By: Diane Benjamin
Update to this story: https://blnnews.com/2026/10/07/know-what-this-is-2/
That story shows the beginnings of high voltage transmission lines running to a new battery storage facility near Ellsworth.
This is what is looks like now. These HUGE poles runs east and west of Leroy-Lexington blacktop for what looks like miles:
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Note how much taller they are than the other towers that used to look tall.
Corn Belt has a small solar field with battery storage. They predict the batteries will provide 6 hours of power when needed: https://www.cbpower.coop/filesimages/Watts%20Watt%20Newsletters/OctWattsWatt2022.pdf
Illinois thinks they can provide electricity for the whole state with projects like this. Sure.
Elections have consequences, this is one of them. Your tax dollars at work.
The previous story about Connect Transit abandoning EV buses sheds some light on this story. Pie-in-the-sky government transportation regulation requires tax payers to shell out billions on technologies that end up crashing and burning.
What is the total price taxpayers pay for politicians and gullible dumbocrats to appear to be virtuous? How many trillions will it take for 100% renewable energy by 2035 with enough battery backup for when the sun and wind decide not to cooperate?