Editorial: A self-inflicted energy crisis is brewing in northern Illinois thanks to Springfield. Fix it.

Editorial: A self-inflicted energy crisis is brewing in northern Illinois thanks to Springfield – Chicago Tribune*

"Here’s the reality increasingly emerging from CEJA’s ill-conceived targeting of gas-fired peakers: Carbon-emitting plants the law slates for near-term mothballing instead are remaining open for nearly two more decades. Meanwhile, Chicago-area power-delivery customers of Commonwealth Edison by and large soon won’t be benefiting any longer from the juice they generate. Instead, that electricity will support growing needs outside of Chicagoland, p…

Editorial: A self-inflicted energy crisis is brewing in northern Illinois thanks to Springfield. Fix it.

A yawning loophole in Gov. JB Pritzker's landmark clean energy law needs to be closed.