Archive for July 2022
ICJC Statement on the Illinois EPA’s Approval of New $1 Billion Polluting Gas Plant
Lincoln Land Energy Center will be dirty and expensive for Central Illinois families PAWNEE, IL – Today, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) issued an operating permit to EmberClear, a Texas-based company that went bankrupt in 2016, to build a new methane gas plant in Pawnee, Illinois. The permit will allow the Lincoln Land Energy Center, which…
Read MoreStatement of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition on MISO Approval of Transmission Upgrades
CHICAGO – On Monday, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) released the following statement after the MISO board meeting: “Today’s action to increase grid reliability and integrate more renewable energy and battery storage in MISO North is a desperately-needed positive step, but MISO must act faster to speed the conversion from dirty, expensive fossil fuels to clean, less…
Read MoreCEJA sponsors, consumer advocates blast foot-dragging by grid operator as energy prices spike
34 renewable projects capable of powering 4.5 million homes sit in MISO’s queue while the grid operator blames others, spreads fear. CHICAGO – On Thursday, Illinois legislative leaders and consumer advocates sharply criticized the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the multi-state entity that manages the generation and transmission of electricity across Central and Southern Illinois for…
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