'A major win': State orders power plant to remove toxic coal ash ponds along Waukegan lakefront

'A major win': State orders power plant to remove toxic coal ash ponds along Waukegan lakefront

A Midwest Generation plant, owned by NRG Energy along the lakefront in Waukegan, was closed in 2022 and the state has since ordered the company to remove coal ash ponds that remain at the site following a several-year-long legal battle. | Photo: Environmental Law & Policy Center A state panel has ordered a power company to remove toxic coal ash ponds along the lakefront in Waukegan following a years-long battle, which officials called a “major w…