Archive for August 2023

“On behalf consumers and families across the state, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition thanks Governor Pritzker for his amendatory veto of legislation that had granted Ameren a monopoly and risked them raising costs on their customers. As written, Ameren’s “Right of First Refusal” legislation (House Bill 3445) would have given a big handout to the big…

CHICAGO – Four Illinois members of Congress highlighted the extraordinary gains made by three Illinois clean energy companies due in part to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest piece of federal legislation ever to address climate change, signed by President Biden on August 16, 2022. The IRA is creating good-paying jobs, lowering energy costs, and creating opportunity in…

Measure Would be First Step in Long-Term Transition Away from Gas as Utility Rakes in Record Profits, Pushes Record Rate Hike, and Evidence Grows of Health Dangers Connected to Gas CHICAGO – With Peoples Gas enjoying record profits for the sixth consecutive year while trying to force Chicago families to pay a record rate hike as…