With a stroke of a pen, Pritzker makes energy less affordable in Illinois

Pritzker signs CRGA energy bill, costing consumers billions in higher energy rates. Governor JB Pritzker signed a controversial battery storage and energy omnibus bill into law last 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.

Illinois families and businesses need affordable, reliable energy. Democrats' new energy law will only raise rates on hardworking Illinoisans who are already struggling with high power bills.

State Representative Chris Miller issued this statement after the Governor signed SB25 into law:

"This isn't an energy bill; it's an environmental giveaway that gives power to unelected bureaucrats to raise energy rates in the future and believe me they will. Small businesses this past summer saw their electricity rates double and triple from last summer. Now, these lunatics are mandating more green scams that are forcing companies to close their doors and letting other companies know not to do business in the state of Illinois. One thing is clear, Pritzker and the Democrats don't care about Illinois citizens."

The business community is also speaking up after listening to Pritzker's lies and watching an energy crisis unfold in Illinois.

"A government-mandated full electrification policy would be a disaster for working families. It would wipe out thousands of good-paying union jobs, destabilize an already overburdened electric grid, and send energy bills through the roof-projected to increase more than 2,000 percent for businesses and consumers," said Jim Sweeney, President-Business Manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150. "There's a smarter path forward. We can reduce emissions without gutting the energy systems that millions of Illinoisans rely on every day. Keeping natural gas in the mix isn't just common sense-it's essential to protecting union jobs, maintaining grid reliability, and keeping energy affordable for working families."

Rep. Chris Miller Fights for Low Cost Energy