ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE STRENGTHENED CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ACT TO AID IN COVID RECOVERY & CALL FOR REFORMS OF COMED, ALL UTILITIES

By Matt Steffen | August 5, 2020 |

CEJA Would Create Thousands of Jobs, Billions of Clean Energy Private Investment & End Utility Handouts Chicago — As Illinois faces an economic and public health crisis, a racial and economic justice crisis, and a crisis of utility corruption, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition announced a strengthened version of the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA),…

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CEJA: Stronger than dirty energy

By Matt Steffen | August 5, 2020 |

By Ted Cox | One Illinois And stronger than ever as sponsors, activists cheer key changes, push for passage this fall Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the…

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Clean Energy Advocates Hope to Capitalize on ComEd Backlash

By Matt Steffen | August 5, 2020 |

Amanda Vinicky | WTTW Efforts for a major energy overhaul that stalled with the coronavirus were further waylaid when in mid-July, prosecutors charged Commonwealth Edison with bribery. A coalition of advocates says rather than be timid, legislators need to approve a clean energy plan now more than ever. They’re seizing the opportunity of the Springfield…

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Clean Jobs Coalition pushing for utility ethics mandates

By Matt Steffen | August 5, 2020 |

By Marilyn Lynch | The State Journal-Register A coalition of environmental, business and faith groups is calling for legislation that would make the ethics reform measures recently imposed on utility giant Commonwealth Edison apply to all utilities in Illinois, with enforcement from an independent entity such as the Illinois Commerce Commission. “Like people all across…

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