52 that ' s why I think it was done in advance
. But the Put Option essentially does not replicate , you know , it doesn ' t provide anywhere near the same security as what they currently have which was , by the way , done two and a half years ago , so a different time and obviously the fact that they can ' t renew it when it expires
. So the Put Option is an agreement between one subsidiary , Ameren Energy Generating , and another one which is Ameren Energy Resources Generating to effectively sell three power plants from one subsidiary , one unregulated subsidiary that has all the long
-term debt , thereby , put mortgages on all the assets , to one that has no long
-term debt effectively , so it ' s sort of lien
- free at this point
. And really what it is is it ' s taking three plants which , under some exception , are underneath the current collateral agreements with AEG and selling them to another subsidiary which effectively then would lend Ameren some amount of emergency capital with holding those plants as collateral
. I mean , in reality , it ' s kind1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 53 of like pawning those plants
. They transfer them
over to another facility which has no other liens
. They get lent some capital up front
. If they don ' t pay it back within a certain amount of time , the subsidiary , AERG , is then allowed to sell those plants and keep the proceeds
. So it ' s , you know , a very complicated way of saying you ' re pawning the plants from one subsidiary to the next ; a lender of last resorts effectively
.

Q. You referred to the facility as expiring facility
. Were you referring to like the revolving line of credit?

A. Yeah , the revolving line is the line of credit they currently have
. MS
. LIU : Thank you for that explanation
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you very much
. Does Ameren have anything else they ' d like to present here today? I understand we have
- - oh , wait
. I will ask the Agency
. . . it ' s my understanding1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 54 the Agency is not calling any witnesses today , is that correct? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Correct
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Because you ' re not calling any witnesses here today , we will have the Board ask questions to the record which you may address in your post
- hearing brief
. Does anybody have questions for the Agency? MS
. LIU : Good morning , Ms
. Roccaforte
. MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Good morning
. MS
. LIU : As one of the proposed variance conditions on page 11 of AER ' s response to the July 6 , 2012 Hearing Officer order , AER indicated it would be willing to provide progress reports on construction activities related to the Newton scrubber by the end of each calendar year during the term of the variance to both the Board and the Agency
. Would Illinois EPA please indicate which address and which contact person such reports should be submitted? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Yes
. I will have1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 55 to look into that but we will respond
. MEMBER BURKE : Question 3 (b) in the July 25 , 2012 Hearing Officer order asked Ameren to comment on the assertion by the Illinois Attorney General ' s Office that the MPS was not intended to be
a 12
-year averaging period of pollution reduction
. Does the Agency have anything to add to Ameren ' s response and testimony on this issue? MS
. ROCCAFORTE : The Agency will respond accordingly
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. It appears the Board does not have any more questions for the Agency
. Do you want to pose any questions for the Agency to answer in their post
- hearing brief? They did not call a witness to testify so there ' s no need to question
. MS
. CIPRIANO : Give us a moment
. (Pause) MS
. CIPRIANO : Madame Hearing Officer , I think the only question that perhaps the Agency may wish to comment on was the questions relating to BART
. I can refer specifically to one1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 56 of the questions I think regarding heat rate , so there was a question that seemed more appropriate
. . . MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Heat input? MS
. CIPRIANO : Yeah , the heat input
. MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Okay
. MS
. CIPRIANO : It ' s 2 (c) in the second set of questions presented by the Hearing Officer
. MS
. ROCCAFORTE : The July 25th? MS
. CIPRIANO : Yes
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Can you hear in the back? AUDIENCE : No
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : I ' m going to turn up the volume on the microphones
. Everybody is just going to have to bring the microphone closer to their mouths
. Okay
. I think we ' re ready to beginning taking some comments
. I ' d first like to call Senator Gary Forby
. And you are just making a public comment here today , is that correct , Senator?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 57 SENATOR FORBY : That ' s right
. I just want to thank the Illinois Pollution Board today for what they ' re doing having the people here listening to our issues in southern Illinois
. We ' re here today about Joppa Power Plant
. You know , it ' s a plant that we understand that needs some work done on it
. I think the business people that run the plant realize that
. They ' re here today to let you know that they are planning on updating
. They do need the updating
. I think the main thing what
we ' re here today is to just listen to the comments about southern Illinois and the power plants for the State of Illinois
. You know , it ' s all about jobs , and that ' s the main thing the State of Illinois needs is jobs
. You know , we worked hard in southern Illinois to try to find jobs but it seemed like here lately the issues have been something that it ' s just not working in our favor
. You know, we ' ve had facilities close
. We ' ve had prisons close
. Now today we ' ve got 160 some odd people that work in this power plant down here , so what we need to do is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 58 to keep the jobs and not get rid of them
. And the main thing here today
we ' re asking is , you know , just give them some time
. They ' re planning on doing this , they need to do it , and we need the jobs , and anyplace you live in the State of Illinois no matter if it ' s in Joppa or in Chicago , jobs is the number one issue , so we need to think seriously what are we doing here today
. Everybody wants clean air
. There ' s no doubt about that
. We all appreciate that
. We don ' t want to do anything wrong . We want to make it right , but we ' re in a bind right now . The State of Illinois is in a bind , and I hope the Pollution Board sees that and helps Joppa and the people in southern Illinois to keep their jobs
. If it keeps on going like it ' s been going and we don ' t sit down and think what
we ' re doing , we won ' t have a southern Illinois
. It ' s going to be gone . There won ' t be no jobs
. What are we going to do
. We ' re still part of the State of Illinois
. We want to be part of the State of Illinois , so that ' s why we ' re here today and asking that , and we just want to make sure we have it done1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 59 and keep our economic development going , and as long
as we can keep jobs , we don ' t ask for much in southern Illinois
. Just give us our fair share , and today , that ' s what we ' re asking here today
. Just give us our fair share
. Let us straighten this out
. Let us work with the State of Illinois
. Let ' s put people back to work and let ' s get our state where it needs to be
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you , Senator
. May I call Representative Brandon Phelps? REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS : Good morning , members of the Illinois Pollution Control Board , Chairman
. Thank you for this opportunity to speak in support of AER ' s petition for a variance from the Illinois Multi
-Pollutant Standard known as MPS as you all know
. I am Brandon Phelps , state representative for the 1 18th district ; also newly appointed by the speaker , chairman of the House Public Utilities Committee
. My district includes1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 60 Massac County , home to AER ' s Joppa Energy Center
. As a southern Illinois legislator , I cannot stress enough the seriousness of AER' s request and potential adverse impacts that closing this facility could have on my district , especially in Massac County
. I support job growth as we all do and in my position as a legislator do everything I can to secure a stronger economic future for my constituents
. It is no secret that all sectors from government to private are facing a huge financial crisis these days , especially in Illinois
. I know that AER has shared with the Board the economic impacts that Edwards and Joppa have on the local and state economy but I want to underscore the vital role that Joppa Energy Center plays in our local community
. Joppa supports 164 well paying jobs
- for southern Illinois
. You put that in perspective in Chicago , that ' s like 10 , 000 some odd jobs in southern Illinois
. I truly admire the steps Illinois has taken to place stringent limits on1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 61 emissions from power plants
. However , as much as I support Illinois ' effort to be a leader in environmental regulation and pollution control , I know that these decisions cannot be made in isolation without also factoring in the economic impact to the state
. At the time Illinois adopted the MPS , there was an understanding that similar federal regulations would follow suit
. As of today , those regulations are still not in place , and there is still uncertainty about whose regulations will be
or when they will become effective
. I understand that AER is asking to defer the costs of complying with one provision of the MPS , a provision that requires stringent sulfur dioxide emission limits
. Note I said defer
. AER is not trying to avoid installing the pollution control equipment necessary to meet the requirements , only defer installation until financial conditions improve and federal regulations
are in place
. As I also understand it , AER remains committed to its obligation to reduce its impact to the environment and has agreed to meet a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 62 lower sulfur dioxide emission limit
. I support AER' s request for variance , and I ask the Board to consider the devastating impact economically that it will have on our area . Denying AER ' s request could put 164 southern Illinoisans on the unemployment line , and if you know what ' s going on right now in southern Illinois , we ' re all under attack , and I always say , especially in southern Illinois , if we lose one job , that ' s one too many . Given AER ' s commitment to reduce emissions , I believe AER ' s request is a responsible and sustainable path to take in the economically trying times
. I ask the Board to please recognize my support for AER ' s request and thank you so much for allowing me to be here
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you Representative Phelps , and if you have a copy of your statement , our court reporter would sure appreciate it
. REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS : I will
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 63 Representative David Reis , please? REPRESENTATIVE REIS : Thank you very much , and to the Board and Chairman Holbrook , it ' s a pleasure to be here
. My name is State Representative David Reis , and I have the honor of serving the 1 08th district in southeastern Illinois where the Jasper County Newton Plant is located
. I ' m here to testify today in support of the petition from Ameren asking for a variance with the Board granting them extra time to fully construct and implement the updated scrubber equipment at their power plant
. The Newton facility as you know has already invested millions of dollars towards their necessary improvements to become compliant , and they are not , and I repeat , are not asking the Board to relieve them of meeting these obligations
. They ' re just asking for additional time and resources in order so that they can complete the project
. First , I cannot underscore the serious economic impact of shutting down the largest1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 64 private employer in Jasper County
. It would be devastating
. Jasper County is one of the few counties that have less than 10 , 000 people in it
. Our economic development people and area elected officials are constantly working to recruit and attract new businesses to the county but it ' s been tough , and needless to say , losing these 155 high paying jobs would crush Jasper County ' s economy and their school system , and I have
a couple other people here from the county that will put more information on that
. To put this in perspective for the people who filed these objections that live in Chicago , 155 jobs in a county of less than 10 , 000 people is the same as losing 41 , 800 jobs in Chicago with a population of 2
. 7 million , and we all saw what happened last fall when CME , Sears was thinking about leaving the state
. Just think if 42 , 000 jobs
were at risk in Chicago
. I can assure you there would have been congressional hearings and special sessions and press conferences every day if that
were to happen
. Secondly and on a much broader standpoint , United States represents four percent of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 65 the world population , and we ' re here to discuss an extension of three plants
. I would submit that ' s a thimble of water in the pond
. You know , the ever growing and unmitigated emissions by developing countries will overwhelm even the most aggressive reductions here in the United States
. In fact , over 70 percent of China ' s electrical power comes from coal
- fired plants , and this demand is surely to grow exponential ly over the next few decades
. So do we really think that denying an extension of a few years for compliance
on three plants here in the United States is really going to have an impact on our worldwide pollution? As Senator Forby said , we all believe in clean air , protecting our natural
resources , but even the USEPA admits that unilateral American reductions and greenhouse gasses will have
a negligible impact on atmospheric conditions worldwide , and their conclusion was based on the entire country meeting stricter pollution standards not just three plants
.So when you put this all in perspective , with the potential loss of the county ' s1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 66 largest private employer in Jasper County in Newton , minimal atmospheric benefits and with the current electric demand and prices well below normal , it doesn ' t seem unreasonable to ask for a little additional time to fully implement these new standards
. The people at Jasper County that I represent , you know , they don ' t have big organizations representing them , no lobbyists , no lawyers , no database of activists to send in comments , but for common sense folks , we have a deep
concern for our community and our schools and our jobs , and I would be willing to bet in fact that not
one person from Jasper County put their name on this denial request
. I bet not one of them sent in a comment saying we want you to reject it
. So with that being said , I respectively ask the Board to give through consideration to this variance request and give careful thought to the devastating impact that this would have on a small county in southeastern Illinois
. Thank you for your time
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 67 Representative Ri ce . Okay
. I would like to call
- - we do have some people here from the Environmental Law & Policy Center , which I may refer to as ELPC
. They have a person here who who ' d like to make an oral statement under oath and be cross -examined by the parties
. I would like to call Mr
. Rob Kelter , and the court reporter will swear you in
. (Whereupon the witness was sworn by the reporter
. )

NARRATIVE TESTIMONY BY MR
. KELTER : Good morning
. My name is Robert Kelter , and I ' m senior attorney for the Environmental Law & Policy Center
. I ' ve been at ELPC for five years and prior to that was director of litigation at the Citizens Utility Board
. While working at CUB , I was part of a small group of people who negotiated and drafted the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997
. I ' m testifying today to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 68 give background on the law as it relates to Ameren ' s current position and its petition for variance
. As indicated by the title of the law , the 1997 law gave customers significant rate relief after they spent many years paying for expensive nuclear plants built by ComEd and Illinois Power
. In return for the rate relief , the utilities wanted flexibility to sell their power plants to independent third parties or simply spin them off to unregulated affiliates
. The rate relief was significant : 20 percent for ComEd and Illinois Power customers and less relief for Central Illinois Public Service and Central Illinois Light Company customers who already had low rates
. Thus , the flexibility to merge companies and sell off power plants had great value to the utilities Review of Ameren ' s variance petition indicates that a criminal element of the petition relates to the 1997 law
. Ameren asserts that because the regulated utility does not own the power plants , Ameren cannot recover its investment from its customers
. For example , at page 16 , Ameren1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 69 states that "emission reduction mandates in an unregulated state like Illinois places power generators in an unintended position of financial inequity since merchant generators have to absorb internally the cost of compliance with those state
-specific rules
. " This argument needs to be examined in proper context
. Under the traditional regulatory framework , utilities built power plants and recovered the cost of the plants and earned a return on the investment
. If the plants needed updating or repairs , customers paid those costs
. However , the traditional structure also meant that customers received all the benefits from those plants
. For example , if a power plant had extra capacity that was not needed to serve the utility customers , then the proceeds of the sale of that power flowed back to the regulated customers , not utility shareholders
. Section 16
- 111 (g) of the new law allowed but certainly did not require Ameren to change its structure and spin off plants to its unregulated affiliates , and the law specifically states , "During the mandatory transition period , an1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 70 electric utility may , without obtaining any approval of the Commission , sell , assign , lease or otherwise transfer assets to an affiliated or an unaffiliated entity
. " The operative word here is

"may . " In fact , Ameren carefully weighed its options and decided to take a calculated risk that shareholders would benefit more from moving the plants to an unregulated affiliate than it would from keeping the plants with the regulated utility
. Otherwise , the move never would have been made At the time of the restructuring , Central Illinois Public Service Company , Central Illinois Light Company and Illinois Power , the companies that are part of Ameren today , all owned coal
-fired power plants
. Several of those plants have been grandfathered under the Clean Air Act , and they produce very cheap electricity that translated to low rates for their captive customers
. At the time that the Ameren companies transferred the plants to their affiliates , they knew that it was a matter of time before Congress or the states passed tougher air quality standards that would apply to those plants
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 71 By transferring those plants to unregulated affiliates , Ameren was able to reap benefits from the plants that it would never have earned under the traditional regulation and customers were subject to market prices when the freeze ended
. For many years , Ameren ' s decision paid off for the company . As the rate freeze was coming to an end in 2006 , the Citizens Utility Board did a study attached to my testimony that lays out just how well Ameren performed
. Despite paying premiums on the purchase of Illinois Power and CILCO as well as to other investors such
as AES and Dynegy , Ameren ' s stock significantly outperformed the S&P 500 and other utility stocks
. Today , the risk that clean air laws would affect the plants has become a reality
. While Ameren ' s arguments that other utilities in the region are not burdened by state law or that ratepayers have to pay these costs in other states are accurate , these risks were foreseeable when the company transferred the plants
. Review of Ameren ' s petition indicates that the company wants the Board to take a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 72 snapshot in time approach that does not reflect the intent of the restructuring legislation
. The point
was to allow utilities to earn unlimited returns in exchange for removing the risks from ratepayers
. The company argues in its petition at page 10 , " In addition , as previously noted , Illinois ' deregulated energy markets remain surrounded by states that allow generators rate recovery of capital projects including those relating to environmental mandates from a captive customer base putting deregulated generation at a competitive disadvantage
. " Two sentences later Ameren states , " Illinois merchant generators are entirely dependent on the market price of power for their
revenue stream
. " These statements are true , and they reflect the realities of a competitive market
. Market prices go up and they go down
. Nowhere in the petition does Ameren give any kind of
a balanced view of the profits and losses that the plants have generated over the last decade
. Ameren ' s companies chose to transfer their plants to the unregulated side of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 73 their business , and for many years , Ameren shareholders benefited when market prices were high in a way that other regulated utility shareholders did not
. Simply put , Ameren wanted the benefits of the power plants being under the control of Ameren Energy Resources when market prices were high , environmental controls were minimal , and they
were generating big profits
. The conditions outlined in Ameren ' s petition create challenges and certainly reflect a difficult situation but they do not give a complete picture Ameren benefited from the market when environmental regulation was more relaxed
. It now requests relief from environmental regulations that were within the realm of reasonable expectation
. Traditional regulations shielded Ameren from this type of risk , and the company chose to give up that protection
. That concludes my remarks today HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' ll first ask the Board if they have any questions and then I ' ll ask the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 74 parties if they have any questions
. Okay
. Thank you very much
. MS
. BUGEL : I do have hard copies if anyone wants them
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Do you have documents that refer to your testimony? MR
. KELTER : Yes
. It ' s a written copy of my remarks and the exhibit that I referred to
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Just for clarity , the exhibit , has this already been submitted? HEARING OFFICER WEBB : No , I don ' t think so . MR
. KELTER : It ' s referred to in my remarks
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : This is what you read from , correct? MR
. KELTER : Yes
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. MS
. CIPRIANO : What ' s on the disk? THE KELTER : The study that I referred to
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : You don ' t have a paper copy of this , do you?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 75 MR
. KELTER : Actually , I think I do have one paper copy that I can give you . MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Okay
. That would be great
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : I ' ll accept this as part of his public comment
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Okay
. Very good
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Excuse me , as parts of his oral statement
. Sorry
. Yes , his oral statement
. Do you want me to record any objections for the record? MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Well , I think I will withhold
. He said he had a paper copy . MS
. CIPRIANO : We just would like to see what it is
. That ' s all
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : If you ' d like , we can reserve action on this , and you can look at it during a break
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Yeah , that would be great
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Let ' s do that
. Let ' s just move on to a couple more comments here before we take our first break
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 76 Let ' s go on . I ' d like to call Tim Drea
. MR
. DREA : Good morning , Mr
. Chairman , members of the Illinois Pollution Control Board
. My name is Tim Drea (D
- r-e-a) , secretary
-treasurer of the Illinois AFL
-CIO
. I ' d like to start out by welcoming and thanking all these union members in the vests that came up today to save their jobs
. 22 years ago I was working in
a coal mine down in Pawnee , very , very happy , raising a family , and Clean Air , because Commonwealth Edison didn ' t put scrubbers on a plant , put me out of work , so I know exactly what ' s going
on here and what these people are thinking , and it ' s very , very hard to go home and look at your family and say I might be out of work because of a decision of a governmental board , the people that protect us . So I am here to follow up on our written comments that we submitted to the board for AER ' s petition for the variance on the Multi
-Pollutant Standard of the Illinois Pollution Control Board to grant Ameren ' s request
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 77 In my capacity at AFL
-CIO , I
am committed to organizing campaigns and funding for workers rights
. As you know , AER is a key employer of unionized workers in the State of Illinois and the economic benefits they provide the State of Illinois local communities is critical during this current economic down time
. Last Friday , I received a layoff notice for workers getting laid off down at Honeywell in Joppa , 230 jobs being lost in Joppa from Honeywell Industries , so that ' s why it makes this more important that we save these jobs at Joppa and in Massac County
. This is an example of how critical it is to keep hard working families and local economies afloat during these tough times
. But local economies and individual families are not alone in their struggle
. Corporations , who we don ' t usually advocate for , like AER are also feeling the effects of operating in today ' s economic environment
. The stakes are especially high for a company such as AER due to the immense capital expenditures necessary to comply with state environmental laws
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 78 We have reviewed AER ' s request and believe it is both economically responsible and at the same time protective of the environment
. We
can have good jobs in a clean environment
. It ' s essential that the Illinois Pollution Control Board remember that the AER family of companies has provided good jobs and stable employment to thousands of Illinois citizens for well over a century
. These companies pay taxes critical supporting the schools , emergency response systems and city governments in dozens of communities across the state
. We ' ve heard from local legislators exactly their contributions to our communities
. We understand how essential it is to meet the pollution control standards
. We understand that the variance process exists to address the situation AER now faces , a truly unexpected and unreasonable hardship
. Illinois has lost enough jobs in recent years . We are here today to stop that and urge the Pollution Control Board to grant this variance to keep good paying jobs in our community
. That ' s all I have
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 79 I ' m going to call the mayor of Newton , Illinois , Mark Bolander
. MAYOR BOLANDER : Thank you for allowing me to be here today
. As mayor of the City of Newton , I ' m asking the Illinois Pollution Control Board to grant the extension to ensure reduced emissions and higher environmental standards while protecting the economic livelihoods of Illinois families
. Now , I ' ve got quite a few statistics but I ' ll be brief and just point out a few
. Annual economic impact of AER' s Newton Energy Center operations on the State of Illinois , direct spending , 71
. 5 million ; total economic activity , over 213 million ; direct jobs at the Newton Center , 158 ; total direct and indirect jobs , 978
. The 71
. 5 direct spending by AER there at the Newton Center triggered an additional 141
. 6 million in value added activity in Illinois of which 40
. 5 million was household earnings that supported 820 jobs
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 80 And then of the 213 million that I pointed out , Newton Energy Center ' s operations triggered nearly 56
. 9 million in household earnings for workers in Illinois including 16
. 4 million in direct compensation for employees and 40
. 5 million in added earnings from the multiplier effects
. That was for the State of Illinois
. Now for our labor market area , direct spending , 67
. 5 million ; total economic activity , 154
. 3 million , direct jobs , 120 , total direct and indirect jobs for the Newton Energy Center in our labor market area , 553
. The 67
. 6 million that I referred to in direct spending by AER triggered an additional 86
. 7 million in value added activity in the market area of which 22
. 7 million was household earnings , and that supported 433 jobs
. The multipliers varied for different types of major expenditures shown
. Of the 154
. 3 million that I referred to , of that amount , Newton Energy Center ' s operations triggered nearly 35
. 1 million in household earnings for workers in the market area1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 81 including 12
. 4 million in direct compensation for employees and 22
. 7 million in added earnings from the multiplier effects
. So big numbers ; huge impact
. Just like AER' s commitment to lowering emissions , I ' ve made a commitment to the City of Newton to ensure the availability of public services and always serve the well
- being of this community
. In doing so , I must ask the Board to please support AER' s petition for temporary relief
. The welfare of our town depends on it
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Jasper County Board Member Bill Weber
. MR
. WEBER: Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak
. On May 15th we received a letter , the board did , the county board , indicating that the energy plant was asking for a variance , and
on the 24th of May , we submitted a letter from Mr
. Brad Mitchell who I ' m speaking for saying that
we urge that this take place and that it happen and that it be done
. We wanted it done
. We haven ' t1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 82 changed our mind since May 24th
. I wanted to add a couple things to that letter that may be of interest
. This last year , the Ameren plant wrote a check for $7 million and deposited it in the treasurer ' s office in Jasper County
. This went to support the schools , the county board , the library board , the fire department district , the junior college district , the extension service and various other things that were involved
. This represents a little over 51 percent of the total tax
revenue for the county
. When we got the word that the Ameren plant could go dark , we were devastated , and
we could see one thing in the future and that was bankruptcy for our county , not based just upon Ameren but upon the status of the whole economic
concerns of the United States , of our state and of
our county
. Ameren has been a basic part of the economic development of Jasper County
. The 150 to 170 jobs that are there are the best paying jobs in the county and we don ' t want to lose those for the same reason that the mayor mentioned
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 83 We ' re not just concerned about the Ameren plant in Newton
. We ' re also concerned about the one in Joppa
. We ' re concerned about the rest of them because we can see what ' s happening to the south end of the State of Illinois in terms of ability to budget and to carry out meaningful activities at the county level
. In the year 2010 , the Jasper County Board faced a problem in budgeting , and we reduced our corporate fund by 30 percent which meant that we laid off 24 people and in a county of 10 , 000 , 24 jobs is pretty important
. Now , we ' ve hired back some of those because of some savings that we have been able to do but we ' ve not got all the employees back
. So we beg and we ask that the Pollution Control Board , the EPA , anybody that ' s involved in this variance , consider the full ramifications of the Ameren plant going dark , and we beg that you go ahead and grant the variance
. My name is Bill Weber , and I ' m vice chairman of the board , and I speak for the board and for the chairman of that board as well as the economic development group that is in Jasper1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 84 County so that ' s why I ' m here
. Thank you very much
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you , sir
. MR
. WEBER: I do not have a prepared statement but our letter of June 24th still stands
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call James Gignac from the Illinois Attorney General ' s Office
. Mr
. GIGNAC : Hi
. My name is James Gignac
. I am an Assistant Attorney General with the Illinois Attorney General ' s Office
. I also serve as the environmental and energy counsel with the office
. Chairman , members of the board , thank you for holding this hearing today
. Our office has submitted an initial set of written comments in this docket , and we look forward to submitting post
- hearing written comments as well
. In my remarks today , I would just like to focus on a couple of key points
. The first is that we urge the board to ensure that Ameren has taken all the steps1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 85 that it should to minimize the deviation from the Multi
-Pollutant Standard before it grants any sort of variance , and I think the questions from Hearing Officer Webb and some of your questions today are on the right track
. The second point is that we would suggest the board strongly consider granting Ameren a shorter variance of perhaps two years as opposed to the four or five year variance that the company is currently requesting
. Before diving into these points , I would just like to pause and note a couple of important items
. The first is that the Attorney General and many others are proud of the work that Illinois did to establish the Multi
-Pollutant Standard , and it really put Illinois in a nationally leading role in terms of pollution reduction . Coal plant owners , including Ameren , in the state have taken several steps to reduce pollution , and we greatly appreciate that , but it ' s important to remember that we are only part of the way through the process . We agree with the sentiment1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 86 that it is important to view this variance request through the lens of the work that was done to achieve the MPS and the commitments that were made at that time
. It ' s also important to remember the legal standard for receiving a variance in Illinois
. There is a heavy burden on the petitioner to demonstrate that the hardship it would endure by complying with the law outweighs the harm to the environment and public health , and it is the often times difficult job of the board to discern where exactly that line lies between hardship and harm when deciding to grant a variance and what conditions to attach to it
. Here we submit that there is indeed a harm that would occur despite the company ' s calculations regarding overall tonnage of SO2 emissions over the 12
-year period , and that is because of the significant increase in the amount of allowable pollution between the years 2015 and 2019 under the proposed variance as opposed to what will be allowed under the Multi
-Pollutant Standard as it exists today
. So with that , let me turn to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 87 my first point which is ensuring that Ameren takes the steps that it should to minimize deviation from the MPS
. Our office ' s initial concern with the petition was a lack of explanation or documentation in the petition and supporting documents regarding alternative compliance options
. The petition appeared to present a black and white scenario of either receiving the variance or closing two entire plants
. The affidavits supporting the petition were a little more vague and ambiguous about exactly what other measures could or might be able to be taken , and I think this point is reflected by the company ' s proposed reduction of the interim pollution rate from
. 38 to
. 35 pounds per million Btu indicating that there is or was room to ratchet down the pollution rate and minimize the deviation from the MPS
. We are still reviewing the information submitted in response to the Hearing Officer ' s questions that came in a couple days ago , and , of course , we need to digest the information that was provided today , but we do appreciate the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 88 additional insights and information provided by Ameren
. We would continue to urge the board to require a complete analysis from Ameren on the costs and feasibility of other options that might be taken to provide you with the information you need to discern the appropriate balance between environmental harm and hardship to the petitioner
. Some of the options could be included in a package or a suite of pollution reduction strategies ; for example , procurement of low sulfur or ultralow sulfur coal
. It would be good to have an affidavit or some sworn testimony that the company has fully procured the lowest sulfur coal possible and exhausted that approach
. Likewise , with the maximization of existing pollution controls , we heard some testimony on that today , but guaranteeing that the scrubbers at Duck Creek and Coffeen will be fully maximized to achieve as much sulfur dioxide reduction as possible
.Also , managing the generation balance
. While Ameren does reference reductions in capacity factors , it would have to experience if1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 89 relying on the derating of units to comply , we would like to see an analysis of partial derating or a partial approach of managing the generation balance that again can help reduce the margin of deviation from the MPS
. Finally , we ' d like to see more of an analysis of why technology such as dry scrubbers and dry sorbent injection are not feasible
or possible here
. We understand these things do require significant capital investments , but they
are technologies that have been used at other plants and units around the country , and , in fact , Ameren in previous versions of its compliance strategies did plan to use dry sorbent injection at both Edwards and Joppa
. So we believe that these options should be fully explored as potential conditions if a variance should be granted , and if Ameren is not willing or unable to provide justification that it fully explored these options , then we think the petition for variance should be denied
. Before moving on , I would just like to emphasize the note about the parent1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 90 corporation , Ameren Corporation , making a conscious decision to let its subsidiary , Ameren Energy Resources , stand on its own in terms of maintaining
a viable cash flow
. We understand the financial and investor relation motivations for this but it is important to keep in mind when we are thinking about the hardship to the overall corporation
. So assuming that the board determines a variance is warranted here and has determined the various conditions that will be placed upon it to minimize the deviation from the MPS , we at the Attorney General ' s Office suggest that the board consider perhaps granting a shorter variance , perhaps two years . This would be a more limited and measured action for the board to take at this time
. It would appear based on the petition that it would give the company the relief that it needs without locking all of us into a potentially unnecessarily large departure from the MPS
. It would allow Ameren to maintain the decelerated construction of the Newton facility if the 2015 and 2017 standards were backed up by two1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 91 years , and it would also allow us to see what happens with the rapidly changing dynamics affecting the power market industry
. A lot can change in two years . If we turn the clocks back two years from today and consider what we thought about the price of gas , the status of federal environmental regulations , the price of power , the economy , etc
. , things were very much different
. Today we ' ve heard testimony relating to the potential for Cross State Air Pollution Rule to come into effect
. We ' ve heard testimony about the potential for power prices to rise , and these things are very much in play
. A two
-year variance would allow us to see what happens with that
. If after two years the company is experiencing the same sort of uncertainty , it could come back and petition for an extension of the variance
. On the other hand , over these two years , if cash flow conditions change , the company can make decisions to invest in certain units , power down entire other units
. It could change the entire compliance strategy and approach
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 92 However , if the board does grant the full four or five
-year variance now, we would lose that opportunity to see an updated justification for the variance , and we would lose the opportunity to revisit the issue and keep the MPS on track to the greatest extent possible
. That concludes my remarks today
. Thank you again for the opportunity
. We at the Attorney General ' s Office look forward to the continuation of this process and the opportunity to submit further written comment
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you , sir
. We can go off the record for a second
. (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : I ' d like to call a couple more public comments before we break for lunch
. I ' d like to call Judy Weimer
. MS
. WEIMER : Good morning
. Thank1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 93 you , Board
. My name is Judy Weimer , and I
am a bilateral lung transplant recipient
. I received two lungs from a wonderful donor
. My case was 80 percent environmental
. Yes , I grew up in the city
. The city , the suburbs , it ' s all the same . Dust is dust , and all I did was breathe , breathe , and breathe , and it sat in my lungs , and I didn ' t plan on getting sick
. I didn ' t want to get sick
. I ended up getting sick
. And I understand where the company is coming from , but the health costs alone
are going to be just amazing , just totally out of control
. There ' s enough people now with asthma , and it ' s just going to keep getting worse and worse , and within like 30 years , there are going to be a lot of surgeries
. Lungs are very delicate , and
we need to keep the air clean , if not for my generation , for our children and our grandchildren , and I ask the Board to please deny the extension
. They gave their word , and in the world , your word is kind of all you got right now . Everything else is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 94 falling apart , so if you would please listen and make your vote count , I ' d appreciate it
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mr
. Norman Eckstein
. MR
. ECKSTEIN : Thank you . I would also like to ask you to not extend or not give the variance , again , for health reasons . In my case , I , fortunately , don ' t have any health problems as a result of pollution , but I have a close friend who , both of whose parents were killed by lung cancer . Neither of them smoke
. They haven ' t determined a specific
cause , but they figure that it ' s mostly environmental
. I had a college roommate who is a retired army colonel
. He served 30 years defending our country
. He has a disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
. It ' s a disease that attacks the lungs from the bottom up , and it slowly kills
. . . the easiest way to say it , the cells are no longer able to absorb oxygen , and so slowly he ' s reducing the amount of oxygen he can take in
. He ' s now on full
-time oxygen .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 95 A year ago he was still playing golf serval times a week
. Right now he ' s in
a wheelchair
. He can go out a couple times a week
. He can ' t drive
. When I talk with him on the phone , we have to keep our conversations down to about five
or ten minutes because he can ' t breathe well long enough to talk much more than that
. His brother died of the same thing , and his sister was recently diagnosed with the same disease
. The hospitals they go to , he ' s being treated at Johns Hopkins
. His brother was at the Mayo Clinic , and his sister is at General Hospital
. The doctors at all three places have said that there is
- - well , they don ' t know what causes this , but they do know that there ' s nothing that ' s hereditary that they have been able to identify , and it ' s most likely the fact that they all grew up in the same place and there was some kind of an environmental issue
. From things that I read , the difference in the levels of pollution with and without the scrubber cause or are likely to cause approximately 25 deaths a year and several thousand1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 96 people who are likely to be disabled as a result of reduced functionality of their lungs
. We talk about losing jobs
. Those people , if they become disabled , well , obviously , the people that died , their families have
a hardship
. Those that become disabled , those are additional people who not only lose their jobs but they lose their jobs permanently
. They don ' t have
an option to go find another one . So for health reasons , I think
we really need to do something
. I should say I am not a believer in big government
. I believe government has limited functions and the government shouldn ' t be telling us what we should and shouldn ' t do , but
one of the few functions of government that ' s very important to us is protecting the population , and it doesn ' t matter whether it ' s from a foreign threat or from a local threat , they need to protect us from each other as well
. And I think they ' ve made rules
. They ' ve made them with the participation of the company , and the company agreed to them , and I think if it was something that any of us as people1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 97 agreed to and we came back to the government several years later and said , oh , I ' m having a financial problem right now , I really don ' t want to pay this , change it , I doubt they would change it , and I think they should do the same thing for a company . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mr
. Bryan Urbaszewski
. MR
. URBASZEWSKI : Thank you for the opportunity to speak today
. My name is Brian Urbaszewski , and I ' m the director of Environmental Health Programs for Respiratory Health Association
. RHA is a lung health charity based in Chicago that works to fight lung disease and promote lung health , research , advocacy and education
. I was involved in the process that lead to the MPS being set up many years ago along with agency staff , other environmental and health leaders and major power companies
. The end result set strong and comprehensive emission rate reduction requirements for coal
- fired power plants
. Because some pollutants can cause and exacerbate lung disease as you ' ve already1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 98 heard , RHA was extremely interested in seeing the lowest possible SO2 and NOx emission rates be a part of this state pollution prevention rule
. This is the reason I still stand before you today
. Lung disease is a very serious and growing concern . People living with asthma have
more asthma attacks when air pollution levels are higher
. They use more medication
. They are more likely to visit their doctor
. They ' re more m likely to wind up in the emergency room . They ' re more likely to be hospitalized
. Asthma is also rising
. According to the U
. S
. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta , one in twelve people now has asthma nationally , up from one in fourteen a decade ago . Medical expenses alone just from asthma are over $50 billion a year . For African American children , the situation is even more shocking
. In the U
. S
. , one of every six African American children now has asthma
. As of late 2010 , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was reported as the third leading cause of death in America , up from fourth
. People you see on oxygen in many cases have1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 99 COPD and may have less than half the lung capacity of a healthy person . They ' re also more susceptible to air pollution and more likely to wind up in a hospital or worse . Many people afflicted with lung disease , particularly senior citizens , also suffer from cardiac conditions as well
. It ' s well established that air pollution from power plants is associated with increases in heart attacks , strokes , and premature deaths
. In Illinois , over 1
. 2 million people live with asthma
. Conservatively , over 500 , 000 people live with COPD
. It may be as high as a million
. A lot of it ' s undiagnosed
. Coal power plant emissions kill people
. Hundreds of people in Illinois die every year from what comes out of coal power plant stacks
. Many more are sickened and require medication and treatment , and strict emission controls are needed on coal power plants
. Such plants have been exempted for decades from requirements to install pollution controls , the same controls that have been mandated on new coal power1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 100 plants for the last three decades
. The Illinois rule was stricter than federal requirements in place in 2006 , but since that time when these state rules were set , the need for tighter SO2 rates has only gotten stronger , and USEPA has acknowledged that in subsequently requiring even deeper reductions in SO2 and in tightening national air quality standards for particle pollution closely linked to upwind sulfur dioxide sources . National standards will again need to be tightened , and after years of court battles and delays , it is almost certain that the PM2
. 5 standard will be tightened later this year in compliance with the federal court order , but through setting inadequate standards , USEPA has failed to protect the breathing public , particularly people with lung disease
. This is why the board needs to protect the health of Illinois residents here and
now by ensuring our own state rules designed to protect human health are not eroded
. What Ameren wants could
condemn scores of people to early deaths and many more to needless suffering and trauma
. My1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 101 recollection is that Ameren was intimately involved in the MPS creation , was the first power company to reach out to Illinois EPA and begin negotiating what the MPS would entail and the first company to lock in the deal they wanted in the final regulation
. They benefited from a longer timeline for meeting state mercury standards and made firm commitments to cut NOx and SO2 rates from their power plant fleet in return
. They are here today saying that they want their cake and they want to eat it too
. They got what they wanted that was in their shareholders ' interest , and now they don ' t want to invest in what they promised the state and the public in Illinois what they would invest in
. I again implore you to deny this variance as Illinois residents should not be paying with their health or their lives to benefit Ameren ' s financial bottom line
. Your decision today and in this proceeding will determine whether Illinois residents live or die
.Thank you for the time and the opportunity to speak
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 102 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Let ' s go off the record for a second
. (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : I ' m going to call Julie Johnson , the mayor of Joppa
. MAYOR JOHNSON : I ' m speaking on behalf of the EEI plant at Joppa as to Ameren ' s request for a variance to delay the mandated state of the results of upgrading their facilities
. I was an educator
. I taught in the Joppa high school for 22 years . Then I taught 12 years more at the Shawnee Community College in this area . EEI has been a stable force for our tax bases for these schools and employs jobs for our communities , for the whole County of Massac
as well as Joppa
. We have another plant nearby
. We have two there that are basic
. The Lafarge cement plant , it has laid off
. Now EEI is laying off , and in Massac County , Honeywell Industries has laid off , so we ' re being hit very , very hard in that area .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 103 The public services of our schools are imperative to
us . The environmental benefits are not being questioned
. We realize our environment is important but it ' s hard to put this aside when your families
are without work , can ' t be provided for , your village is losing people out because they have to go elsewhere for jobs , your schools close down , and that pretty much devastates your community
. As I say , I ' m not against the environmental protection , but the short time that has been requested I believe is very reasonable , and I don ' t think we ' ll get more polluted in five years than we would be in one or two
. So my request is please support this area . Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you , Mayor
. I ' d like to call Billy McDaniel , mayor of Metropolis
. MAYOR McDANIEL : I do want to thank this board today for allowing us as a community to
come before you . My name is Billy McDaniel
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 104 I ' m the mayor of the City of Metropolis
. We as a community know and we appreciate the time and the effort that each board in the State of Illinois and our community takes for
our health , our benefits , our well
- being
. There is
more to the well
- being than controls of different items and stuff like that
. The Joppa EEI plant is probably the number two company in our region
. There ' s 235 well paying jobs there
. They ' re well above the average income by 40 percent
. Those jobs
we take very seriously in our community
. Those jobs , if they are lost , will be jobs that we as a community , a small community in southern Illinois will never replace
. We ' re in the deep south
. There is someplace south of I
-80 , which Metropolis is as far as south in Illinois you can get
. When you leave Metropolis , you ' re in Paducah , Kentucky , so we do realize the graphics , but we want to support both entities
. We support our community as far as the well paying jobs , taxes
. They pay probably $800 , 000 a year in property taxes and real estate taxes
. They spend hundreds of thousand of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 105 dollars on vendors on the City of Metropolis and our community , but most of all , we in southern Illinois have experienced the worst ice storm , the worst flood , tornadoes in the last ten years that our state has ever experienced
. Not only are these jobs vital to our community but the ladies and gentlemen that work in these positions are a vital part of our community
. They ' re number one probably in volunteerism . Actually , I was in private business before I got in the political arena . For 32 years I owned and operated a business there , sold thousands of dollars worth of product to the EEI Company
. They were always and still are vital to
our community , and I plead with you . You know , we do know that we have to have a quality of life as far as pollution and things of that nature , but we also still have to have a quality of life as far as economic situations
. Good quality air is good
. It ' s great , but when you ' re trying to provide food , clothing for your families , that ' s a very important part of our lives also , and so I would ask you and I would plead with you that I don ' t think it ' s too1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 106 much to ask
. We do understand the companies have said that they will meet every standard of what the controls are . They do need an extension of that time
. I would ask that you consider that
. It could be our own stimulus package of Illinois
. We all know jobs are hard to get
. Why not a project that actually keeps people in the plant working to comply with the emissions that we are asking for
. The contract people is coming in , so it ' s a double stimulus package
. We ' re keeping them to work plus we are creating new jobs to upgrade the plant
. I thank you very much for your time
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Dan Cox , Jasper County School Board
. MR
. COX : Thank you for the opportunity to be heard , and I also thank you for the opportunity to squeeze me in right before lunch
so I ' ll be sure to be brief
. I am Dan Cox
. I ' m superintendent of Jasper County schools in Newton , Illinois
. We ' re neighbors of the Newton Power1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 107 Station
. Jasper County School District is a medium size school district of 1 , 350 students in the southeastern part of Illinois
. We are the largest geographical school district in the state , and we are very rural , and I just want to give you a snapshot of some of the challenges we ' re facing and the potential challenges we face with the Ameren challenges
. Since 2006 , Jasper County ' s schools have lost $2
. 6 million in revenue , and it ' s still growing due to the budget prorations resulting from state and national economic crisis
. Our enrollment has declined by over 150 students in the last decade , and it ' s projected to dip below 1 , 300 students within the next decade
. These factors have contributed to us closing seven schools within the district within the last ten years , and we have reduced or absorbed 23 teaching positions in the last three years . The Ameren Power Station and the Newton Power Station represents 60 percent of
our local tax revenue for Jasper County schools
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 108 This translates to over $4 million per year to our school district
. This potential loss of revenue , jobs and families would be devastating to the Jasper County community and , more importantly , our students who are also children in the State of Illinois
. Ameren has been a good neighbor to us and a responsible neighbor to us . I just urge you to grant a consideration for the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you very much
. I would say this is probably a good place to put in a lunch break
. Let ' s go off the record and discuss how long we want to do that
. (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Let ' s reconvene in 45 minutes at 1 o ' clock
. (Whereupon the lunch recess was taken
. )1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 109 AFTERNOON SESSION HEARING OFFICER WEBB : We ' re back
on the record
. Good afternoon
. We ' re back from lunch
. My name is Carol Webb
. This is the variance hearing for Ameren Energy Resources
. I ' m going to repeat some comments I made this morning since we have some new people here this afternoon
. So far , everyone has kept their comments to less than five minutes , just about everyone , so we ' re in pretty good shape
. If everyone would please continue to do so , I would really appreciate that
. We may have to impose some shorter time limits this afternoon depending on how things go . It ' s my hope that everyone will be able to give their comment
.If time requires me to limit your comment , you will still be able to submit written comment to the board by August 8th
. Written comments should be sent to the clerk of the Board in
our Chicago office
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 110 We will be taking five to ten minute breaks about every two hours
. If you have any questions or comments about this hearing , please address them to me and not to the board members
. Only comments made on the record will be considered by the board so please do not offer comments to board members during breaks and please do not approach board members to ask questions regarding the substance or outcome of this hearing
. I will reintroduce our board for people who have just arrived this afternoon
. We have Board Chairman Tom Holbrook , board members Jennifer Burke , Carrie Zalewski , Deanna Glosser and Tom Johnson , and this is Alisa Liu from the board ' s technical unit
. At this time , we ' re going to handle some housekeeping with respect to Mr
. Kelter ' s statement this morning which was we had deferred a decision about an exhibit to be introduced
. MR
. RODRIGUEZ : Yes , Madame Hearing Officer
. I believe he distributed CDs with a document attached included on those CDs
. There ' s1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 111
one paper copy of that document which we have reviewed and we have no objection to
. I would propose we enter it as Exhibit 2 and have the CDs copies for everybody ' s benefit
. (Whereupon Exhibit 2 was marked for identification) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. This will be accepted as Exhibit 2
. (Whereupon Exhibit 2 was admitted into evidence at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : We ' re now going to resume public comment
. I would like to begin with Jean Ellen Boyd from Shawnee Community College
. MS
. BOYD : Good afternoon
. My name is Jean Ellen Boyd
. I represent Shawnee Community College
. I ' m dean of instruction services , and I ' ve been with the college 28 years . Shawnee serves the southern five counties in Illinois
. EEI located in Joppa falls within our service district
. EEI is a key employer in our area , and recently and in the past , we ' ve experienced several layoffs and some closures in our area , and as this happens , people relocate1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 112 from our area which has an impact on our local economy . The property tax revenue from EEI provides approximately $86 , 000 per year to the college for support education
. If they close , this loss of revenue on top of the already budget cuts may force Shawnee to lay off additional staff and /or reduce services for our students
. I ' m sure you know the ripple effect of job losses in the area . We certainly understand stricter regulations , and this request is not to relieve them of their obligation but to simply grant
an extension to complete the project without job loss
. Shawnee College would like to ask that you please give consideration to this request
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Superintendent Steve Ptacek from Joppa
-Maple Grove schools
. MR
. PTACEK : Thank you very much for listening , for having us be able to speak with1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 113 you today
. My name is Steve Ptacek
. I ' m a superintendent at Joppa
-Maple Grove School District Unit 38
. You ' ve heard a lot of people talk about the impact that the power plants have on the communities
. I can speak directly to the impact that this will have on our school
. Joppa
-Maple Grove is an absolutely phenomenal school
. We ' re a 55 percent low income school , and in that situation , we ' ve been
on the state ' s honor roll seven of the last nine years , and last year was the first year we did not
as a district make AYP which anybody familiar with test scores in the state , that ' s an amazing performance for our school district
. I ' m very fortunate to be here
. Last was my first year at Joppa
-Maple Grove
. I ' ve worked throughout the state , and I can tell you I ' ve never worked with a staff anywhere near as amazing
as the staff at Joppa
-Maple Grove
. What they do with the kids every day is incredible
. Twenty percent of our funding come from EEI
. I want to leave you with one1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 114 point
. If Ameren is not supported in this decision , Joppa
-Maple Grove will most definitely have to close its school , and a tremendously high performance school that ' s doing wonderful things with an at
- risk community in these tough economic times will have to close its doors , and those kids are not going to get the services that we ' ve been able to provide
. Thank you very much
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Kelly Stratemeyer from the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce
. MR
. STRATEMEYER: Thank you . My
name is Kelly Stratemeyer
. I ' m president of the Metropolis Area Chamber of Commerce
. I ' m a lifelong resident of Massac County , and I ' m here in support of Ameren ' s variance request
. I am concerned as well about the possible loss of hundreds of well paying jobs in Massac County
. Massac County has recently suffered job losses at the Lafarge cement plant and is currently losing scores of jobs at the Honeywell plant
. The impact of losing over 200 jobs that are provided by the Joppa Power Station1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 115 that pays an average wage of over $80 , 000 per year will be devastating not only to the employees ' families and the families of the local vendors and suppliers but also have a devastating impact on the secondary service industries that rely on the dollars that the Joppa plant pours into the local economy . I ask the IPCB to support the AER request to serve families and communities in southern Illinois and central Illinois
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Jennifer Cassel from ELPC
. Is she not here? MS
. BUGEL : She stepped out of the
room . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. How about Andrew Armstrong? MR
. BUGEL : He stepped out of the
room as well
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Well , I know Faith Bugel is here
. MS
. BUGEL : Members of the Board and Hearing Officer , thank you for taking the time1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 116 to allow for this public hearing today and for considering these comments
. Much of the dialogue today has been that this choice is jobs versus clean air , jobs
versus the environment , and I want to point out that that is not necessarily the choice
. Choosing the variance doesn ' t guarantee jobs
. Choosing no variance does not necessitate shutdown of these plants
. First , I want to emphasize why choosing the variance doesn ' t mean that we avoid a shutdown
. We all know that there are a lot of things going on right now with regulations and the economy that have an effect that contribute to whether or not these plants will survive
. These include a poor economy , natural gas prices that are at all time lows due to the availability of new natural gas reserves , several regulations including the Cross State Air Pollution Rule , the Mercury Air Toxics Rule , new PM2
. 5 designations
. I ' d like to point out that there have already been layoffs at Joppa , and that ' s before the variance was even considered , so there
are a lot of things that could lead to these plants1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 117 closing
. Some of those other things include the fact that Joppa and E
. D
. Edwards are both very , very old plants that do not have modern pollution controls
. The only plant that is being discussed for scrubbers is Newton
. If there are not modern pollution controls installed on these plants , it
means that they are likely reaching the end of their viable life anyway and that with or without the variance , it is likely that these plants will shut down
. I know that is unfortunate
. I know that people are losing their jobs , and that is
a horrible thing to go through , but I do want to point out that that is not simply , does not simply turn on whether or not this variance is granted , and there are so many other things that are leading to that outcome
. There have already been layoffs at Joppa , and that in itself is telling
. Gary Rygh was up here earlier today , and I do have a question for Ameren about his testimony , and my question is , what happens if the economy doesn ' t improve , if natural gas prices don ' t change in the next five years . What happens if1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 118 there still is not money for a scrubber five years from now? The second point I want to make is that saying that a variance is not granted does not mean that the plant will definitely shut down
. I ' d like to point out the number of options that the company has to comply or not just comply but to come close to compliance with the MPS that does not require shutting down Joppa and E
. D
. Edwards
. First , Joppa has the ability to burn natural gas , and I ' d like to hear from Ameren , has the option of converting Joppa to fully natural gas been explored ; what would that cost ; what would that mean for compliance
. Has the option of converting just a couple of units at Joppa to natural gas been explored? Earlier in Ameren ' s testimony , it was mentioned that there are additional measures that Ameren can take to comply with the Cross State Air Pollution Rule
. Why have those measures not been explored now to comply with the MPS
. There was mention of ultralow1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 119 sulfur coal
. There was mention of capacity , working with the capacity at the various plants , optimizing the scrubbers at Duck Creek and Coffeen
. If all of those things are done now , how close does that bring the company to compliance with the SCS? To echo the AG ' s comment , is everything being done now to get as close as possible
. Can the company do better than
. 35 , and
can we explore an option that is not
. 35 but closer to the MPS
. In addition , there ' s been talk of dry sorbent injection
. ELPC will be submitting the testimony of Kimberly Gray who is a professor of engineering at Northwestern
. We will submit this as a public comment , and Professor Gray looked into the option of dry sorbent injection , and I would like to read just a couple points from her testimony
. Dry sorbent injection is emerging as a pollution control technology to address SO2 emissions
. Specifically , for Ameren ' s fleet of coal
- fired electric power plants , particularly the E
. D
. Edwards and Joppa plants , DSI (dry sorbent injection) represents a both technically and economically feasible strategy to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 120 reduce sulfur dioxide and other acid gasses . DSI systems do not require a major capital investment an and are very robust and flexible in design
. SO2 reductions in the range of 50 to 80 percent can be achieved , and reductions as high as 95 percent have been documented
. Our analysis of the estimated performance of DSI at E
. D
. Edwards and Joppa plant is consistent with the data shown that will be submitted with her testimony
. By employing DSI to achieve a 50 percent SO2 removal efficiency at the Edwards and Joppa plant , Ameren should be able to achieve a fleetwide average of
. 25 pounds per million Btu SO2 . The capital costs of DSI for both plants are estimated to be less than 200 million
. In other words , the capital costs could be less than that of a scrubber or are less than that according to our analysis
. I realize that Ameren has already testified that dry sorbent injection as a means of complying with the MPS is prohibitive because of cost and ESPs , but instead of exploring full DSI that ' s needed to meet the MPS limits , is it possible to explore partial DSI at several units?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 121 Our analysis of DSI , Kimberly GRay ' s analysis of DSI also shows that conversion to fabric filter is not necessary to install DSI
. A number of plants have already done that across the country and generally all that ' s necessary is optimizing the existing electrostatic precipitators to handle DSI , and , in fact , the introduction of DSI generally leads to better particulate matter control , the thing that is being filtered by an ESP
. So we would like to put forward the option of considering some amount of DSI
. Finally , I would like to touch
on Meredosia and Hudsonville
. We have been told in Ameren ' s filing that a variance is necessary to
assure that Meredosia and Hudsonville stay closed
. I would like to discuss the possibility that a variance is not needed to assure that those plants stay closed
. One question I would ask is with the FutureGen project going forward at those locations , does the FutureGen project preclude reopening Meredosia as a coal
-fired power plant or as a pulverized coal plant
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 122 I ' d also like to ask the company , what has been done to provide for future operations at these plants
. Finally , the company , Ameren , indicated that the Cross State Air Pollution Rule
was one of the reasons that Meredosia and Hudsonville were shuttered , and I wanted to ask a question of the company , does the Cross State Air Pollution Rule becoming finalized and effective include the reopening of those plants? Thank you for your time
. That is all of my comments
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you very much
. I ' d like to call Robert Lawless from the West Central Building Trades
. MR
. LAWLESS : Chairman Holbrook and members of the committee , I am the vice president of the West Central Building Trades in Peoria , Illinois , and I am here to support the appeal for Ameren Energy to extend their variance
. I ' m a resident of Bartonville , Illinois where the Edwards plant is located , and I go on record as supporting as a resident and on1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 123 behalf of the 15 , 000 building trades members in the Peoria area that have service both to the Edwards plant and the Duck Creek plant
. Ameren Energy Resources has already displayed their commitment to upgrade their facilities as demonstrated with their recent upgrades at their Duck Creek plant in Canton , Illinois
. AES in their petition has not requested a waiver of the standards , merely an extension
. They need a timeline extension , and we all know what the economy has done with the fuel prices and the natural gas prices that have been spoken about many times today
. It has driven the price of the kilowatt
-hour down and has created the problem for Ameren as it has for all utilities across the country
. As a steamfitter by trade , I
am proud to say that I did work as an apprentice at the Edwards Station and spent a couple years of my apprenticeship there
. Along with that , the last four decades , the Edwards Station has produced economical , dependable , affordable and essential electrical power to their community , and over that last four decades , it has kept a consistent tax1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 124
revenue , not just the plant itself as many have spoken about here today but with the good paying jobs that you ' ve seen , you ' ve seen the vests here today , let ' s just
. . . (Whereupon the Hearing Officer is adjusting his microphone) MR
. LAWLESS : Thank you . We ' ll try it again
. As has been discussed many times today about the financial impact of the Board ' s decision , that ' s a tough decision that you ' re going to have to make , one of the financial impacts that you ' re going to have to consider is that it ' s not only the revenues from the plant itself that bring tax bases into the community but it ' s good paying jobs
. That ' s been mentioned today too
. The mayor of one of the towns mentioned that he was a vendor , so you have vendors that are dependent upon these plants
. You have their families
. You have the coal industry that ' s depending on these plants , you have the rail , you have the trucking , and you have the building trades that I represent because we go into these plants and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 125 assist these members here on retrofits and upgrades to these plants ; thousands of man- hours in these plants across the country , at the Edwards and all the coal
-fired plants in Illinois
. Let me ask the Board to consider the fact that if the extension request is not granted that these multiple tax bases of not only the plants but the employees will be affected
. They will all be at risk
. The dependable local power will be at risk
. I ' m saying local power . If the plants for whatever
reason have to shut down , the grid will provide electricity to Illinois
. It may come from Kansas
. It may come from Wyoming
. It may come at a different pay rate than we ' re used to paying , but we will get the electricity , but at what cost
. What you don ' t see out in the audience
- - you see a lot of safety vests out here but what you don ' t see out in the audience are the vendors and the local merchants that have been discussed all day today
. They ' re not in the audience
. Neither are my members of my local unions , but they ' re going to be impacted as well
. Please carefully weigh your1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 126 decision , all the potential consequences , and ultimately , I ask you to conclude is the long time benefits , do they outweigh the short time disadvantages of an extension
. I thank you , and I ' d like to again request that the Board would accept the extension request
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Tracy Cox from the Peoria Families against Toxic Waste
. MS
. COX : Members of the Illinois Pollution Control Board , thank you for holding this hearing today
. My name is Tracy Cox
. I ' m assistant volunteer with the Peoria Families against Toxic Waste
. We ' re an organization that is concerned with toxic waste as well as the cumulative effects of pollution in our communities
. I believe there have been enough indicators and enough time and enough money that there is no reason to grant a variance to Ameren in this matter
.It is clear to anyone who has1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 127 read the news , publications like Time , the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , that natural gas prices have been in free fall and that energy prices
are at an all time low
. Similarly , the Illinois deregulation is not new . None of the environmental protections that Ameren is being asked to do are new, and neither is the disparity with other states
. All those have been effect for six years . Simply put , there ' s been enough time for them to meet the requirements
. There is nothing new that specifically meets the burden of a unique hardship
. When reading the briefs submitted to your board , it was characterized as a black swan event
. You need to reject that on its surface
. There is no way that this was a convergence of unpredictable circumstances that resulted in something unique
. Perhaps if we were here discussing the variance for the extreme temperatures this summer , the number of days that allowed them to discharge higher temperature water in the Illinois River , perhaps we could say that that was a black1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 128
swan event , but certainly this conjunction of falling natural gas prices , deregulation and environmental protection is not and does not meet that burden
. I also think that there has been enough money . I first become interested in this issue only because Ameren sent a letter to the Peoria County Board asking that Peoria County also sign on and begged that this variance be granted and the Edwards plant stay open . When I read the letter from Ameren , I thought it was curious that it didn ' t mention that in their SEC filings of third and fourth quarter 2011 , they announced that they had already jettisoned any improvements at the Edwards plant , and they were going to be saving 270 million compared to prior plants
. They were going to decelerate and they ' d get 150 million
. Prior to that in November 2011 , they announced that the cumulative savings from shutting Meredosia and Hudsonville was going to be somewhere to the tune of another 70 million
. My question is where is all1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 129 this money going? I understand that they have a complicated legal structure of corporations and holding companies and merchant generators , and I always assumed that that was to isolate them from liability from toxic waste
. Of course , that ' s how
we think in the Peoria Families Against Toxic Waste , but it looks like it ' s also a way for them to claim that they don ' t have the financial resources to move forward on this
. I simply don ' t buy it unless they can submit a full accounting for where all the money from shuttering Meredosia and Hudsonville , from scrapping the construction of baghouses in central Illinois among other things , where that ' s going and why it can ' t be applied to moving the Newton scrubbers forward
. I don ' t think that you should buy their hardship designation
. Job security depends on many , many factors , and I certainly feel for the people in Massac County and the people in Jasper County
. I ' ve had the occasion to visit the fine natural areas in the southern part of the state , and indeed , good jobs are few and far between , but in the end , it is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 130 my belief that in the end , Ameren is deciding to pursue a no investment strategy
. That ' s the only thing that they are looking to do
. How can they take all capital whatsoever off the table that is a consistent message that ' s through their SEC filings and it ' s a consistent message of what they ' re telling you that they ' re going to do today , and in the end , I believe that no capital investment strategy indicates they have no long
-term plan and a company that doesn ' t have either of those doesn ' t have a job security strategy for its employees either
. Don ' t listen to this
. Think through what the regs are supposed to intend
. Many public health experts understand and have pointed out that cumulative SO2 reductions do nothing to help beleaguered communities with short
-term pollution impacts , and its those short
-term pollution impacts that happen to children and the elderly population across the state
. I think that those people deserve better than another extension for a no investment company . Thank you .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 131 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Paul King with Ameren
. MR
. KING : Thank you , Board , for allowing me to speak
. My name is Paul King
. I ' m a plant engineer at the Edwards plant in Bartonville , Illinois
. I reside in Pekin , Illinois
. I am currently a plant engineer responsible for the scrubbers , not scrubbers , excuse me , but for the SCI and ACI injections . I moved down here almost four years ago from an area in Thelma , Michigan when Michigan ' s economy was greater , or employment rate
was greater than eight percent , and as far as I was concerned , the economy was hitting the tank
. I moved down here because of a job
. I moved out of a county , Tuscola , its neighboring counties Cadillac County and Huron , were all shuttering the industrial plants
. The unemployment rate in those three counties when I left Michigan was greater than 20 percent
. Those are the same type of figures that you ' re looking forward to in at least1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 132 the southern portion of the state
. I moved hoping for a better life and if the Edwards plant has to close , then I ' ve lost that better life
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Sandra Kaptain (K
-a- p-t
-a- i
-n) from Sierra Club
. Is Sandra here? Okay
. Joyce Blumenshine , is she back yet? I know she had to leave briefly
. Okay
. I ' ll call Joyce Downey from Sierra Club? No
. Okay
. Terry Grace also from Sierra Club? MR
. GRACE : Thank you for allowing
me to speak
. I want to start out by saying that I stand with my brothers and sisters in the labor union
. I ' ve been a union member for 35
- 1 /2 years , was a union rep for a dozen years and was on two contract negotiating teams
. I have studied labor history , and I totally recognize that the labor movement is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 133 about a nation of our middle class in the United States
. I support you in your effort to maintain your job security
. I ' ve seen two previous situations where management has intimidated and scared workers regarding job loss
. It is not pretty
. I truly regret the position that you ' ve been put in by your management ' s decisions
. It ' s not fair
. My contention is that the present problem is not with the prospect of cleaner energy but with management decisions that jeopardize everyone ' s health , long
-term prosperity , and possibly the welfare of Ameren ' s workers
. Ameren ' s management has sold
us all out for better management bonuses and short
-term shareholder dividends
. What happened to responsible long
-term planning with responsible policies that would have benefited everyone? In my job as a school social worker , I ' ve seen the effects of SO2 emissions in schools in terms of asthma
. The rates of asthma have skyrocketed in the last 20 years . Every school staff person in our district is trained , for several1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 134 years this has been the case , probably the last dozen years , for the use of epinephrine for responding to asthma emergencies , and there have been emergencies
. Most teachers have had to travel responding to such emergencies to save the life of a student
. SO2 emissions have to be reduced
. Ameren should not be rewarded for irresponsible decisions by their management
. The reduction in SO2 emissions should not be delayed
. My personal mantra throughout my career has been it ' s all about the children
. I ' m not going to change now . Ameren needs to clean up its emissions now . Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Alan Bogardus from Ameren
. MR
. BOGARDUS : Good afternoon and thank you . My name is Alan Bogardus
. I live in Peoria County , a place called Lake Camelot out there , a beautiful place to live
. I ' ve worked at the Edwards Energy Center now for six years .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 135 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Please speak into the mike
. MR
. BOGARDUS : I ' ve worked at the Edwards Energy Center now for six years . I ' m the production superintendent there
. I work with a truly wonderful group of people , truly wonderful group of people
. Little bit about me and my story
. It ' s short
. I ' m a disabled Navy veteran that had an opportunity to come here and fill the services of production superintendent , and for that , I can ' t tell you how grateful I am . It ' s wonderful for me . It ' s wonderful for my family
. It ' s very important to me that the board consider all the testimony and try to make the right decision
. My family relies on it , but what I also want to communicate to the board as a production superintendent at Edwards Energy Center and I ' m sure my other production superintendents at other stations would say the same . . . I ' m from New York too ; sorry . . .we go to work every day with the thought of raising our children so that they can get out there and be very important in our community , and that ' s important to us . That ' s important to us .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 136 We understand , and we want that to happen
. We see them as people who are going to find solutions
. They ' re going to be chemists , things like that , to make our job simpler , and it ' s going to happen
. It ' s really exciting
. It ' s very exciting , but we want that opportunity
. All of us want that opportunity
. We know we can get that
. We go to work every day and we manage our power plants with every one of you in mind
. First part of my day every day is to look exactly at how we did in the environmental footprint the night before , and I do that every day , and my signature goes on every single piece of paper , and the men and women who are going to stand up here in
a couple minutes and talk have spent more overtime
on this system called ACI , mercury , trying to make
sure that we do absolutely everything we can to go above and beyond the minimum , above and beyond the minimum opacity , the late nights they ' re running
. These people are working hard for you . They understand
. The men and women here with these vests on are working really hard , and we would like you to consider that
. Thank you .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 137 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Jared from ELPC
. Help me out with your last name and spell that for the court reporter , please
. MR
. POLICICCHIO : First name is spelled J
-a- r-e-d
. Last name Policicchio (P
-o- l
- i
-c- i
-c-c- h
- i
-o)
. Thank you for letting me offer comments
. I work at ELPC
. I know we ' ve been through a long day so I promise to offer brief , targeted comments
. I simply want to remind the board that state regulators and Ameren agreed back in 2006 that there would be mutual benefits for both citizens of the state and for the company , its shareholders and employees in enacting and implementing the MPS as agreed , and so I just want to read some excerpts of statements that were made at that time or in relation to what occurred at that time
. So first , just a few excerpts of statements made by then IEPA Director Doug Scott in testifying before the U
. S
. Congress in 2009
. Subsequent to long hours of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 138 negotiation , an alternative standard was proposed that involved allowing some flexibility in complying with the mercury standards in exchange for commitments to also significantly reduce SO2 and NOx emissions from Ameren ' s coal
- fired power plants
. Both the MPS and CPS provisions provide some flexibility on the timing of mercury reductions in exchange for commitments to make significant reductions in both SO2 and NOx . Companies may choose to voluntarily comply with the MPS or CPS as an alternative to the otherwise applicable requirements of the mercury rule
. These provisions provide additional flexibility in regards to mercury control in return for companies achieving significant reductions in the emissions of SO2 and NOx . And then the last statement from Mr
. Scott , Director Scott , is a statement just reiterating the benefits of removing SO2 and NOx from the air
. He said , the benefits of removing SO2 and NOx are well established and most notably will result in reductions in both particulate matter and ozone . SO2 is a precursor to1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 139 particulate matter , and NOx is a precursor to both particulate matter and ozone . Particulate matter related annual benefits include fewer premature fatalities , fewer cases of chronic bronchitis , fewer nonfatal heart attacks , fewer hospital ization admissions , and should result in fewer days of restricted activity due to respiratory illness and fewer work loss days
. Moreover , there should be health improvements for children from reduced upper and lower respiratory illness , acute bronchitis , and asthma attacks
. And then lastly , I just want to offer some excerpts of statements made by Ameren
or experts testifying on behalf of Ameren during the 2006 rulemaking before this Board
. One of the witnesses was a woman by the name of Ann Smith who was , quote , "an expert on the costs and benefits of policies to control emissions of air pollutants from the electric generating sector
. " One statement that she made is , the MPS provision is more costly , and those added costs are borne by Ameren
. However , there will be other important financial and operational1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 140 benefits to Ameren in making use of the MPS provision
. The Illinois rule , she ' s referring to the mercury rule , with or without the MPS will require Ameren and all the other Illinois generators to make major new capital investments in control equipment
. There is substantial benefits to companies if they can spread the capital investment costs over a longer period of time
. And then the second statement that she made at that time before the board : Although the total capital expenditures are larger under the MPS than under the Illinois rule without the MPS , they are greatly smoothed out in a manner that should be far more feasible to finance and with
a far more manageable rate of increase in demands on cash flow
. And then last , a second witness that they called , Mr
. Menne , he testified at that time , the proposal we put before you today sets out a regulatory scheme that addresses three pollutants , SO2 , NOx and mercury , in a way that synchronizes and coordinates regulatory reduction mandates that are clearly on the way .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 141 This multi
- pollutant mechanism balances the environmental goal of effective controls across pollutants and at the same time supports the goal for industry of a more stable and certain regulatory framework
. Indeed , with these two goals
as the focus , the results are more certain in accelerated reductions , more effective planning and smarter technology choices
. That was the end of his statement and that ' s the end of my remarks
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Bill Miller from Ameren
. MR
. MILLER : Good afternoon
. My
name is Bill Miller
. I live in , Beardstown , Illinois
. I ' ve worked for Ameren now for 23 years . As a matter of fact , today is my anniversary date , and for 22 of those years , I worked at Meredosia Power Station and was fortunate enough to get an offer to go to Edwards , and I dearly appreciate that
. I can tell you though , going through a closing of a plant like that is a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 142 traumatic experience , and it ' s not something that I look forward to going through again , and I really hope and pray that you will really seriously consider extending these variances so that we can keep working
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I see there are some people standing
. There are some seats
. There are some chairs stacked up in that little room if you ' d like
. I see some empty chairs too , but help yourself to a chair if you ' d like
. I ' ll call Jennifer Cassel from ELPC
. MS
. CASSEL : Ladies and gentlemen of the board , thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to comment here today on the proposed variance
. What I ' d like to do initially is provide the board with a letter , read into the record a letter that a number of health professionals from the State of Illinois have written in opposition of Ameren ' s variance request
. This letter will be , of course , submitted on the record with additional signers at a later date in1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 143 this proceeding , but it states as follows : Dear Members of the Illinois Pollution Control Board : As health professionals living and working in Illinois , we support the Multi
-Pollutant Standard (MPS) adopted by the Illinois Pollution Control Board in 2006
. By controlling power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) , nitrogen oxides (NOx) and mercury , the MPS helps protect the air we breathe , the local fish we eat , and the wildlife and natural spaces we love from harmful pollution
. We
are concerned by the present effort to weaken the MPS before the Pollution Control Board
. We urge you to vote against any action eroding MPS standards
. Nationally , coal
- fired power plants are the largest sources of SO2 and mercury emissions and are among the largest single source emission of NOx . Emission of these air pollutants impacts human and ecosystem health in a number of ways . Exposure to mercury , a potent
neurotoxin , can result in developmental delays , e . g . , speech , motor and memory skills in children , and cause nervous system damage in adults
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 144 High levels of SO2 and NOx can exacerbate respiratory systems and at
- risk individuals including children and the elderly including asthma and COPD attacks
. Wildlife and plant species are also impacted by the toxic effects of these pollutants , e . g . , reproductive effects of mercury to wildlife , SO2 derived acid rain damage to foliage
. In addition to the health impacts of directly regulated chemicals , SO2 and NOx are also precursors to a number of other harmful pollutants such as fine particulate matter and ground level ozone . Fine particulate matter , PM2
. 5 , is a complex mixture of solid and liquid particles , and a very large proportion of measured PM2
. 5 results from the chemical transformation of SO2 and various NOx molecules in the atmosphere
. Numerous scientific studies and authoritative panels have identified PM2
. 5 as harmful to human health with causal linkages found between short
- and long
-term exposures and premature mortality and cardiovascular effects
. According to a 2010 report by the National Research Council , in 2005 alone , the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 145 annual health and related damages from particulate , NOx and SO2 , cost the public $62 billion in 2007 U
. S
. dollars
. The vast majority , 53 billion of those dollars , were due to health damages associated with the transportation of SO2 into PM2
. 5 . As it stands , the MPS is designed to require substantial reductions in the emission rates of SO2 , NOx and mercury . These reductions will allow for substantial gains in the public health of our state and surrounding regions , particularly for vulnerable populations
. By maintaining the present MPS emission rate requirements for each of the pollutants , you will ensure that the health improvements behind the spirit of the law remain intact and that the public does not bear the cost of polluter noncompliance
. We applaud you for your decision to put the MPS in place six years ago , and
we ask that you continue to show your support for the standard by voting against any effort to weaken its protective power . And this letter is signed by Paul Brandt
-Rauf who is a medical doctor , Ph
. D
. and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 146 doctor of science , Susan Buchanan , the Director of the Great Lakes Center for Children ' s Environmental Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health , Robert Cohen , a doctor and Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of the Cook County Health and Hospital System , Samuel Dorevitch , who we will have a comment read from later today and who is an associate professor of the Division of Environmental and Occupation Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of public health , Peter Orris , Professor and Chief of Service at the Occupational Environmental Medicine Department of the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System , and Dr
. Nancy Quesada , Director of Ambulatory Pulmonary Medicine and Rehabilitation at Stroger Hospital at Cook County
. Like I said this , letter will be signed by additional health professionals and will be submitted into the record shortly
. Finally , just to conclude , on my own behalf , I ' m a person with asthma
. I ' ve grown up with asthma since I was 2 years old
. I ' m one of the statistics
. I ' m one of those people that ' s1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 147 impacted when the air quality goes down
. I feel it when we have ozone days
. I know when we have high levels of pollutants in our atmosphere
. Sometimes that means I miss work
. Sometimes that means I miss school , and I ' m lucky I have a job that won ' t fire
me for that reason . There are plenty of people out there that don ' t have those benefits in place ; that if they miss too much school or miss too much work they may be relieved of their duties
. They may not be protected under the current economic system that
we have
. I ask this board to please consider that we are not only talking about the jobs of the men and women here today but we ' re talking about the jobs of many people impacted by the pollution that comes from these facilities , and granting this variance would allow considerably more pollution into the air potentially putting at risk the jobs and health of many , many people not only in the State of Illinois but also beyond
. Thank you for your consideration
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : We have a couple comments go long , and I was pretty confident1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 148 when I came in after lunch but now I ' m starting to get a little worried
. I ' m going to start giving people a signal when it ' s three minutes and asking you if you could please summarize your final points
. If we have time at the end , I ' d be willing to take longer comments
. I apologize
. I want everyone to get in their full comment
. We can still take public comment , but I am going to let you know when it ' s three minutes , and if it ' s possible for you to summarize your points at that time , it would be greatly appreciated
. I ' d like to call Rod Bl and
. MS
. CASSEL : We don ' t have a hard copy of the study with us . MR
. RODRIGUEZ : This wasn ' t read or anything , and we can ' t look at it
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : What ' s on the disk here? MS
. CASSEL : The disk is a study that ' s referenced in the letter by the National Research Council
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Let ' s go off the record for a minute
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 149 (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Let ' s go back on the record
. Ms
. Cassel gave us some documents and a disk that we will docket as public comment
. Mr
. Bland , go ahead
. MR
. BLAND : Yes , I ' m Roderick Bland
. I work at the Edwards Power Station in Peoria
. I live in Peoria now . Been working for Ameren for over 25 , 26 years now , and I just want to state that I am here in support of the variance for Ameren
. The basic reason I ' m here is because I do have a 12
-year-old at home that I anticipate sending through college , so I do want to make sure that everyone knows that I am in support of the variance , and that is my reason for being here today
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Andrew Armstrong from ELPC
. MR
. ARMSTRONG : Thank you for the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 150 opportunity to speak
. I ' ve been asked by Dr
. Samuel Dorevitch of the University of Illinois in Chicago School of public health to deliver a comment on his behalf on Ameren ' s proposed variance
. I will deliver excerpts from it given time constraints
. My name is Samuel Dorevitch , and I ' m a medical doctor and an associate professor
at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
. My comments concern Ameren Energy Resources petition for a variance from the Multi
-Pollutant Standard
. Ameren would like the permission of the Illinois Pollution Control Board to go back on its commitment to reuse sulfur dioxide emissions according to an agreed upon timeline
. In light of the health impacts of even moderate levels of sulfur dioxide pollution and the long
-term health risks of particulate matter 2
. 5 pollution , failure to lower them on the agreed upon schedule would be expected to keep rates of asthma attacks and other health problems higher than they would be at the agreed upon lower levels
. Throughout my clinical1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 151 practice , I ' ve treated hundreds of children and adults suffering from asthma attacks
. Asthma is a chronic life
-threatening lung disease
. One of the recognized triggers of asthma is sulfur dioxide
. Sulfur dioxide is an irritant gas , and a dominant
source of sulfur dioxide in the Midwest is coal
- fired electricity generation
. Sulfur dioxide irritates the respiratory tract and can lead to symptoms such as cough , chest tightness , wheezing and irritation of the throat
. A major hazard of sulfur dioxide is that it causes bronchospasm , a contraction of the airways seen in asthma attacks
. Research has shown that even moderate levels of sulfur dioxide pollution are linked to these harmful health effects
. Although literally hundreds of research studies have been conducted that show hazards of sulfur dioxide pollution , the United States Environmental Protection Agency ' s Integrated Science Assessment for Sulfur Oxides
- Health Criteria , is an excellent summary , critique , and synthesis of hundreds of scientific publications about sulfur dioxide pollution
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 152 Another important aspect of the Multi
-Pollutant Standard that Ameren and the Illinois EPA agreed to is that by reducing sulfur dioxide emissions , the power plants also would reduce the contribution of sulfur dioxide to the formation of fine particle pollution
. Particulate matter air pollution with a diameter less than 2
. 5 microns , or PM2
. 5 , is formed in the atmosphere by
a variety of products and combustion including sulfur dioxide and acid mists
. These particles can be formed and transported over long distances impacting populations miles away from the sulfur dioxide emitting plant
. PM2
. 5 has been causally linked to a number of health problems
. Unlike sulfur dioxide for which the main concern is short
-term respiratory effects , PM2
. 5 has been associated with premature death , life
-threatening heart rhythms , heart failure and lung cancer . Delaying the attainment of sulfur dioxide emission targets will also delay reducing the formation of particulate matter 2
. 5 and therefore putting the population at risk for a variety of serious health
concerns for longer than necessary . The Board must balance1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 153 possible hardships that Ameren might sustain if it
were to keep its earlier commitment against injuries that will be sustained by the environment and the public if Ameren fails to keep its commitment
. I would ask the Board to help protect the health of the public , particularly children with asthma , by requiring Ameren Energy Resources to keep the commitment it made to the timeline of sulfur dioxide pollution reduction
. Thank you very much for considering these comments , and thank you for considering mine
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . MR
. ARMSTRONG : I also have ten copies of Dr
. Dorevitch ' s written comments and ten copies of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Integrated Science Assessment that he cited therein
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Do you want me to take that as public comment? MR
. ARMSTRONG : Yes , please
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Gary McCullough from Ameren? Is Gary here? Okay
. I don ' t think he ' s here
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 154 Mike Woo from Ameren? I ' m taking these documents from Mr
. Armstrong as public comment
. MR
. WOO : Good afternoon
. I want to right off the bat thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today
. My name is Mike Woo
. I ' m a resident of Peoria Heights , Illinois
. I ' m also an employee at Edwards Station
. I ' ve been down there 40 years come November
. I ' m also a member of Local 51 of the IBEW
. There has been a lot of talk about the economic impact
. I won ' t go there , you know , the jobs and everything else , and that is really a serious matter , but , you know , Allen Bogardus mentioned nice comments about the plant
. So did Paul King
. I ' ve been down there four years and when I first started down there , that plant was entirely different than what it is today
. I mean , the progress I have seen in 40 years and the commitment of three companies to be a good steward of the environment and produce electricity needed for the economic growth in Peoria County and the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 155 surrounding tri
-county area is very important to me . But again , you know, it ' s many things , but like I ' ve said , I have seen the progress over 40 years . I ' ve lived it
. I worked it
. I ' ve learned how to work on new systems because of it
. I have all the faith in the world that the technologies out there today will see the utility business go forward and meet regulations as time goes on . I truly believe that deep down inside
. Otherwise , I ' ve wasted 40 years . Thank you , and thank you for the opportunity to speak before you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Edward Warden? MR WARDEN : Hello
. My name is Edward Warden
. I ' m from Chicago
. I am a junior in college currently
. It ' s been fun
. I love my time at college , but sometimes I have to remind myself that the reason I ' m there is to work hard and , most importantly , learn
. Occasionally the work kind of stacks up . You know , I have a hard time getting along and sometimes I ask my professors can I get an extension of this paper . Usually they ' re pretty1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 156 generous about it and they go , "yes " (said with emphasis)
. That ' s an opportunity though to meet the criteria that they ' ve set forth
. It ' s not an excuse . The hope is that in the two days or so that they grant me that I can complete the paper and , if not , do a better job than I did in the previous time allotted
. If I decide to go out and fool around for the next two days , I don ' t complete the paper and I get a bad grade , if not a failing one . If I were to ask for another extension , it would not be fair to the other students who are also taking that class
. As a result , people can ask ad infinitum oh , I need more time , oh , I ' m not going to be able to fulfill this requirement , and that defeats the purpose of why we are there in the first place
. Ameren was given a task here
. They were asked to comply with certain standards by the end of the six
-year period in which they were granted an extension
. Given the circumstances , it seemed that they did need the extension at the time , but they did not step up to the task within those six years , and now they ' re asking for a second extension
. This is not fair to the other parties1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 157 involved , other companies who also agreed to this time allotted
. It ' s not fair to the people that have to breathe the air that will continue to be as dirty as it has been for the past six years in which Ameren was supposed to be preparing to clean up . The State of Illinois should not be sponsoring the secondary extension of a permit that Ameren knew
- - they were gambling on in that six
-year period of time they were going to see market forces fall in their favor , and they saw the writing on the wall at the beginning of the six years . The Illinois EPA should not extend this permit
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Greg Crawford from Ameren
. MR
. CRAWFORD : Thank you . I ' m Greg Crawford
. I live in Pekin , Illinois
. I work at Edwards Power Plant
. Worked there for 24 years . Certainly , Edwards has a large impact on the economy in the area , and I would just1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 158 appreciate your consideration for this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call Sandy Carter
. MS
. CARTER : Good afternoon
. Thank you for the opportunity to speak
. My name is Sandy Carter , and I ' m a resident of Chicago , Illinois , and I ' m here today to ask the Board to deny Ameren ' s request for
a variance
. In 2006 , Ameren agreed to install these pollution controls and they must adhere to that agreement
. They agreed to reduce sulfur emissions in exchange for delaying installing controls for toxic mercury . Ameren has benefited from this deal saving money while they continue to release mercury into the air
. Now they want to back out of this deal and delay having to control sulfur emissions by five more years . They already got the sulfur emissions regulations weakened once and now they want to weaken them further
. It ' s time for Ameren to stand up and be honest about their fiances
. They need to stand up and be honest with their workers1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 159 and consumers . I don ' t want layoffs
. I want Illinois residents to have jobs , but I don ' t want corporate welfare which will only cost residents
more in health care bills
. They asked and received a bailout in 2006 , and they are asking for a bailout
now. Why should we believe that they will actually do something in five years and not just ask for another bailout
. These important environmental regulations are not the reason Ameren seems to be struggling in the market , and it is not the board ' s job to help Ameren adjust to market change
. As an Illinois resident and as a member of the next generation , I am extremely concerned about the negative impacts of coal plants
on our health and our future
. We know that coal plants release harmful particulates into the air , and we know that pollution controls are necessary if
we hope to ensure having clean air and a clean environment in the future
. Granting Ameren this variance however will only allow old coal plants that lock modern pollution controls to continue damaging our1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 160 earth and our health
. Just as it is not this agency ' s responsibility to help Ameren adjust to market forces , we should not have to sacrifice our health for the sake of corporate profit
. Furthermore , I ask the Board to consider what kind of precedent would be set if this extension is granted to Ameren
. Several companies own and operate coal plants in the State of Illinois and they ' re also supposed to submit to pollution regulations
. If the board grants Ameren ' s request , what will prevent those other coal companies from asking and receiving a variance? I come from a blue collar family , and I understand that companies like Ameren provide many benefits to communities
. I understand worrying about layoffs
. I understand worrying about economic pressures that mean you can ' t support your family and you can ' t send your kids to school , but I don ' t believe corporate welfare will completely end those worries
. As has already been stated this afternoon , granting this extension will not
ensure that all Ameren ' s employees will keep their1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 161 job , and it does not ensure that Ameren will become
more financially successful
. We need Ameren to be honest with us , and we need to stop bailing them out
. I ask the Board to stand up for Illinois residents and say no to more pollution and no to this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Keith Dollar (D
-o- l
- l
-a- r) from Ameren
. MR
. DOLLAR : My name is Keith Dollar
. I work at the Duck Creek Power Plant
. I work in the coal yard there
. I ' ve worked for power plant for 18 years . One of the biggest things every day for everyone at the plant which has already been said is environmental compliance
. It ' s not like , oh , well , you know , it doesn ' t matter , and everyone needs to know that , and I would hope that you would consider that and grant the variance to Ameren
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Ms
. Sitko (S
- i
-t
- k
-o)
. I may1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 162 need help with your first name (E
-d
-y-t
-a)
. MS
. SITKO : Hi
. My name is Edyta Sitko , and I work with Green Peace in Illinois , and I ' m here to represent our organization and over 10 , 000 members that we have in the State of Illinois
. I ' m not going to talk a lot because I think a lot of the points that I wanted to make today have already been made by other people , but I wanted to summarize some of the most important points
. The first is that Ameren has had six years to comply with these standards and additional rules , and Ameren is here today or was here this morning telling us basically how badly their business is doing which isn ' t the fault of these regulations
. It ' s the fault of a lot of other things that have been happening
. What ' s there to make us believe that in five years things are going to be different
. It looks like either Ameren is going to be back here in five years asking for another variance or they ' re going to shut the plants down which has already happened in several plants and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 163 other companies have done the same . So while we ' ve been waiting for Ameren to clean up their coal plants for the last six years , we have to acknowledge that hundreds of other people in Illinois have suffered due to respiratory diseases , asthma attacks , hospital visits , premature deaths , neurological disorders , many other things , and we have to consider those people too and what they will have to go through and hundreds of others in the next five years if we don ' t reduce pollution coming out of these coal plants
. I do have a lot of respect for the workers that are here today
. I also come from a blue collar family , and I understand , you know , worrying about job security in these communities is
a big deal , and I totally feel you ' ll come back , but it is not our fault
. It is not the fault of Illinois residents that Ameren is failing as a business
. There is , again , many other
reasons as many other people have pointed out , and
so we need to be honest with ourselves and the company needs to be honest with you about what the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 164 reality of the situation here is
. And again , I don ' t think any more families in Illinois should have to suffer because , you know , Ameren can ' t reduce pollution coming out of their coal plants
. And the last point is if Ameren gets this variance , what ' s to stop other coal plants in Illinois from getting the same thing and other companies , and then many more people will have to suffer because of lack of pollution controls
. So again , I think it ' s time for Ameren and other coal companies in Illinois and the other companies to take responsibility for their business and the future of this environment
. We have the right to breathe clean air as Illinois residents , and I think that should be taken into account today
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Prentiss Carter , P
- r-e-n -t
- i
-s - s , from Ameren
. MR
. CARTER : I ' d like the to thank the BOARD for the opportunity to present here today
. My name is Prentiss Carter
. I1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 165 live in Peoria , and I ' ve worked for Ameren for 25 years , right out of college , and I have worked in operations in engineering primarily at Duck Creek and Edwards Station , and having done that work for years , I just want to assure the board that we are very dedicated to providing electricity in an environmental ly responsible manner . I ' ve been there long hours , late nights , trying to make everything is working like it should be
. We ' re also very dedicated to
our families and the communities in which we live
. We do give back to the communities whether it ' s through a community cleanup day , food drive , blood drive
. We do take that responsibility to our community very seriously as well , and , you know , the closing of any of these energy centers would adversely impact the communities in which we live , so I respectfully request that the board grant the variance requested
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Gabriel , I ' m going to need help with the last name , R
-o-j
- k
- i
- n-d
. MR
. ROJKIND : Hello
. My name is Gabriel Rojkind , and thank you for the opportunity1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 166 to speak
. I ' d just like to really quickly give my opinion as to why the IEPA should not allow Ameren variance
. I ' m obviously not a fan of coal plants but I think it is really important to address and recognize the positive economic impact that Ameren has on the Illinois communities
. With that said , however , the point of regulations is that everybody follow them
. Otherwise , Illinoisans have to pay with their health for Ameren ' s financial concerns . Indeed , the Respiratory Health Association estimates that allowing Ameren variance will cause 125 premature deaths
. If Ameren cannot afford to protect the people around which it operates , then it should not be allowed to operate
. What most concerns me , however , is the precedent that this will create
. If granted , this will set a precedent that companies
can undermine their commitments , can renegotiate after making deals , and can essentially play games with regulators and the public at large
. This may open the floodgates
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 167 Variance will be demanded by every other company that has made similar agreements with the IEPA in the past and future because natural gas prices are probably going to stay low for a long time
. My last point , whatever progress Ameren and similar companies have made as far as environmental stewardship has been because they had to , because regulations have increasingly continued to progress , and I have no desire to see that rolled back now . So these are only a few of the
reasons why Ameren should be held accountable to its obligations , and I have faith that the IEPA will fulfill its role as a regulator and will not set a precedent that cannot be undone
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Robert McFarl en (M
-c- F
-a- r- l
-e-n) from Ameren
. MR
. McFARLEN : Thank you for your time
. My name is Robert McFarlen
. I live in Market Heights , Illinois
. I ' m a proud member of IBEW Local 51
. I work at Edwards Station
. I ' m a father of three young1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 168 boys , and I care about their health
. That is foremost in my thoughts
. I care about the environment
. I also care about economics
. At the plant , we do everything
we can every day to make sure that we are trying to work in a responsible manner to keep our customers supplied with power as well as do everything we can for the environment
. The good jobs that we have , we provide stability to our suffering local economy , and I humbly ask that you grant AER some time to
come in and get the ability to get this equipment installed , and maybe , you never know, technology advances every day , next year they could come out with a cheaper way to take care of these problems
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Simon Wiener (W
- i
-e- n -e- r)
. MR
. WIENER : Hi
. Thanks for convening this hearing
. My name is Simon Wiener
. I ' m a concerned citizen of Cook County
. Moved to Illinois in 2008 , and ever since then I ' ve lived , worked and studied happily on Chicago ' s south side
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 169 Because I believe that clean air is vital to ensuring Illinois residents like myself can continue to enjoy the outdoors without fearing for our environment and our health , I strongly object to Ameren ' s proposed variance and call for the board to deny it
. First , it ' s unfair that Ameren thinks it should be able to renege on its 2006 agreement
. Ameren has profited from that deal for years now, and now they want to push back the standards after they were already weakened
. I say no . They ' re playing games with the state and the people of Illinois
. I oppose corporate welfare at my expense , and so I call on the board to deny Ameren ' s variance proposal
. Second , Ameren has consistently demonstrated that it ' s not willing to be forthcoming to Illinois residents about policies
. Ostensibly , the variance will somehow improve air quality but why else would the variance be sought if not to be able to keep running old outdated coal plants without having to install expensive pollution control technologies
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 170 Moreover , Ameren keeps telling
us its business is bad right now , but why is this going to be any different in five years like the variance would have us believe
. Perhaps Ameren ' s business would pick up a little if they invested in really clean energy instead of playing regulatory games with the state and the people of Illinois
. Since the variance would allow for an unfair reversal of prior agreements , it would continue the tradition of Ameren ' s reluctance to deal with Illinois residents openly and would directly result in more toxic chemicals being emitted into the air from the smoke stacks of outdated coal plants
. I call on the board to stand with the people of Illinois and deny the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Dan Barnett from Ameren ; B
-a- r-n -e-t
-t
. MR
. BARNETT : Hello
. I ' m Dan Barnett
. I ' m an electrician at Ameren Energy Center , member of Local 51 IBEW
. I ' m a naval veteran
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 171 I would call on the board to approve the variance as it will lead to a greater overall reduction in SO2 over the life of the agreement
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Rachel Grannemam (G
- r-a- n -n -e-m-a- n)
. MS
. GRANNEMAN : Good afternoon
. My
name is Rachel Granneman , and I currently both live and work in downtown Chicago
. If the Pollution Control Board grants this variance , it will be prioritizing industry interests over the health and well
- being of citizens in Illinois and across the Midwest
. That ' s my health and that ' s the health of everyone here
. What ' s more , Ameren is trying to back out of the deal it made just a few years ago when it agreed to the SO2 standards currently set for 2015 and 2017 in exchange for the right to comply with less stringent mercury limits in the meantime
. Now that Ameren has reaped the benefit of that deal , it doesn ' t want to uphold its1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 172 side of the bargain
. This variance would mean five
more years of unnecessarily high sulfur dioxide emissions at the cost of our health and it ' s harmful to our environment
. As long as our society uses energy , you ' ll need people to work in the energy sector
. You need to stop propping up a dying industry and focus on encouraging clean energy and the creation of jobs in the clean energy industry
. Ameren is playing games with the state , and what ' s at stake is the public ' s health
. Don ' t let Ameren win
. Please deny the variance
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Anthony Robertson from Ameren
. MR
. ROBERTSON : Thank you to the board
. My name is Anthony Robertson
. I ' ve been an employee of Ameren for 21 years . I now work at Edwards Station
. This is the fourth power plant I ' ve worked at
. My original power plant I started at was Grand Tower
. It was a coal
- fired facility
. Now it ' s an all natural gas .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 173 I would like the board to support Ameren ' s request for a variance continuance/extension , and that ' s the extent of my comment
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Melissa Marks (M
-a- r- k
- s)
. MS
. MARKS : Hi
. Again , I ' m Melissa Marks , and I am a resident of Chicago , and I am here today to ask that the board deny the variance because two reasons : One , Ameren should not be allowed to operate an old outdated coal plant without using the available modern pollution control technology
. And second , Ameren is misleading its employees by promising job security for an industry that ' s soon to be obsolete
. Ameren is placing these people at risk as well as the citizens of Illinois and the many other states that
are affected by the negative outcomes of coal plants
. We should instead be focusing
on the expansive opportunities that arise for jobs1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 174 in the green energy industry
. As a 23
-year-old with
over $150 , 000 in student loans , I understand the issue of job scarcity , but Ameren is not being honest with its employees about the reality of the coal industry , and the board should deny the variance and allow for great economic opportunity and job development in the cleaning up of the industry that employs so many of us . Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mike Killebrew from Ameren ; K
- i
- l
- l
-e- b
- r-e-w . MR
. KILLEBREW : Hi
. I ' m Mike Killebrew
. I ' d like to thank the Board for the opportunity to speak today
. Thank you very much
. I ' m employed at Edwards Station
. I ' ve been there just about a year and a half , and I ' d like to speak on the character of the company . I ' ve worked for a number of companies in my lifetime , and quite honestly , this is the most honest company I ' ve ever worked for so I don ' t feel at all that I ' ve been mislead by the company .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 175 Speaking to their character , you know , they ' ve always been honest
. They ' ve given
me a great opportunity
. Everybody wants to discuss this dark side that they ' re hiding a secret
. They ' ve always been forward with us . They told us a while ago that there were some things going on and
we had to look for it trying to maybe get an extension to keep our company open , Edwards Station
. I don ' t feel mislead in any way . The idea that we are being mislead is totally incorrect
. What we are doing is spending
a lot of time and effort trying to get up the pollution controls we do have
. I work with a number of instrument techs
. That ' s what I do there , and every day we work with ACI , the SCR , and we work very hard to try to make these emerging sciences that Faith talked about work properly
. There ' s more emerging sciences , correct , but as we all know , new sciences
are not always reliable and we ' re trying to implement these sciences without a very long time frame to prove them out , and sometimes they don ' t yield what we quite expect from them
. I deal with that every day ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 176 trying to make a system work to meet the standards that we currently have , and I am worried about us throwing money at new sciences that may once again not prove . I think we need to stick with the long
-term scrubber project , and I believe in my heart that Ameren will complete that project if they ' re granted a variance , so I wish to propose to you that you do extend Ameren the variance
. Thank you very much
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Priyanth Manjooran ; P
- r- i
-y-a-n -t
- h M
-a- n -j
-o-o- r-a- n . MR
. MANJOORAN : Members of the Board , good afternoon
. My name is Priyanth Manjooran , and I live in Hoffman Estates , Illinois
. In 2006 , Ameren committed to reduce sulfur emissions at its coal backup factories in exchange for the right to postpone installing controls of mercury . While it has saved money , it has been risking the health of everyone in this state and across the region by putting more toxic mercury into the air
. Now it wants to delay coming1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 177 into compliance for five more years . That ' s not fair to anyone . I know that times are hard and environmental regulations can be a bit of an economic burden
. However , there should be a limit
as to how much leeway we can give such significant contributors to pollution
. Ameren is just going to keep asking for these extra concessions , and if the IPCB concedes to their request , Ameren as well as other coal plant operators hardly have an incentive to make a concerted effort to change
. I know that this may affect
some workers
. Ameren just made a bad gamble with its workers ' jobs and with our health by continuing to use a harmful and outdated method of energy generation and pollution control technology that it does now . The regulations at play here
were probably developed with economic concerns already in mind
. If we fail to enforce the very regulations and protections that were put into place for our benefits , everyone ' s benefits , those regulations would be useless
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 178 I live in this state , and I ' ve been to a variety of areas within this state of varying levels of air quality
. I have seen and felt the impact of air quality in my life , those of my friends , and almost everyone I know
. Air pollution is a serious issue and not one to delay in the name of convenience
. Ameren has had enough time to comply with the states emission limitations
. To give it more time would be
an unreasonable diminishment of those emission limitations as well as the health of the public
. It is time to think about the greater good
. I respectfully ask that you deny this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mike Norman
. MR
. NORMAN : My name is Mike Norman from Peoria , Illinois
. I work at Edwards Station
. I ' m here on behalf of the variance , to support the variance
. One thing that has not been mentioned that I ' ve been thinking about all morning is we are still crawling out of the worst depression1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 179 since the great depression in the United States
. Companies all over the United States are struggling to survive
. Business models are being rewritten every single day
. That has not been mentioned one time
. I ' m just asking that part of the obligation of the board is to enforce and find balance , and I would ask you to find some balance here
. Ameren is not asking to be removed from their obligation
. They ' re asking for
some time to gather their resources to move forward to stay compliant , and I ' d ask that you consider that
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Gloria Fallon (F
-a- l
- l
-o-n)
. MS
. FALLON : Hi
. My name is Gloria Fallon
. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak
. I ' m coming to you today as a concerned parent , teacher , and citizen of the state
. I teach in the Chicago public schools very near one of two coal plants that are in1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 180 the city , and I teach physical education there , and I have seen the ill effects of the coal plants there
. I teach about five classes a day , and I ' d say maybe six to seven students in each class have asthma
. It ' s a constant worry of mine
. When I have the students running , they all can have problems
. A lot of them
are overweight because of our eating habits but the combination of these two things hurt students in general , so for this reason , I ' m asking that you deny the variance
. I also believe that burning of fossil fuels are destroying our planet
. Nobody has talked about climate change , at least since I ' ve been here , and I ' m extremely concerned about it
. We have massive storms that are occurring
. We have forest fires that are occurring
. This is hitting us hard , and I know there are some tough decisions to be made while we transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy , and people are going to hurt
. They ' re hurting now . We ' re in one of the worst recessions , and we ' re trying to get out of it
. Frankly , I don ' t think that ' s going to happen , and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 181
we have some tough decisions to make , and I hope you make the right one . Thanks
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Christopher Lawson
. No Christopher Lawson? Lynn Markum (M
-a- r-k
- u-m)
. MS
. MARKUM : Hello
. My name is Lynn Markum
. I ' ve been with the utility company or the power plant , Duck Creek station , for 22
- 1 /2 years . They talk about all the bad things in here , about pollution and all these things , but we ' re talking about national averages . We ' re not talking about Illinois
. I think you have to take apples to compare apples
. We talk about a date of ' 06 when Ameren was supposed to comply or start doing these things with scrubbers
. I can tell you , our facility , they ' ve spent millions and millions of dollars to put in a brand new absorber and stack , precipitators , but it ' s kinds of like your car . If you are car breaks , down your muffler breaks down , your air conditioning breaks down and your engine breaks down , you have set amount of money , which one1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 182 do you fix first
. And I think with Duck Creek , they sort of took that plan and put the scrubbers on that one intending to keep adding scrubbers throughout the systems , but with financial woes of the economy , I think that kind of got pushed to the wayside
. I ' m here in support of the variance
. I ' d like to see my union brothers and sisters and our management people still have a job
. We talk a lot about the children
. If we lose a few hundred jobs from these plants closing , the Children ' s Home , Children ' s Hospital , St
. Jude ' s , Boy Scouts of America , Girl Scouts of America , these are all places that ask for donations , and a lot of us give to these facilities , and we won ' t be able to anymore , so those are all just different things to think about
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Shannon Wei gel (W
-e- i
-g -e- l )
. MS
. WEIGEL : Good afternoon
. My
name is Shannon Weigel , and I ' m a resident of Oak Park , Illinois
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 183 Please deny Ameren this variance
. Not only does this variance set precedent for other companies to continue to pollute , it also puts the public health at risk
. Sulfur dioxide contributes to asthma attacks and chronic pulmonary disease
. The Respiratory Health Association estimates that this variance alone would cause 2 , 000 asthma attacks and 125 premature deaths
. My youngest sister was diagnosed with asthma when she was less than a year old
. When her first asthma attack happened , I was 10 years old and it was very terrifying
. Seeing her struggle to breathe at such a young age is something that no family should have to experience
. Ameren is claiming that its variance will somehow improve air quality , but the bottom line is that it wants to continue running old coal plants for five more years without installing modern polluting control technologies
. As a resident of Illinois and
as a sister to someone who has asthma , please deny this variance and support clean air
. Thank you .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 184 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Tom Gannon from Ameren? John Schwegler (
-S
-c-h
-w-e-g - l
-e- r) ? No John
. Okay
. Marissa Dampf? Rachel Casey? Shawn Kitchens? Glennon Hoff? Robert Muesenfechter (M
-u -e- s -e- n- f
-e-c- h
-t
-e- r) ? Michael Fiala (F
- i
-a- l
-a) ? Steven Richard? Leonard Hopkins? Scott Ramsey? Kevin Lorgat ( L
-o- r-g -a-t) ? Greg Russell ? Sandra Kaptain? Joyce Blumenshine? I know she might be back later this afternoon
. Peggy Knoepfle (K
-n -o-e-p- f
- l
-e) ? Brian Sander or Sauder? Okay
. We got one . Is that S
-a- u -d
-e- r?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 185 MR
. SAUDER : That ' s correct
. Thank you . My name is Brian Sauder
. I work for Faith in Place , and I ' m here to ask the Board to deny the variance for Ameren
. Faith in Place is a not
- for
- profit organization in Illinois
. We work with religious congregations
. We have a partnership of over 900 congregations in Illinois , many of them in the Chicago area but many of them in Peoria , Champaign , Carbondale , and Bloomington
-Normal as well
. I stand here as a representative of our partner congregations , and I also stand here as a country boy
. Great grandpas on both sides of my family moved to central Illinois to farm , and I grew up on that farm working day
-to
-day
. I bring up this account because I also grew up with asthma
. I grew up with asthma , dealing with that and often having to go to the emergency room with my parents
. So I guess I stand as a country boy with a seminary degree representative of the 900 congregations of Faith in Place , and I ask the Board to deny this variance for two main1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 186
reasons . One is for the future health of our generations here in Illinois
. This is a step in the right direction to deny this variance and to require the agreement that was come to in 2006 be upheld
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Katie Mimnaugh (M
- i
-m- n -a- u-g -h)
. MS
. MIMNAUGH : Good afternoon
. My
name is Katie Mimnaugh , and I ' ve lived in Illinois my whole life , in Champaign
-Urbana for the past eight years . I ' m a member of Prairie Rivers Network , and I ' m also a member of Students for Environmental Concerns at the University of Illinois at Urbana
-Champaign
. I ' m here to submit a statement
on behalf of Prairie Rivers Network in opposition to the proposed variance for the Ameren Energy Generating Company ' s Newton Power Station
. Prairie Rivers Network is the state affiliate of National Wildlife Federation , a nonprofit organization that strives to protects the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 187 rivers , streams and lakes of Illinois and to promote the lasting health and beauty of watershed communities
. Much of our work focuses on how environmental policies are implemented and enforced in Illinois in order to protect our environment and ultimately our health
.Prairie Rivers Network will be submitting more extensive written comments within the public comment period , but I would like to leave members of the board with the basis for our opposition to this proposed extension
. Number one . Petitioners have failed to demonstrate that installing scrubbers is technical ly infeasible and economically unreasonable
. Ameren hasn ' t even committed to a definite plan to come into compliance with the Multi
-Pollutant Standard
. Instead , Ameren ' s plan to finish installing scrubbers is based on a speculative improvement in the market for coal generation
. This is not consistent with the guidance for when a variance to an adopted standard is appropriate for approval by the Illinois Pollution Control Board
. No
. 2
. Ameren is not offering1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 188 the State of Illinois any environmental benefits
. Instead it ' s asking the Board to allow it to continue to run unscrubbed coal plants through at least the end of the decade
. If this extension is approved , even more pollution will be released into the air and even more people will face threats to their health
. Currently , the air pollution that is released from the Newton facility kills about 25 people per year per the Toll from Coal report that was released last year . No
. 3
. Ameren should have anticipated and remedied this problem years ago . Ameren agreed to the Multi
-Pollutant Standard in 2006 and benefited from it
. Ameren received additional time to reduce the mercury emissions from its fleet of coal plants in exchange for a promise to reduce emissions of their other pollutants
. Now Ameren wants to back out of its side of the bargain and delay meeting the MPS SO2 emission limits until at least 2021
. No
. 4
. Most importantly , if Ameren receives this variance , a very bad precedent will have been set
. If Ameren can get an extension ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 189 what is to prevent every other coal company in Illinois from asking and receiving an extension on installing their pollution controls? Clearly , other utilities in Illinois have been able to install scrubbers according to schedule
. No
. 5
. Finally , the Illinois Pollution Control Board cannot grant a site
- specific rule that is inconsistent with federal law
. The petition must demonstrate that the board may grant the requested relief consistent with federal law governing the subject of the proposal
. Thank you for your consideration of our comments
. Prairie Rivers Network hereby urges the Illinois Pollution Control Board to deny Ameren ' s request for a proposed variance to the Multi
-Pollutant Standard at their Newton Power Station
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Vicky Clark? MS
. CLARK: Hello
. My name is Vicky Clark
. I am president of the Economic Development Council for central Illinois
. We focus
on business retention , expansion and recruitment to the Peoria , Illinois region , specifically , four1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 190 counties including Peoria , Tazewell , Woodford and Mason
. We all understand the value of
a healthy environmental ecosystem
. One of my jobs is to cultivate a healthy job environment for central Illinois in the Peoria area and thus , the State of Illinois , and like a healthy ecosystem , the job environment must be balanced
. I am asking for your consideration to approve this variance because of the 110 jobs at the Edwards plant in Bartonville , jobs that are at risk if this is not approved
. These are livable wage jobs that create an additional 450 jobs through spending in our economy . This would mean a loss of over $124 million annually to our economy . I ' m not asking you to change the long
-term intentions of these regulations
. I am asking for a variance that can help balance the business climate in our region and in Illinois and
an opportunity for Illinois to be competitive with neighboring states
. We recently had one of the worst recessionary periods in our nation ' s history
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 191 People and businesses are still recovering , but Illinois has a high level of regulations
. We are telling businesses to leave and not to come here
. Ameren is a valuable employer and investor in our region in our state ' s economy . Please consider this variance so they can continue their important work
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Stephanie Simowski (S
- i
-m-o-w- s- k
- i ) ? MS
. SIMOWSKI : Good afternoon
. My
name is Stephanie Simowski , and I ' m a resident of Cook County , and I ' m here today to ask the Board to deny Ameren ' s request for this variance
. Ameren made a deal to reduce their emissions back in 2006 , and now they want to break that deal
. This isn ' t fair to people in Illinois , especially the residents located near the plant and plant employees who are exposed to these emissions
. In 2012 , we have all the necessary technology to move away from dirty coal
. I would like to see Illinois continue to move1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 192 forward , not stand still or move backward in the field of clean energy . Especially after a summer of record highs , clean air has been more important than
ever . We all know that dirty air has caused many Illinois children to develop asthma and other health problems
. I hate to see the state paying the price of medical costs due to weakening utility regulations
. Throughout history , companies have had to adapt to changing times
. This is no exception
. Ameren has been given plenty of time to plan and regulate
. I would like to see them take action now . Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Bill Sheppard (S
-h
-e- p-p-a- r-d) ? MR
. SHEPPARD : I ' d like to thank you for the opportunity to speak today
. I ' m with Electric Energy and have been for 22 years . It was mentioned earlier that Electric Energy , Inc
. is involved at this present time in layoffs
. That ' s true
. The reason for that is largely due to the fact that you1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 193 wouldn ' t have dreamed six or seven years ago that energy prices would be what they are today
. Six years ago when Ameren in good faith entered into negotiations regarding the Multi
-Pollutant Standard , it was on some assumptions that prices would be at certain rates , and I ' m quite
sure that they didn ' t dream that they would be where they are today , 70 percent lower than they were some six years ago , so that obviously is
- - I ' m trying to refute the fact that it was something deceptive that Ameren has been trying to do
. I am concerned about the jobs in our region and not only the jobs that are direct employment at EEI but also contractors and vendors
as well
. Our jobs are coveted in the area because
we ' re one of a handful or so of high paying employers , and I can tell you as we try to help people that are slated for layoff find jobs , it ' s not easy . They can ' t find jobs to replace the ones they have , so I ' d hate to think of the impact there would be if Joppa have to close later on . In 2011 , and I ' m talking about indirect jobs as well , in 2011 , there were some 150 , 000 man -hours of building trade/crafts man - hours1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 194 worked at Joppa
. Those workers came from various Illinois towns and places as well as some from out of state as well
. Over the last five years , we ' ve averaged spending $116 million per year with Illinois vendors and suppliers
. A large part of that is with the transportation provided for the coal but the rest is with other suppliers of materials and supplies
. There was talk about EEI being
an old plant
. It is , but since the early 1990s , we spent $200 million upgrading the plant to keep it in good shape
. In fact , we had three independent engineering firms come in and assess the plant because we wanted to know should we consider operating it on into the future
. All three of those said if you would spend some money here and some money here that you should be able to operate the plant until 2030
. So the idea that it ' s going to close anyway regardless is not a foregone conclusion
. I can tell you this
. That the chances of it closing what I would call prematurely1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 195 is much greater if this MPS variance is not extended than it is otherwise
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Mr
. Sheppard , could I ask you to please start summarizing your comments? MR
. SHEPPARD : Yes , you can . I ' m almost finished
. The Joppa area is a wonderful place to live with an abundance of wildlife and eagles and rivers and lakes for people to fish in
. We don ' t see the impact of the emissions from the plant
. If Joppa plants are in jeopardy , then so are the futures of other businesses and union craft workers and charitable organizations , and our local educational institutions will also suffer , so I urge you to please consider extending the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Marissa Lieberman
-Klein ( L
- i
-e- b
-e- r-m-a- n - K
- l
-e- i
- n)
. MS
. LIEBERMAN
-KLEIN : My name is Marissa Lieberman
-Klein , and I ' m a Chicago resident
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 196 I ' m here to ask that the Board deny Ameren this variance
. Ameren has known since 2006 that it needed to install this pollution control technology , and it is something they should have planned for at the time
. If profits have declined over this time due to the market , that should not mean that public health should fall to the wayside
. In addition , as other speakers have said there , is no guarantee that if this variance is granted , Ameren will not be back here in five years asking for another one . In fact , if this variance is granted , that would only create a precedent for Ameren to ask for another one and for others to do the same . It is not the job of this board to protect the company ' s bottom line
. Perfect welfare does not guarantee jobs
. The market may not be better in five years . Granting this variance does not guarantee job security
. Only Ameren can do that
. And I think we can all agree that we don ' t like the idea of people losing their jobs , and I believe that Ameren employees are doing1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 197 everything they said they ' re doing so far and are very hard workers but the fact that the coal industry is having problems in this market is a reality that Ameren is not going to escape by asking for this variance
. Ameren should not be allowed to operate outdated plants for an extended period of time with no guarantee of an end
. I therefore ask you not to grant Ameren this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mike Pullen (P
- u- l
- l
-e- n) ? MR
. PULLEN : I want to thank you for this opportunity
. My name is Mike Pullen
. I ' m from Metropolis County , Massac County
. I left at 5 : 30 this morning to be able to attend this hearing
. It ' s very important to me and my co-workers at Ameren
. I work at the Joppa plant as part of the operations group . I want to just briefly say two things
. One is we talk about Ameren in here as some evil entity
. That ' s not the case . Ameren and these employees you see out here , we ' re1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 198 the people that make the decisions every day on how
our plants are operated
. We work hard
. We do not gamble
. We do not fool around
. We do not put off
our responsibilities
. We operate our plants in a safe , environmentally responsible manner . We take
our responsibilities very seriously
. We comply with the regulations , and we exceed them in most cases . Secondly , I also serve as president of the school board for Massac Unit District 1
. As Ms
. Ptacek said earlier , we ' re a rural area . About half of our district revenues come from our local tax body
. EEI , a Joppa plant , is one of the major taxing bodies there
. We lose that plant , we lose our tax base , we ' re going to struggle making our education go for our students down there
. As we all know , the State of Illinois is cutting back on the revenues they ' re giving the districts , and we lose these local
sources , it ' s going to be very difficult for our schools as well
. Thank you very much
. I urge to consider Ameren ' s request and hope you choose to give them the variance
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 199 Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Amanda Guinn (G
-u - i
- n -n) ? MS
. GUINN : Good afternoon
. My
name is Amanda Guinn , and I live in Chicago in the surrounding areas , and I have for my entire life
. As a former customer of Ameren , I am particularly outraged at their lack to consider the public health
. Ameren ' s claim that this variance will benefit air quality is completely incorrect
. Studies have shown that sulfur dioxide emissions lead to the formation of a number of other sulfur and oxygen containing compounds
. These sulfur oxides penetrate to the sensitive parts of the lungs and have the ability to cause asthma , bronchitis , emphysema and other respiratory illnesses
. These emissions are particularly harmful to individuals who already have respiratory problems and other at
- risk populations including children and the elderly
. My grandfather passed away from emphysema just last year , and I don ' t want the
same fate for my cousins , nieces and nephews
. I1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 200 want them to be able to run around and play outside without paying a visit to the emergency room . Sulfur dioxide emissions are directly connected to an increase in hospital admissions and ER visits
. Instead of relieving the hardships of an electric company , we should be focused on relieving the hardships of the American people
. I ' m not ignorant of the hardships that some Ameren employees might face
. They are directly impacted by these actions as well
. It is extremely unfortunately that we live in a society where large corporations try to manipulate situations to create their own advantages
. Ameren took a gamble with this agreement in hopes that later they would not have to comply , which is particularly why we are all sitting here today
. If this variance is granted , how do we know that they will not try for another
one in five years? Ameren has not shown any plans
or intentions to clean up their act
. They have not made investments towards their end of the deal and
are now attempting to avoid the consequences .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 201 Ameren needs to be honest about this with their own workers
. They made a commitment and must be held accountable
. The agreement was made clear to Ameren , and I ' m not willing to watch another corporation benefit while the needs of the general public gets swept under the rug . The board must not bail them out
. If this variance is granted , then what stops their competitors that also agree to these standards for following in their footsteps? After years of benefiting from the MPS , it is time for Ameren to give the people and our environment a chance to benefit
. I ask the board that they deny this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Anthony Jones? MR
. JONES : Thank you for your time
. My name is Anthony Jones
. I live in Grand Chain , Illinois in Massac County , and I ' ve worked at EEI , the Joppa station , for five years in the maintenance department , and I ' m also an officer in Local 148 for the bargaining unit there , and I ' m the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 202 sole source of income for my household
. This is one of the few sources of well
- paying union jobs in some of the most low average income and highest unemployment counties in the state , and I believe this variance will help maintain those jobs for a few years to come , and I would like to ask for your support in continuing with the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Jeremy Barnhill
. MR
. BARNHILL : Hi
. My name is Jeremy Barnhill
. I ' ve worked at EEI for three and a half years , and ever since I have started there , they have worked on what they are doing for the environment , what they are going to change , what they will do , and they ' re constantly working
. I do want to state that for everybody , and it will be a definite loss for the economy , and I want to ask you all to approve the variance for Ameren
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . At this time , I ' d like to ask if anybody would feel like a five or ten
-minute1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 203 break
. Everyone okay? Everyone want to keep going? Let ' s take five which means absolutely promptly at ten
. (Recess taken
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Let ' s go back on the record
. We still have a couple dozen left to speak , but before we pick up with public comment , we have two board members who have thought of some additional questions they would like to put
on the record for Ameren to answer in their post
- hearing brief , so I ' d like to begin with them
. Board Member Zalewski ? MEMBER ZALEWSKI : Yeah , a quick question
. The AG suggested a shorter two year variance , and I was just wondering if Ameren would comment on the feasibility of the suggestion and the impact on air emissions
. MS
. CIPRIANO : Absolutely
. MEMBER ZALEWSKI : Thank you . MEMBER GLOSSER : I have a question based on Michel Menne ' s testimony earlier
. Several of the public comments1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 204 referred to the benefit that Ameren has realized by opting into the MPS
. Could you please comment and quantify the benefit that Ameren has realized in terms of controls for mercury , NOx and SO2? I ' m particularly interested in this perceived benefit regarding mercury . Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . That second question was from Board Member Glosser
. Okay
. We ' ll go ahead and pick up again with public comment
. I ' ll call John Bower (B
-o-w-e- r) from Ameren
. MR
. BOWER: Thank you . My name is John Bower
. I am an employee at Newton Energy Center , and I live near Newton , Illinois
. I am in support of the variance for Ameren
. When Newton Energy Center was built , my dad and my uncle were part of the construction , and now I am also an employee like I said
. I also have an aunt that works for Ameren
. My point is that if you deny1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 205 this variance , it would impact my family
. Like I said before , I ' ve worked here for four years , and I have heard comments today that Ameren is doing nothing to comply with emission standards
. In the short four years that I ' ve been there , I ' ve seen millions of dollars being invested in activated carbon injection and calcium bromine for mercury emissions , and I ' ve also seen a multi
-million dollar scrubber beginning to be installed , so I would disagree with that
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' d like to call , and I can ' t really read this name very well , the first name is M
-a-y-t
-e Guerrero
. Come on up and you can spell your name for the court reporter
. MR
. GUERRERO : Good afternoon
. My
name is Mayte Guerrero . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Could you spell that , please? MS
. GUERRERO : M
-a-y-t
-e G
- u-e- r- r-e- r-o .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 206 My name is Mayte Guerrero , and I live in south Chicago my whole life
. I am here today because I am concerned about the toxins that
are released in the atmosphere due to coal plants
. Due to pollution , many of my friends suffer from asthma attacks
. I believe that every person in Illinois has the right to breathe clean air
. I ask the board to protect everybody ' s health by denying Ameren ' s request and prevent more pollution from coal
- powered plants in Illinois
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Rick Wol ford (W
-o- l
- f
-o- r-d) ? MR
. WOLFORD : Good afternoon
. My
name is Rick Wolford
. I live in Wheeler , Illinois , a small town in Jasper County , Illinois
. I work at Newton Power Station
. I ' ve been there a little over 25 years . I work in the maintenance department there
. I ' m here today to ask the Board to consider approval of a variance that Ameren has put on the table
. One thing I ' d like to point out , the average SO2 emittance under the variance1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 207 would be less than if the variance wasn ' t in place
. Everybody has talked today about jobs , not only plant jobs but jobs throughout the county , community , in support of Ameren and throughout Illinois
. And jobs bring on revenue . We spend that
revenue in the county , throughout the state
. The taxes that Ameren pays help support the community , the infrastructure , the schools , the libraries , etc
. , so I ' d ask the Board to consider the variance
. Thanks for your time
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I ' ll call Rick Myers
. MR
. MYERS : My name is Rick Myers (M
-y-e- r-s)
. I ' m from Metropolis , Illinois
. I work at EEI in Joppa
. I ' ve been an employee there , I ' m in my 20th year . I ' m a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale , a six
-year Navy vet
. I have two daughters , one at the University of Illinois
-Chicago , one in Edwardsville
. They ' re both intensive care nurses .The job I have has provided me the opportunity to send those girls to school , and I appreciate that
. My father
- in
- law retired from Ameren
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 208 I ' ve heard talk in here that
we don ' t have a plan
. Well , we did have a plan in 2006
. That plan was based on certain cash flow studies to allow us to invest capital in scrubbers
. Funny thing about those guys that build scrubbers , they want to be paid
. We
can ' t afford to pay them right now due to the market prices decline
. It ' s been implied in here that maybe we haven ' t been in compliance , but to my knowledge , we ' re in compliance and have been in compliance of all environmental regulations and limits to this point
. Finally , this idea of corporate welfare , our government gives wind generators $22 a megawatt on top of what they earn in the market
. If our government gave us $22 a megawatt in addition to what the market paid us , we ' d have had scrubbers in five years ago . I encourage you to support this variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . David Jakubiak?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 209 MR
. JAKUBIAK
. My name is David Jakubiak (
-J
-a-k
- u- b
- i
-a- k) , and I live in Brookfield , Illinois
. I appear today as an Illinois taxpayer , as a survivor in the new economy , and as a dad
. As an Illinois taxpayer , I need to ask how many more times our state is going to bend the rules for big business while families make sacrifices
. Ameren is seeking a waiver they say because complying with the agreement that they made is too expensive
. I think we can all understand what this means because we ' ve all made
some expensive deals
. I bought a house
. I bought a car . I went to college
. I had children
. But I ' m working hard because I want to uphold my end of those deals that I ' ve made because that ' s what citizens do
. We uphold our end of the deals that we make
. I come to you today as a survivor in the new economy . What I mean by this is that I have seen my industry crash
. I went to college and became a journalist
. I worked in newspapers . I love newspapers . Just as coal is in your blood , ink runs through mine except I have1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 210 brilliant timing
. I got into the market just as the Internet was taking off , and in my decade plus in newspapers , I saw newsrooms shrink and shrink and shrink , and then my pink slip came . The whole time , we would have executives come in
. They ' d fly in from San Diego or they ' d come in from some island in the South Pacific , and they ' d tell us that the Internet is killing newspapers . The Internet is killing newspapers . When you ' re not employed , you have a lot of time to think about this , and you know what I realized? The Internet didn ' t kill newspapers . What killed newspapers was the decision to go after short
-term profits instead of investing in the infrastructure for long
-term liability
. We had a tremendous opportunity to seize on the new technologies that
were available except they chose to give out big benefits to executives
. While I was figuring that out , I got retrained , and I now work in online communications
. Finally , I come to you today1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 211
as a dad
. I have two children
. I have a 5
-year-old
son and I have a 16
-month
-old daughter , and they ' re growing up in a changing world , and I want to do everything that I can to ensure that the schisms that we face today lead to a better tomorrow
. To the board , you have a really difficult decision to make , but here ' s your choice
. Uphold the agreement that was made in 2006
or kick the can down the road to another generation
. Thank you for your time
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Roger Kerley (K
-e- r- l
-e-y) ? MR
. KERLEY : Good evening
. My name is Roger Kerley
. I work at Joppa at the EEI , and I live at Cypress , Illinois which is 25 miles north of Cairo , Illinois which is on the south end of the state
. Anyway , I ' ve been over at EEI
now for 24 years , and I ' m the chief steward over there in the union of Local 148 of Operating Engineers , and I ' m just here to tell you these jobs
are real important down there
. We don ' t have a whole lot of employment down there , and they are important
. They ' re important to the community and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 212 businesses alike , and I encourage you to support the Ameren request
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Bruce Parker? MR
. PARKER : Good afternoon
. My
name is Bruce Parker
. I ' m a resident of Massac County , Illinois where the Joppa Energy Center is located , and I ' ve been employed at the Joppa Energy Center for 23 years as an engineer there
. The Joppa Energy Center has provided an excellent place to work not only for me but for all the employees with an excellent safety record and an excellent environmental record
. In fact , I ' ve seen them , you know, we have spent many , many millions of dollars installing mercury control equipment and many millions of dollars every year for mercury control or for activated carbon for mercury control
. The Joppa Energy Center has allowed me to put my kids through college and provided medical insurance for me and my family to
cover medical issues
. The Joppa Energy Center provides millions of dollars in salary to the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 213 employees and extending benefits out into the community and paying taxes into the community that supports it
. The Massac County where I live has experienced a shutdown and massive layoff of nearly all of the industry in the county
. In fact , we ' ve even had layoffs at the Joppa Energy Center
. The Massac County or the county board struggles weekly to be able to pay their bills
. The shutdown of the Joppa Energy Center would be devastating not only to me and my family as there is no other jobs comparable in our area but also to the community due to loss of tax revenue and general donations
. Ameren is only asking to defer the compliance date , not eliminate it , until it can financially afford to install pollution control equipment
. I urge the Board to support and grant Ameren ' s variance request
. Thank you for allowing me to speak
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Seth Johnson? MR
. JOHNSON : Good afternoon
. I1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 214 first would like to thank the board for holding this hearing
. It ' s starting to get a long one at this point
. I ' d also like to thank everyone who ' s gotten up here to testify today
. It isn ' t easy to stand up here
. Today there ' s been a lot of things that have been said , a lot of things have been seen , there ' s a lot of things that have been
unseen . There ' s a lot of things that are happening in this room and there ' s a lot of things that are happening around this variance
. To me , this is about local people and their health
. This is about people around the plants and throughout Illinois
. It ' s not about how much coal China burns
. This isn ' t about CO2 . It ' s about SO2 . To me , there ' s no question that workers care about the environment , and they
care about public health , and they also deeply care about their communities they live in and that they want to see prosper and benefit
. To me , Ameren took a chance on deregulation
. With any chance or with any gamble
. . .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 215 that word has been thrown out a lot today
. . . you assume the risk as soon as you throw the dice
. I think that Ameren needs to be offering up more information about what ' s happening with the plants , what ' s being looked at as options , and what is going to be the long
-term goal
. Workers have come up here to say that they are being told , that Ameren is telling them what ' s going on . I think that ' s fantastic
. I think that ' s great
. Open communication is key here
. I think that there needs to be more of it though
. There needs to be more understanding of what ' s going
on . Ameren says that it will complete the scrubbers at Newton if power prices improve , but what happens if power prices stay low
. If power prices stay low, is the unfortunate truth that Joppa and Edwards are going to have to close anyway? Is there just shifting of blame happening? I believe it ' s time for Ameren to come out and tell us more . There needs to be
more information
. I also believe that this isn ' t
an easy decision
. This isn ' t one that should be1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 216 taken lightly , and this isn ' t one that should be left without a public comment
. We ' re here today hearing a lot of public comment
. I think it all needs to be weighed in
. I believe that Ameren ' s petition for variance should be denied , but that ' s just my opinion
. There ' s a lot of opinions being offered today
. I thank you again for holding this hearing , and I hope that the Illinois Pollution Control Board looks into everything before they make their decision
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Julie Wi l ke (W
- i
- l
-k
-e) ? MS
. WILKE : Good afternoon
. My
name is Julie Wilke
. I work at Electric Energy in Joppa , Illinois
. I ' m in Human Resources , and I ' ve been there eight and a half years . I do live in southern Illinois , and I have kids who attend Joppa
-Maple Grove School District
. If this extension was not granted and the decision was made to close the plant , it would have a major impact on my family
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 217 EEI is a great company . It offers good benefits , good wages , and EEI truly
cares about their employees , the employees ' families , the community , and it ' s not the type of job that just comes along on an everyday basis , so to try to find another job in our area that ' s even remotely comparable , it ' s going to be a very hard thing to do , if possible at all
. EEI is very well respected in
our community
. It ' s a good corporate citizen
. We give a lot of money to various organizations in the
area . One of our largest organizations that we support is the Telethon of Stars who supports children and adults who have special needs or physical therapy needs , occupational therapy , that kind of stuff , and as a mother of a child with special needs , I would hate to think that those services would go away or be decreased as a result of lower contributions
. The list goes on and on of ways that EEI supports our community
. We give scholarships to the local community
. We assist our schools
. It would be devastating for our local economy and our community if the decision was made1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 218 to close EEI
. Therefore , I would ask that you please consider granting this request
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Andy Todd? MR
. TODD : Thank you for having us . My name is Andy Todd
. I ' m an instrument control tech at Electric Energy in Joppa , have been for ten years , a member of the Operating Engineers Local 148
. I ' m in support of the variance
. I ' m a father of an 11
-year-old that enjoys baseball , 4
-H , shooting sports
. All this is supported by EEI
. A lot of these programs couldn ' t be supported if it weren ' t for EEI
. Like Julie said , there ' s several donations made from the plant and the employees of the plant to just about every . . . Relay For Life , United Way
. There ' s too many to list
. Anyway , much of the economy is also dependent on coal and coal
- fired plants , and this decision , it ' s very important
. So what I say is please let this variance give time to improve SO2 and NOx emissions , not create more problems financially I guess .1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 219 I think it ' s been stated already
. . . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Mr
. Todd could you speak into microphone , please? MR
. TODD : I think it ' s been stated already that we work very hard to keep the environment clean
. I ' m proud to work for a company that does that , and I truly believe that we do
. I think , and I ' ve been told and I believe this , that this variance would create
a net reduction of emissions over the time that this variance is going to be allowed
. We all want to reduce emissions , and let ' s do it in a way that doesn ' t adversely affect all of us . That ' s all I have
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Charles Henderson? MR
. HENDERSON : Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen
. My name is Charles Henderson
. I work for EEI , Joppa , down in southern Illinois
. I ' ve been there for 20 years . I work in the fuel processing department , and this job has allowed me to put three girls through school , has helped the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 220 community
. It would be a great loss not only to me but to a whole bunch of people in southern Illinois and the community if this didn ' t pass . I thank you , and have a nice day
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Allison Fisher? MS
. FISHER : Good afternoon
. My
name is Allison Fisher
. I ' m a resident of Illinois , and I currently reside in Chicago , and thank you guys so much
. I know this is a really long day and thanks so much for listening to everybody ' s stories and testimonies
. It ' s so important that we have public processes like this one . I ' m actually going to read a letter from Mary Ellen DeClue who couldn ' t be here today
. She lives in Litchfield , Illinois , and she has some medical issues so she couldn ' t attended
. I ' m going to read her testimony
. Thank you for allowing citizens to express their concerns regarding this issue today in Springfield
. Due to medical issues , I cannot attend this important meeting but I ' ve prepared a statement
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 221 I ' ve attended several public hearings regarding requests by Ameren for exemptions and variances from environmental oversight
. My
concern is that Ameren does not fully accept the harm to health and to the environment that is caused by coal emissions and coal ash
. Compliance happens because of required pollution controls and a required time schedule
. Please do not allow a time delay for scrubbers installation with the thought that if delayed it would only trivialize the importance of lower emissions
. Ameren ' s focus is on the financial aspects of providing electricity , not the promotion of health in communities
. This is reflected in business articles that discuss rationale for why Ameren has delayed pollution upgrades
. Ameren in the past has explained that failing to upgrade pollution equipment is not due to financial viability but rather it wanted to step back to see how financial markets played out
. There was encouragement for investors to continue investing in Ameren who will continue to make money for them
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 222 At a hearing in Coffeen , Illinois regarding Ameren ' s request for a variance to allow higher temperature ranges in its cooling lake , a citizen asked what happened to the posted signs that warned of eliminating consumption of fish due to mercury content
. There are scheduled fishing tournaments and recreational events , but there is little visible evidence that water quality is a health concern to Ameren
. How to handle coal ash and contaminated water from coal ash have major issues that establish the dichotomy of a community versus corporation
. One faction finds toxic chemicals in air and water , and the other results that no violations have happened and no harm done
. Even investors are questioning Ameren ' s environmental policies and discouraged with Ameren ' s lack of transparency
. Please enforce and continue to adhere to the highest standards for all
. Ameren will abide by the regulatory regulations if it ' s not given an option
. And I just wanted to say thank you so much for everything you ' re doing here today ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 223 and I hope that you will consider public health and everyone ' s right to breathe clean air and have a wonderful quality of life in making your decision , and I urge you to deny the variance request
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Larry Millspaugh (M
- i
- l
- l
-s - p-a-u -g- h) ? MR
. MILLSPAUGH : Hello
. My name is Larry Millspaugh
. I work at Newton Energy Center , and I live just a few miles south of there
. I ' ve worked out there 28 years . It ' s been my life basically
. It ' s let me raise my kids , put the kids through school
. It lets me provide for me and my wife
. If we don ' t get this variance , we have the potential to affect many of the lives in Jasper County as well as in Massac and up at the Edwards Station
. All the plants in Illinois , we utilize a lot of vendors in Illinois
. We use a lot of organized labor , and , you know, this is not just
a small reaching thing
. It will affect the local economy by the reduction in taxes , donations , ties to churches , different things
. As far as , you know, our not1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 224 being good environmental stewards , that ' s not true
. We ' ve spent millions of dollars on our activated carbon to capture mercury , and we ' ve spent millions of dollars a year for safety for our employees
. We just went one year without
a reportable accident at our station
. That ' s not easy . We have a lot of moving equipment out there and everything
. It ' s easy to get hurt if you don ' t keep ahead of everything
. We upgrade our steam efficiency all the time so we can burn less coal to produce that electricity , and I ' d like to respectfully ask you to take this into consideration and approve this variance
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Deborah Goodwin? MS
. GOODWIN : Good afternoon
. Thank you so much for giving us an opportunity to speak today
. I ' m Deborah Goodwin
. I work at the Newton Energy Center
. I ' ve been an Ameren employee for 22 years . 21 years I worked at the Hudsonville Power Plant that closed its doors December 31 st of 2011 , and I must say that was a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 225 life changing event for many people after all those years . There were 40 people there , and we worked very hard to keep the plant running within every environmental restraint , but the economic downturn
was difficult for us . I ' m very grateful to be an employee of Ameren
. If it weren ' t for Ameren , my livelihood would be much different
. My biggest
concern is the young generation of workforce
. At the Newton plant , we have 141 employees
. 106 are under the age of 55 , so if the variance was not passed or approved , those people would be , you know, vulnerable to like the displaced workers of Illinois , and we don ' t need any more of that
. Like I say , I thank you . I appreciate everybody ' s comments today , and I hope and urge that you will give Ameren , give us time
. The economy will come back , and I think it will be with a vengeance , and we need to be ready for that
. So thank you very much , and you have a difficult decision
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Tab Walker?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 226 MR
. WALKER : I ' ll just leave this here
. It gives us a little information about our place
. MS
. ROCCAFORTE : Thank you . MR
. WALKER : My name is Tab Walker
. I probably have a little different testimony than anybody else in this room . I ' m not an Ameren employee
. Don ' t have anything against anybody else in here either
. I ' m an independent business owner that built a fishing and hunting lodge with the Newton Ameren plant right in my backyard
. I ' ve lived there pretty much my entire life , and I know I could go on and talk about all the economic things for the community and all that sort of thing but I know a hundred other people are going to do that same thing so I ' m going to primarily just talk about what it means to me . For these guys , it ' s a job
. For me , it ' s my entire existence
. I built this lodge with basically every penny I had on earth eight years ago . The reason why I did it was because the Ameren Energy Plant warms this water all year long , and it made for one of the best bass fisheries in the country
. I know that sounds like a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 227 byproduct but you guys are doing good over there
. Because of that , over eight years time , we ' ve become more successful all the time
. We ' ve done 43 television shows with all the biggest fishing names in the country
. We have thousands of people from other states that visit our facility
. We have busy times
. With the fishing season , it ' s busier sometimes more than others , and actually right now during our slow
season , contractors from Ameren are staying with us . In fact , we have six guest cabins and five of them
are filled with Ameren contractors right now , so I don ' t think I need to tell you how that affects our economy . It ' s pretty obvious
. If the Ameren plant were to leave at any point in time in the near future , you know , these guys are talking about losing their job , I ' d lose every penny I had in the world , so if that gives you some indication of how important it is to
me , and again , I ' m as impartial as anybody in this
room . I don ' t work there
. I took an electric car for a drive a week or two ago , but guess what , even if I1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 228 got that , these guys right here would have to make
more electricity for me to drive that thing
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Patty Rykhus (R
-y- k
- h
-u - s) ? MS
. RYKHUS : Hi
. I ' m Patty Rykhus , and I live in rural Taylorville , Illinois , and I ' m speaking here today as a private citizen
. I ' m a retired immunohistochemist and also a business and systems analyst
. I want to thank the board for offering me the opportunity to speak today
. I hadn ' t planned on speaking today
. I researched and just thought I was going to sit in the back row and just kind of listen to everybody ' s opinions , but the longer I sat back there and listened , it just became apparent to me that this situation was foreseeable
. The company chose to be here today at this time , and I feel they ' re taking a calculated risk
. There ' s no question that the company needs to make capital investments and improvements period
. I think that ' s pretty much
nonnegotiable
. Also , it appears to me that they needed to take significant steps over six years ago1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 229 to move their company forward
. I know the variables in the market affect them
. However , the choices they made showed that they actually let that steer their decisions
. The whole situation reminds me of my boys when they were young adolescents
. I was awoken by them one morning , early hours , about 4 : 30 a . m . to have my oldest one who was 11 at the time tell me that he needed two dozen chocolate chip cookies homemade
. And I said , okay , when? He goes today
. I asked him how long ago he ' d committed to
me making these cookies , and he said , oh , a couple weeks ago . Well , to make a long story short , the Cub Scouts did not get homemade chocolate chip cookies that day
. I ended up getting both boys up . We went to a 24
-hour store
. We purchased store bought cookies , and I accompanied my boys to their Cub Scout meeting after school and after I got off work and had them explain to the Cub Scouts why they didn ' t get their homemade cookies , that the boys had forgotten to inform me and at the last minute we did
our plan B
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 230 Not only did we do plan B but
our plan C was I had both of my boys join me in the kitchen later
. We made three different kinds of cookie doughs , froze them in little balls , put them in containers in the freezer
. What does this have to do with Ameren? Well , I think there has to be some consequences to some poor decisions , and I asked the board to make sure that happens
. You may ask how does this affect me . Living in Taylorville , I am downwind of Dominion and the City Water Light and Power
. The precedent of allowing yet another extension to Ameren could have a very direct impact on my air quality too as well as everybody else in the state
. I think it ' s time for Ameren to compete on a level playing field with other electrical suppliers in the state and that an extension to Ameren sends a very poor precedent
. Mercury , SO2 . . . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Ma ' am , could you begin wrapping up? MS
. RYKHUS : . . . levels in our air should not be negotiable
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 231 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you , ma ' am . Gary Washburn? MR
. WASHBURN : My name is Gary Washburn
. I live in Effingham
. I work for the Newton Energy Center
. I ' ve had the privilege to work there 32 healthy years , and we have some of the best fishing in the State of Illinois
. I ' ve been setting back there trying to think what am I going to say when I get up there , but Ameren means a whole lot to me . I have raised five children
. I have one now attending DePauw University
. He ' s an assistant professor at the University of Illinois
-Chicago
. He ' s not there because I wasn ' t doing anything
. He ' s there because I was working for Ameren
. Ameren means a lot to my family
. It means a lot to the community , and I hope that you support the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Ed Worthey (W
-o- r-t
- h
-e-y) ? MR
. WORTHEY : My name is Ed Worthey
. I work for Ameren at Newton , Illinois , and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 232 I just want to say that I am for this variance
. I have a daughter that I put through school , and she ' s the principal there at the grade school , and I also have a son - in
- law that works for the high school
. When this news come out that Ameren may shut their doors , first thing they did , they called me and said dad , do you know what kind of impact in Jasper County this will have? Yes , Amy , I know
. So this could impact everything in Jasper County , all surrounding counties
. Please think about the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Andy Bloemer (B
- l
-o-e-m-e- r) ? MR
. BLOEMER : Good afternoon
. My
name is Andy Bloemer
. I work for the Newton Energy Center
. I ' ve been there for almost four years now . I ' m a mechanical engineer there
. As far as an engineer goes , I ' m just getting my feet wet as far as getting into
some of the technologies we have there
. The comments have been made1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 233 that we haven ' t done anything since 2006
. We put a scrubber on two of our Coffeen units
. We put a scrubber on Duck Creek unit
. We ' re currently working on the one for our two Newton units
. We ' re just asking for more time to get there
. The economy has changed since then
. We ' ve had a plan
. We did have calculated risk , and we were working toward that plan and the economy went in the tank
. We carried through to last year finishing up our scrubbers , and here it ' s 2012 , four years after the economic crash , and now we ' re to where we have to ask for help and hope that
we can approve the variance to get us to the other side
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Christine Nanni cel l i (N
-a- n -n - i
-c-e- l
- l
- i
- ) ? MS
. NANNICELLI : Good afternoon
. Thank you for the chance to speak today
. My name is Christine Nannicelli
. I ' m an Illinois resident , and I ' m with the Sierra Club which is the largest grassroots environmental organization in the nation
. I ' m here very simply today to represent the 2 , 124 Illinois residents who are1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 234 submitting public comments to the board asking that you reject Ameren ' s petition for a variance
. Let me just read you a quick sample of what the comments look like
. In 2006 , Illinois made history by passing a leading air pollution reduction standard
. The original agreement included new clean air standards for mercury , sulfur dioxide and nitrous dioxide which create acid rain and smog as well as many health
- related problems
. Ameren committed to a schedule for reducing its SO2 and NOx pollution in return for
more time to make its mercury pollution reductions
. The state upheld its side of the deal but now Ameren is trying to solve cleaning up its coal plants like it promised to
. Please reject the company ' s request for a variance and hold the company to the standard passed in 2006
. The agreement to reduce air pollution is vital in protecting public health and the environment throughout Illinois and the Midwest
. This is critical for my health , our environment and the Midwest future
. Thank you . And again this is1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 235
on behalf of 2 , 124 Illinois residents from all over the State of Illinois
.Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Chris either Hankins or Hawkins? Hang on a second
. I ' m sorry . Christine , did you just drop this off? MS
. NANNICELLI : I did
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. I need to either
- - well , just see me at a break , okay , and I ' ll discuss what I need
. MS
. NANNICELLI : We ' re going to submit some in Chicago as well
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Are you going to file it with the clerk of the Board? MS
. NANNICELLI : Absolutely
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. So this is just a copy so I don ' t need to do anything with this
. I ' m going to write copy on it
. Is it Hawkins or Hankins
. MR
. HANKINS : Hankins (H
-a- n- k
- i
- n- s)
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 236 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Hankins
. Okay
. Chris Hankins
. MR
. HANKINS : My name is Chris Hankins
. I live in Newton , work at the Newton Power Station as a fuel handling operator
. I ' ve been with the company three and a half years . I ' ve got about 30 more to go . I ' m hoping that you will consider this
. I do stand with Ameren on this of course . I want to continue my career and maybe get to retirement
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Gerod Briggs ; G
-e- r-o-d
. Briggs is B
- r- i
-g -g - s . MR
. BRIGGS : My name is Gerod Briggs
. I work at the Newton Power Station
. Previously worked at the Hudsonville Power Station
. It closed
. That gave me an opportunity to go to Newton , and now we ' re hearing this , so I would really appreciate if you would consider giving them their variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . John Marschewski1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 237 (M
-a- r- s -c- h
-e-w- s- k
- i ) ? MR
. MARSCHEWSKI : Hi
. My name is John Marschewski
. I live in Effingham , Illinois , and I worked at the Newton Energy Center for five years . I ' m in the electrical department , and I moved to central Illinois specifically for that job
. I ' m here to show my support for Ameren ' s request for a variance mainly due to the potential economic impact not only to myself but to my family and to the entire area of Newton , Effingham , the whole three
- or four
-county area . That ' s the main reason I ' m here
. I just want to make a couple comments about things that have been said because I ' m not going to say anything new that you haven ' t already heard so I do appreciate you letting me speak at least
. I would comment on the fact that Ameren has done more than nothing
. I live it every day
. I ' ve worked on the equipment that ' s been put in in the five years . I ' ve been there for activated carbon , calcium bromide , not to mention the precipitators that remove particles from our effluent
. I ' m constantly working on that and1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 238 developing ways to make it better and keep it on line
. The only other comment I would make is I ' m for green energy just as much as anyone else , but what everybody has to realize is it ' s not free
. It does take money to create the green energy , and with the economy the way it ' s been , that ' s why we ' re in the situation we ' re in where this variance is being requested , so I would appreciate your consideration
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Travis Blake? MR
. BLAKE : Hi
. My name is Travis Blake , and I live in the Newton area . I ' ve been employed at the Newton Power Station for eight years as a certified welder , and I ' d like to ask you to support this variance for Ameren
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Roland Chapman? MR
. CHAPMAN : Hi
. I ' m Roland Chapman . I work at the Newton Power Station , have for five years , repairman , and I just live north of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 239 Newton , and if this power plant would close , it would be devastating for the school system , the community , and for the small businesses
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Kenny Johnson? MR
. JOHNSON : Hello
. My name is Kenny Johnson
. I ' m also from the Newton Power Plant
. Been there about 12 years ; with the company about 17
. You know , I ' ve heard a lot of people talking here , I ' ve heard a lot of opinions , and I guess some of the stuff is just what I think
or what this person said
. You know , power plants isn ' t who ' s doing everything
. We ' ve got a lot of
cars in the cities
. You know , some people are from Chicago
. You know, that hurts
. That hurts
. We ' ve got a lot of pollution from other things other than power plants
. I mean , I hope the board looks at this , and sees that this is not the only thing that ' s hurting the air
. It ' s not
. It ' s just a small , small portion of it
. So , you know , it ' s going to affect our life , our families , and I wish you would1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 240 support Ameren in their variance and help us out here
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Twyla Harvey? MS
. HARVEY : My name is Twyla Harvey , and I work at the Newton Power Station , and I ' ve been there for 32 years , and during that time , I ' ve raised a family and I ' ve put my daughter through school
. She ' s a PA in Aurora in cardiology , and I have a grandson now , and as employees at Newton Power Station and the other Ameren plants , we do care about clean air and what ' s going on in and around our counties
. For Jasper County , it would be devastating
. Our plant pays 50 percent of the property taxes that are paid in Jasper County , and it would devastate the schools
. Over half of our taxes go just to support the Jasper County schools
. So I ask the board to please consider granting the variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Paul Hardi ek (H
-a- r-d
- i
-e- k) ?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 241 MR
. HARDIEK : Thank you . My name is Paul Hardiek
. I work at the Newton Energy Center
. I ' m production superintendent there , and I ' ve worked there for 15 years and very proud to work there , very proud of
our environmental stewardship and economic development we ' ve done in that area from the time I ' ve been there
. I ' m a professional engineer as well
. I went to school to solve problems , look at big pictures
. I see a lot of narrow-mindedness in this room , and the big picture is jobs and environment , and we ' re supporting a solution to that , and I ask the board for that support
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Roger Bass? MR
. BASS : Hi
. My name is Roger Bass
. I ' ve been at Newton Power Station now for 36 years including part of the construction of that plant
. When you talk about the old outdated power plants , that ' s me because I ' ve been there since it
was built
. You know , there ' s been a lot said that Ameren hasn ' t done much for the1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 242 environment
. Back in 1979 when it was still CIPS , Central Illinois Public Service , we put a scrubber in
. It ran for a few years ; a lot of work to keep it going
. There is a lot of time spent there
. It turned out it wasn ' t economically feasible to have it so we went to Western Coal so we could meet the compliance for the State of Illinois
. Now we ' re trying to build another scrubber
. The economy is in bad shape
. All
we ' re asking is for a variance for five years . We ' re not asking to do away with it
. Like I said , I ' ve seen what it takes to run a scrubber , and it ' s not an easy task
. You want to make sure you get it built right to make it work right , and so I hope you approve the variance
. Thanks
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Larry Quick? MR
. QUICK: Hi
. I ' m Larry Quick
. I ' m also with Ameren ' s Newton Power Station
. I ' ve been working there for 32 years . I do ask that you honor Ameren ' s request for a variance
. Electricity , everybody in this1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 243
room uses it
. Green energy , it ' s the wave of the future
. Somewhere in between , we ' ve got a big transition of years , and , you know , the bottom line is coal is still the most abundant source of fuel that we have for our electricity created right now , so the question is or the trick is how can we burn it cleanly
. Ameren has been a good steward in the 32 years that I ' ve been working there
. They have spent millions upon millions of dollars investing in state of the art equipment to help bring down the pollution , so I ask the board to grant Ameren ' s variance
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Art Meyer? MR
. MEYER: Hi
. My name is Art Meyer , and when we look at the variance to grant it
or not to grant it , I would like to point out that when we look at possible deaths from air pollution that economists estimate the value of a human life somewhere between two and ten million dollars
. That sounds cold
-hearted but economists would use that in any type of calculation , and you ' re trying to do a1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 244 cost benefit type analysis on granting this variance
. I heard everybody is cognizant of the fact that mercury is a neurotoxin , and sulfur dioxide causes health problems , so I would just ask you to enter that into , if you ' re doing any kind of cost benefit analysis , to make sure that you enter that in , the value of human life
. The other brief points that I want to make would be that I don ' t want to see a race to the bottom
. It was mentioned here that we could ignore
- - that there ' s a tradeoff between regulation and job
. Well , where do you draw the line
. If you deregulate in Illinois or you grant variances , then in order to bring jobs , keep them from going to another state , then if that state then retaliates with also granting a variance , then you ' ve got a race to the bottom , and that ' s what happened with the banks and the financial fiasco that we had with the financial crisis
. It was a race to find the most lax regulator that they could
. So I don ' t want to see a race to the bottom
. It was mentioned that in the great recession , sales were down ; therefore ,1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 245 corporations were hurting
. I think it is a fact there that even though their sales were down , their profits were up at the same time
. That ' s a matter of public record
. Anybody can check that
. I ' m against granting the variance
. I just don ' t think that the benefits of granting the variance outweigh the cost
. I think the costs outweigh the benefits because how precious human life is
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Lindell Wenthe ; L
- i
- n -d
-e- l
- l W
-e- n -t
- h
-e . MR
. WENTHE : Lindell Wenthe
. I ' m a lifelong resident of Effingham County , Jasper County
. I started at Newton Energy Center 34 years ago . I live about four miles from the plant
. I think I live in God ' s country
. Now , that ' s opinion
. As an engineer , I like to let the data speak for itself
. I ' ve worked there 34 years . Each and every year , Newton Energy Center has met or exceeded all emission standards
. AER is a great environmental steward
. AER spent over a bill ion dollars for1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 246 emissions controls
. Newton Energy Center has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on our scrubbers
. AER could not have forecast the steep decline of market prices we ' ve seen over the last couple of years . Please grant this variance
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . J
. D
. Weaver? MR
. WEAVER : Chairman , ladies and gentlemen of the Pollution Control Board , thank you for giving us this opportunity to present today
. You know , coming up here today
. . . first of all , my name is J
. D
. Weaver
. I work at the Ameren facility in Duck Creek
. Prior to that , I worked at the Dynegy plant in Havana , Illinois
. In ' 94 I was laid off from there due to the economic conditions shutting units 1 through 5 down
. Six years later , I was fortunate enough to be employed with Ameren and have worked there for 12 years . Coming up here today , I didn ' t really think
- - I ' m not really a person to do public speaking but I thought I ' d probably be remiss if I didn ' t give my 5
-year-old boy a chance to say I did1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 247 everything I could to remain gainfully employed , and in doing that , I didn ' t really want to come up here with an "us versus them" mentality , but coming at the decision upon us from a team approach , at Ameren , we use the TEAM concept and use the acronym TEAM as "Together , everyone achieves more , " and in doing so , I wanted to try to put together maybe a common theme or some type of analogy that most people in this room can relate to or will relate to in their lives , and that is , all of us at some time will get a job or have a job and when they go out , they find their house of their dreams , whether it be in the city , a farm
. They go to the bank
. They borrow the money to help finance that dream , the American dream , and in doing so , they build , they upgrade , they fix up their house to make it the prettiest house on the block , the prettiest farm , the most productive farm , but sometimes there ' s circumstances that come about that are out of people ' s control
. The person may be in an accident
. That ' s not their fault
. A person may get a debilitating illness and a person may lose their job because their company moves , all of which are circumstances that they could not foresee or was out1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 248 of their control
. If that happened to that person , they would do the prudent thing
. They would go to the bank , to the loan officer , and they would try to restructure that loan , that debt obligation that they agreed to in order not to affect their credit rating , to do what ' s right , to do what you would do with integrity
. From a banker ' s standpoint , they would try to work with that person and try to maybe restructure the loan , try to work with him on his payments because they don ' t want that house in
an economy which they wouldn ' t be able to sell
. So in that case , working together was a win
-win approach
. This is really not about home ownership
. It ' s really about the situation we have at Ameren
. At Ameren in our coal
- fired facilities , we build our houses in Canton , Illinois , Duck Creek , Bartonville , E
. D
. Edwards , Newton , Coffeen and Joppa
. We ' ve upgraded those facilities
. We ' ve built that house
. We ' ve made it the best we can make it by spending over a billion dollars
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Sir , could1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 249 you maybe summarize? MR
. WEAVER : Exactly
. In doing that , we ' re not trying to
- - we ' ve done our part
. We ' ve tried to meet our obligations , and we ' re not skirting the issues
. We know our environmental obligation
. We ' re trying to achieve it , and for the people of the board , we ' re just asking you to be the banker ; to just give us the time so that the market can recover so the power prices that we ' re facing can get the cash flow to where we can afford to finish the scrubbers
. Thanks for your time and God bless
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Brad Beisner (B
-e- i
- s -n -e- r) ? MR
. BEISNER : My name is Brad Beisner
. I live in Robinson , Illinois
. I work at the Newton Power Station
. I ' ve worked for Ameren about 13 years . I worked at their Grand Tower Power Plant , their Hudsonville Power Plant , and their Newton Power Plant for about the last ten and a half years . I ' ve heard a lot of statements1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 250 today on varying opinions
. I ' ve got to agree with
one individually
. This is a very big picture
. It ' s kind of a tangled web of a lot of different views , but you guys have a really big decision to make , and I hope that you at least consider the variance simply for the fact of this is a company that has spent since 2006 over a billion dollars to do this , but you can ' t squeeze blood from a turnip
. If they don ' t have the money , they don ' t have the money . That ' s kind of a hard thing for me to say because I am the chairman of that unit which is represented by IBEW Local 702 out of West Frankfort , Illinois , so you don ' t ever want to say that , well , I agree with these guys that they probably don ' t have the money . They ' ve already told you they ' ve already spent over $230 million at Newton alone
. They ' re not asking you to suspend it indefinitely ; a variance of five years . If you don ' t like the five years , suggest something else
. Suggest three , two , something
. You ' ve got to find a compromise somewhere because if you hold a hard stance and they hold a hard stance , you could be in1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 251
a worse position , the state , the local communities affected by these three power plants , in a worse position than what you started if the plant is shut down
. Somebody made the comment earlier , you ' re still going to get the electricity but it won ' t be from Illinois , so you can have the strictest standards you want and strive for excellence and if you shut the companies down , there ' s going to be a company in a different state that doesn ' t have this standard
. So I ask that you consider the variance strongly and approve it
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Skip Moore
. MR
. MOORE : Hell o . My name is Skip Moore
. I ' m a certified welder for Newton Power Station
. I ' ve been there for 20 years . Previous to that , I was a boilermaker for 15 years , so I ' ve been around a little while , and in those 35 years there ' s been a lot of changes , I mean a lot environmentally
. Millions and millions of dollars spent to make this
a greener earth and a better place to live , so I ' m here to support this variance for Ameren
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 252 And I ' d like to also tell you , I do have asthma but I figured the good Lord give that to me . It wasn ' t something that was man-made
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Mi tch Seibert (S
-e- i
- b
-e- r-t) ? MR
. SEIBERT : My name is Mitch Seibert
. I ' m from Newton Power Plant
. I live in Teutopolis which is a small town close to Effingham
. I ' ve been with the company about ten years . Didn ' t work in a power plant before then
. Worked several different jobs
. Heard a lot of stories about power plants , a lot of stories about pollution
. I learned
a lot when I went to work for a power plant
. We pay very close attention to
our pollution every day
. As has been said , we spend
a lot of money . We also plan on spending more money . We ' re just asking for an opportunity to get
more time so we can stay cash positive in a very bad economy . I would request that the board give us the variance so that we can get what they want and what everybody else wants
. We want to meet compliance
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 253 I thank the board for giving
me the opportunity to speak
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Is there a Doug from Tazewell County? I cannot make out the last name . No Doug? Okay
. I have called all the names that are on my list
. Are there any more names back there , Connie? There were some people who may have left the room . Hi
. You ' re Joyce , right , Joyce Blumenshine? Come on . MS
. BLUMENSHINE : Thank you . My name is Joyce (J
-o-y-c-e) , last name Bl umenshi ne (B
- l
-u -m-e-n - s- h
- i
- n-e)
. I thank the Illinois Pollution Control Board , and I apologize I had to leave for another meeting and I came back
. I am the chair of the Heart of Illinois Sierra Club centered in Peoria although we have 17 counties which include Peoria County and Fulton County
. E
. D
. Edwards power plant is south1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 254 of Peoria , and our nearly 900 members in Heart of Illinois Sierra Club as part of the Greater Illinois Sierra Club are concerned about this plant
. I think a concern here that hasn ' t been mentioned is our worry in Peoria about possible nonattainment from additional pollution from E
. D
. Edwards , and also Duck Creek is in an adjacent county , in Fulton County
. We are downwind of there also
. The greater Peoria economy would suffer incredibly due to added sulfur and pollution if for some reason we were forced out of attainment
. It ' s not just the jobs at Joppa
. It could be jobs for the whole Peoria metro area if this variance would mean added pollution for us , and I hope that the scientists at the Pollution Control Board would look at the greater picture for what other communities have at risk from this variance
. Certainly , Ameren ' s economic statements appear inadequate and self
- serving to those of us in Peoria who see it just focused on their plans and not the greater picture of the economic survival of other companies and communities that could be harmed from this pollution
.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 255 Similarly , the health impacts did not seem to receive any attention , and that was outstandingly of great concern this morning hearing the leading spokesman for Ameren not address health
concerns at all
. For the Peoria area , the problems from asthma , heart attacks , etc
. , have been talked about by others speaker
. I won ' t go into that , but those are very real
. Those are social costs that are shouldered by the public and have been for decades upon decades , and it ' s not fair
. It ' s a cost that private companies get the profits and our entire social concerns for our people , we pay those costs
. Finally , a concern for our immediate area is the concern that Ameren claims for reducing sulfur dioxide
. During the variance seems strange to me . I ' m not a scientist
. I do again ask that the Pollution Control Board scientists please carefully evaluate that
. My understanding is that sulfur dioxide is most impacted within one hour
. The short term exposure is the greatest health
concern . I don ' t understand how averaging tens of1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 256 thousands and shifting this all around will actually help us who breathe that air
. Thank you very much
. I hope this variance is denied
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . I understand
- - what ' s your name , sir? MR
. SKATES : Chris Skates
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Would you please spell your last name? You can come speak
. I just want to get your name . Are you signed up? MR
. SKATES : I signed a paper . I don ' t know what happened to it
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Your
name is Chris what? MR
. SKATES : Skates . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : S
- k
-a-t
-e-s? MR
. SKATES : Yes
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Okay
. Go ahead
. MR
. SKATES : My name is Chris Skates , a chemist at Electric Energy in Joppa , Illinois , Joppa Generating Station
. I ' ve been there1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 257 18 years . This is not a choice for the board to make between those who like clean air and those who want their jobs and like dirty air
. That ' s a false premise
. We want to keep our jobs but we also care about clean air
. I ' ve got two children also
. I like my children to be healthy also
. My son has a respiratory problem , and he is outside
. We live within range of the plume of plant
. As a chemist , I would never expose my son to something I thought was going to harm him with his respiratory condition , but there ' s a far cry from saying that chemical is a toxin and saying it ' s a toxin at the levels that
we ' re emitting
. IEPA is a group of professionals
. They don ' t set the limits at the bare minimum so if we go over it by one tenth of a part per million people start to die
. They put a lot of cushion there so that they know the people
are protected
. So we ' re already meeting a limit that ' s safe for people , so it ' s sort of a false premise to say people are going to get massive1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 258
cases of asthma
. Likewise , these things are based on scientific studies and theories
. They may be very good theories supported by very good data , but that doesn ' t automatically make them a direct connection between our emissions and asthma
. If I thought that it did , I would not be working at the plant
. I would not be exposing my own children to those pollutants
. Also , the scrubbers as several have already said , we made this agreement on these rules based on earnings potential at that time
. The earnings potential changed in an unforeseen manner , and certainly the level that they changed was not foreseen , so now we ' re asking for an extension of that
. I do ask that you would support the extension , and I thank you for allowing
me to speak
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Thank you . Your name , sir? MR
. PIERSON : Mike Pierson (P
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-e- r-s -o- n)
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Michael ?1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 259 MR
. PIERSON : It ' s Mike
. I ' m a group supervisor of mechanics in maintenance services at Joppa Energy Station
. I ' ve been employed for around eight years . I live in Karnak , Illinois
. Everyone has heard about the economics of it
. I have a special needs child also
. We ' re not , like everyone has said , we ' re not here to deliberately do anything wrong . We do everything we can . Every morning of every day we meet and see what can we do , what can be better
. We meet the standards , and we continually strive to be even better than the standards
. That ' s just the way we are , and I hope you vote positive on this
. Thank you . HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Is there anybody else here who would like to speak? I don ' t see anyone so I believe we ' re finished with public comment but we ' re not quite done
. Let ' s go off the record for a moment
. (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. )1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 260 HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Let ' s go back on the record and we ' ll finish up here
. Ameren has advised us that
- - MS
. ANTONIOLLI : Carol , could we wait for one second and just talk about scheduling for the post
- hearing briefing? HEARING OFFICER WEBB : Sure
. Let ' s go off the record
. (Whereupon an off
-the
- record discussion transpired at this time
. ) HEARING OFFICER WEBB : We ' ll go back on the record
. Ameren has agreed to get us an expedited transcript in three business days
. As soon as the board receives that , we will get it linked on our website as quickly as possible
. The public comment deadline has been extended to August 10th
. Public comment must be filed in accordance with Section 101
. 628 of the board ' s procedural rules
. Petitioner ' s brief is due by August 15th , and the respondent or EPA ' s brief will1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 261 be due by August 20th
.The mailbox rule will not apply , and documents filed electronically are due by 4 : 30 p . m . on the due date
. Would Ameren like to make any closing statement? Would the Agency like to make any closing statement? MR
. RODRIGUEZ : No
. HEARING OFFICER WEBB : At this time , I will conclude the proceedings
. We stand adjourned , and I thank everyone for their participation and patience
. (Which were all of the proceedings held at this time
. )Page 262 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )SS. 2 COUNTY OF SANGAIVION) 3 4 CERTIFICATE 5 I, Laurel A. Patkes, Certified Shorthand
6 Reporter in and for said County and State, do hereby 7 certify that I reported in shorthand the foregoing 8 proceedings and that the foregoing is a true and 9 correct transcript of my shorthand notes so taken as 10 aforesaid.
11 I further certify that I am in no way 12 associated with or related to any of the parties -or 13 attorneys involved herein, nor am I financially 14 interested in this action. 15 Dated August 2, 2012. 16

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