CLINTON, Ill. (WAND) — Hundreds of community members and labor leaders joined elected officials and employees from Constellation and Meta to celebrate the 20-year agreement that will secure the future of the Clinton Clean Energy Center , which provides power to over 800,000 homes.

The deal is meant to support Meta's clean energy goals and will expand Clinton’s clean energy output by 30 megawatts through plant uprates, preserve 1,100 high-paying local jobs, deliver $13.5 million in annual tax revenue and add $1 million in charitable giving to local nonprofits over five years, according to Constellation.

The Clinton Power Station was slated for closure on June 1, 2017 , until a bipartisan legislative effort created the Future Energy Jobs Act to ensure the Clinton Power Station would st

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