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Juan Enrique Aguirre is a Democrat running for candidate for U.S. House 3rd District.

/ Advocates outside of the Illinois State Capitol lobby for an energy omnibus bill that would subsidize the states nuclear plants. The language in a comprehensive energy bill aimed at moving Illinois to a carbon-free future has undergone a multitude of revisions, yet the foundation of equity within the bill has remained mostly untouched throughout the process. Nearly 50 legislators identifying themselves as the “green caucus” expressed their motives in a letter to the governor – no clima...

Governor J.B. Pritzker has proposed a massive energy bill, the Consumers and Climate First Act, that includes ...

Print this article The fate of at least two, and possibly three, unprofitable nuclear plants in Illinois are hanging in the balance after the state’s Democratic Legislature adjourned this week without an agreement on subsidizing the reactors to keep them alive. The Legislature is expected to return later this month to close the deal, as Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, legislators, environmental groups, and labor unions are motivated to preserve thousands of jobs associated with the plants and...

Nearly 50 legislators identifying as the Illinois Legislative Green Caucus signed a letter Wednesday asking leadership to make equity and utility accountability the foundation of an energy overhaul bill expected

Nearly 50 legislators identifying as the Illinois Legislative Green Caucus signed a letter this week, asking leadership to make equity and utility

Getty Images In his recent column, Joe Cahill asserts that the Consumer & Climate First Act that has been introduced in Springfield is not good for consumers because it doesnt require ComEd to compensate them as a result of its past conduct ("Pritzker lets ComEd get away with it," May 6). What that bill and others do is require an audit of ComEds past work on the power grid, the idea being that we should first evaluate the work before we claim it was bad. In contrast, Cahills column assumes tha...

Courtesy of NREL. Additionally, based on current electricity consumption patterns in the state, a local solar and battery storage strategy deployed on this scale would shave $15 off Illinois households’ monthly electricity bills by 2030 and $39 off by 2050. Several different pieces of legislation, including Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s energy bill, the Consumers and Climate First Act, are under consideration, and the solar industry is hopeful that the Illinois legislature will act on...

SPRINGFIELD – As Illinois lawmakers continue to push for the passage of an energy overhaul this spring, the Illinois House Energy and Environment Committee discussed the latest proposal to enter the discussion – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Consumers and Climate First Act. House Bill 4074, sponsored by Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, was brought before committee for discussion only. Pritzker’s 900-page proposal was released at the end of April with the goal of transitioning Illinois to...

Consumers and Climate First Act: “ISG is encouraged by the Governor’s actions in proposing to decarbonize fuels by using biodiesel blends, and we support the minimum biodiesel blend of 20% set for all diesel fuel sold in Illinois. This would achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,” says Kindred.  “Illinois’ 43,000 soybean farmers are proud to produce Illinois grown energy that supports essential agribusiness and provides for a cleaner burning fuel that results in b...