{"id":32003,"date":"2021-07-26T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/?p=32003"},"modified":"2021-07-28T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:59:05","slug":"working-for-historic-energy-legislation-in-springfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/26\/working-for-historic-energy-legislation-in-springfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Working for historic energy legislation in Springfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

Negotiations to pass legislation that would secure clean, affordable energy for Illinois and hold utilities accountable have been extended in Springfield, and at press time, negotiators were hopeful a strong bill could be passed this year, if not before the end of the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank the CUB supporters who have sent thousands of messages to Springfield leaders in favor of strong clean energy legislation,\u201d CUB Executive Director David Kolata said. \u201cWe appreciate your patience\u2014we\u2019re closer than ever to passing a strong, pro-consumer energy bill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

How did we get here? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For two-and-a-half years, CUB has fought for strong clean energy legislation called the Clean Energy Jobs Act, or CEJA. The ComEd corruption scandal ramped up efforts to pass the bill. At the heart of the scandal, the company won an unfair \u201cformula\u201d rate-setting process that has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in rate hikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

CEJA was one of a handful of energy bills proposed in 2021. As negotiations continued, Gov. J.B. Pritzker championed a compromise proposal that shared many provisions with the bill CUB supported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do we like the compromise proposal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposal would:<\/span><\/p>\n