Davidsmeyer calls CRGA a ‘Green Energy Giveaway’ with guaranteed rate increases costing Illinois consumers $7 billion

Governor JB Pritzker signed a controversial battery storage and energy omnibus bill into law Thursday. Senate Bill 25, also known as CRGA, is another example of flawed green energy policies that Illinois ratepayers are already all too familiar with.

Pritzker's signing of SB 25 comes on the heels of a study released last month by three state agencies that detailed the 'credible risk' of electricity shortages across Illinois within the next five years.

State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville), the GOP Spokesperson on the House Public Utilities Committee, spoke in opposition to SB 25 when it was passed during the fall Veto Session and 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.

"Senate Bill 25 is a guaranteed rate increase that does nothing to increase energy production. The Democrats' Green Energy Giveaway passes on $7 billion of costs to Illinois families and businesses for unproven battery storage projects.

"Their 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. It's time to end these Green Energy Giveaways and power Illinois with reliable energy sources, including coal, natural gas, and nuclear power."