Davidsmeyer on Projected Energy Shortfalls: “End the Green Energy Fantasies and Power Illinois with Reliable Energy Sources”

A newly released study by three state agencies has detailed the 'credible risk' of electricity shortages across Illinois within the next five years.

The 2025 Resource Adequacy Study by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Illinois Commerce Commission warns that "conditions create a credible risk of regional capacity shortfalls that will impact Illinois' future ability to import power during critical hours and may cause reliability issues in Illinois even if Illinois market zones have enough capacity to meet their [resource adequacy] requirements as determined by [PJM and MISO]."

State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville), the GOP Spokesperson on the House Public Utilities Committee, has repeatedly warned that Illinois' flawed energy policies would lead to energy shortages and skyrocketing electric bills for Illinois consumers.

"In 2016, the General Assembly passed the Future Energy Jobs Act. In 2021, they passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. During 2025's Veto Session, the Democrat majority passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act. All the while, they promised their green energy initiatives would ensure reliability and bring costs down for consumers," said Rep. Davidsmeyer.

"The Democrat majority has doubled and now tripled down on bad, unrealistic energy policy. They haven't provided even an inkling of a plan on how to keep the lights on. Meanwhile, downstate is littered with windmills and solar panels that are unreliable, unproductive, and subsidized by taxpayers and increased electric rates.

"This radical political agenda has crippled our power generation capacity, directly leading to the energy crisis we are facing today. Illinois needs to go back to the drawing board to change our failing energy policies. We must end these green energy fantasies and power Illinois with reliable energy sources, including coal, natural gas, and nuclear power."