{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Citizens Utility Board","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org","title":"The Climate & Equitable Jobs Act | Citizens Utility Board","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dXwadQLuOV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/climate-and-equitable-jobs-act\/\">The Climate &#038; Equitable Jobs Act<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/climate-and-equitable-jobs-act\/embed\/#?secret=dXwadQLuOV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Climate &#038; Equitable Jobs Act&#8221; &#8212; Citizens Utility Board\" data-secret=\"dXwadQLuOV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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If implemented correctly, this 900-page law could be a national model on how states can fight the most devastating and expensive consequences of climate change while controlling costs for energy customers. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;What does CEJA do?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]The Climate &amp; Equitable Jobs Act\u2026 Moves Illinois to 100 percent carbon-free power by 2045. Expands energy efficiency and other cost-saving opportunities for consumers. Implements the toughest utility ethics standards in state history. Launches a major expansion of cleaner, more affordable modes of transportation. Implements equity programs that help bring benefits of the clean energy economy to all communities. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1475699797969{background-color: #0f4b91 !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;What are the main components of CEJA?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]Cost-Saving Measures: Sets the stage for lower \u201ccapacity\u201d charges, hidden fees on our electric bills that pay big generators for reserve power. ComEd customers pay too much for capacity: about $1.7 billion a year, much of that to support fossil fuels. But federal regulators are reforming the system to support cleaner energy, so CEJA\u2019s historic expansion of low-cost clean energy opens the door to lower capacity costs. Extends electric energy efficiency programs beyond a 2030 end-date mandated by past legislation. Those programs have already saved consumers billions. Requires utilities to pass through the savings from recent federal corporate tax cuts over the next few years, rather than the decades the utilities favored. Creates a process for state regulators to consider a new low-income rate and prohibits late fees and customer deposits for lower-income customers. Utility Accountability Reforms: Replaces the unfair formula-rate system with a rate-setting system that provides more oversight by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Launches a long-range, inclusive and transparent planning process to cost-effectively clean up the power-grid. The ICC will develop performance and tracking metrics and incentives to get electric utilities to prioritize pro-consumer benefits like cost-effective investment and affordability. Creates an independent ethics monitor, hired by the ICC, to help watchdog utilities. Major utilities must have a compliance officer at their headquarters to ensure the companies are following ethics guidelines\u2014 including restrictions on utility lobbying\u2014and cooperating with the independent monitor. Requires public officials to disclose if immediate family members work for utilities. Prohibits ComEd from forcing customers to pay for any criminal penalties associated with its corruption scandal that was uncovered in 2020. Promoting cleaner, more affordable transportation: Increases support for electric transportation, aiming to put 1 million battery-powered cars and trucks on the road by 2030. Includes incentives for electrifying public transit, school buses and city-owned vehicles. Creates rebates of up to $4,000 for customers who buy electric vehicles. Promotes creative programs such as EV car-sharing and lower-income EV rebates. Requires utilities to launch ICC-approved programs to help ensure that the electrification of transportation is done in a way that benefits all consumers, not just those who own EVs. Promoting clean, affordable energy: Achieves a carbon-free power grid by 2045, closing all fossil-fuel power plants. Increases support for renewable energy to reach 40 [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CUB_IL_LogoBadgeRGBAdminLogo.png","thumbnail_width":254,"thumbnail_height":254}