Utilities

Crews are working to reconnect customers

Ameren Illinois spokesman Tucker Kennedy on how the rate hike will help the utility meet the State's goal of achieving 100% reneweable energy.

An unexpected freeze in the south last year, and other factors are contributing to the spike.

With talks between labor and environmental groups at an impasse, and with the clock ticking on the impending closure of two nuclear plants in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker this week urged lawmakers to quickly take up the “compromise” package he put forth in June.

The language in a comprehensive energy bill aimed at moving Illinois to a carbon-free future has undergone a multitude of revisions, yet the foundation of equity within the bill has remained mostly untouched throughout the process.

With two more days until the scheduled adjournment of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session, negotiations on a high-stakes deal to steer...

Nearly 50 legislators identifying as the Illinois Legislative Green Caucus signed a letter this week, asking leadership to make equity and utility…

After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations…

Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration released a revised plan for how to spend the state’s share of a multi-billion dollar Volkswagen settlement, which found…

Members of a state Senate committee sharply criticized a recent audit of Exelon’s nuclear power plant operations that suggested ratepayers may need to…