NEIS ACTION ALERT – UPDATE 10/21/25
GOV. PRITZKER AND LEGISLATURE BACK NEW ILLINOIS NUKES
Last chance to take action!
Urge the Governor, elected officials to OPPOSE SB1527 AND REMOVE LANGUAGE from any bill promoting nuclear moratorium repeal
Fall Legislative Session dates: Oct. 28-30
Greetings Safe-energy Champions –
We’re down to the wire. Next Tuesday thru Thursday are the concluding days of the Fall Legislative Session. This is your last chance to contact the Governor and your state legislators to tell them, in no uncertain terms – no new nuclear plants in Illinois; preserve the nuclear moratorium!
The bill SB1527 is a stand alone moratorium repeal bill. SB25, House Amendment 2 contains moratorium repeal language on page 534. Both would result in allowing construction of LARGE and so-called ADVANCED nuclear power plants. Unfortunately, this omnibus bill SB25 also contains many positive energy programs that the environmental community wants, making full opposition to this bill undesirable and problematic.
More reactors create more radioactive waste, threaten the CEJA the renewable energy goals; and create further bottlenecks constricting renewables access to the already overcrowded and antiquated transmission grid. And of course – these reactors would ultimately be paid for by YOU, the ratepayer and taxpayer, through rate hikes and future expected subsidies.
Last call — it’s up to us – you and NEIS – to stop this nuclear juggernaut.
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO STOP THE PRO-NUCLEAR FORCES FROM SABOTAGING RENEWABLES AND INCREASING ILLINOIS’ RADIOACTIVE WASTE HAZARD!
THE MESSAGE FOR YOUR OFFICIALS AND ENVIRO COLLEAGUES:
- OPPOSE SB1527 AND REMOVE language from any bill promoting nuclear moratorium repeal or new nuclear plants.
- Call for the creation of a “citizens nuclear oversight panel,” using as an initial template HB5630 from the 2024 Legislative session, introduced by Rep. Lilian Jimenez.
- Call for creation of just transition legislation to protect reactor communities and workers from the economic disruption of eventual nuclear plant closure.
- Support the CEJA goals of more renewables, efficiency, energy storage and improved transmission found in the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, SB25.
- If you are a member of an environmental, E/J or consumer organization, ask that group to publicly endorse these goals, and oppose nuclear moratorium repeal.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: FINAL WEEK OF THE SESSION. ACT NOW!!
- Contact your state Rep and Senator , using the messages above. Find yours and get contact info by clicking this link, and following the instructions. Be polite, but assertive: Let them know that Illinois’ energy future is extremely important to you, and that you don’t want any new nuclear to be a part of it.
- Deluge Governor Pritzker’s Comments page on his website; send a letter to him in Springfield and Chicago, letting him know that you do not want more nuclear plants in Illinois’ energy future; or call hIs office: 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831; Chicago: 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
Even if you’ve already done it, do it one last time! Visit the NEIS website for more details, NEIS’ testimony, and arguments against the Moratorium repeal and SMNRs. Share this with friends and family, and ask them to take action too.
The remaining days of the Legislative Session are Oct. 28-30. Legislators will be back home the week of Oct. 20-24. Visit their office, and tell them what you want: NO moratorium repeal!
Thanks in advance for your efforts. Be well, keep on doing.
–Your Safe-Energy NEIS Team–
GOV. PRITZKER SAMPLE LANGUAGE: (cut and paste into your e-messages or the Governor’s Comments page; send to addresses on his contact page.)
I write to urge you: do NOT sign any legislation that allows for more nuclear plants in Illinois, or repeals the nuclear moratorium.
You’ve reportedly said, “I’m hell-bent on removing the moratorium on new nuclear energy production.” This enormous mistake jeopardizes the goals of CEJA, and threatens the health and safety of the public, the economy and the environment.
Recent Trump Administration Executive Orders 1.) eviscerate the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff and authority; 2.) put hasty nuclear construction before safety; 3.) further restrict public input in new reactor building. NRC also seeks to weaken public radiation exposure standards. Trump recently gutted the nation’s radioactive waste review board. DOE is proposing using weapons-usable plutonium in future reactor fuel rods.
All this while no solutions are proposed for radioactive waste disposal; just transitions for nuclear communities; and transmission connection for renewables.
Clearly, with this reduction in nuclear safety, now is NOT the time for more nuclear plants. Preserve Illinois nuclear moratorium.
Thank you for your consideration.
