text: On August 5, 2010, the DOE announced a retooling of the FutureGen project, dubbed FutureGen 2.0.  The revised plan includes retrofitting a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Meredosia, Illinois to demonstrate advanced oxy-combustion technology, and piping the carbon dioxide 175 miles to Mattoon for underground storage.  Due to these changes, leaders in Mattoon decided to drop out of the FutureGen project.
  The Illinois sites vying for the underground storage portion of the project were in Christian, Douglas, Fayette, and Morgan counties, after sites in Adams and Pike counties were cut in December 2010.  In February 2011, Morgan County was chosen for the sequestration site.
  In Sept, 2014 FutureGen received the first-ever EPA permits for four class VI carbon dioxide sequestration wells in Morgan County, with plans to store 1.1 million metric tons per year for 20 years.
  Also in 2014 FutureGen survived a lawsuit from Illinois Electric utility ComEd, which challenged the state's ability to impose a surcharge on all customers to pay for FutureGen electricity.
  According to critics, including the Illinois Policy Institute, the plan presents major environmental and fiscal pitfalls.