Governor Pritzker Vetoes Dangerous Nuclear Moratorium Repeal Bill
CHICAGO—Much to the surprise of many, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker today vetoed SB76, a bill that was introduced to repeal the long-standing 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium. Read more
“Illinois Just Got ‘Nuked’”
This afternoon the Illinois House passed legislation to strip away a long-standing and effective means of protecting Illinois from excessive radiation hazard and abuse when it repealed the 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium. Read more
Call your State Rep before April 18th, urging opposition to SB0076, a bill that repeals Illinois nuclear reactor construction moratorium Read more
“Nuclear war” has broken out in Illinois – one that could result in the devastation of our economy and sabotaging of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) renewable energy goals of 100% renewable energy by 2050. Read more
Illinois’ Energy Legislation Due for Completion This Week
Your LAST Chance to Tell Them What You Want!
7 competing bills; over 3,500 pages of competing legislation!
This week (May 10, 2021) the Illinois Legislature will determine the energy fate of Illinois for years to come.
We have long understood that the Illinois energy legislation that will be acted upon in 2021 will be an amalgam of pieces from the numerous proposed bills. Currently these bills cumulatively amount to between 3,000-4,000 pages of text. Except for discussion about bailouts, nuclear power is again excluded from detailed examination, significant nuclear-related issues have been ignored, and nuclear critics have been left out of direct discussions. Read more
NEIS sent the following today to Illinois state and federal legislators, as well as to its entire media list. We share it with you now:
We hope that this latest installment of our energy transformation series finds you well, and as you wind down towards the end of the Spring legislative session, that your work is successful.
Former NRC Chair Greg Jaczko
We share with you a critically important op-ed that appeared today in the Washington Post, written by the former Chairperson of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) – Dr. Gregory Jaczko. (before proceeding here, please read his article, “I oversaw the U.S. nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned.”).
Currently, there are a number of major pieces of energy legislation before the Legislature: CEJA, the Exelon Bill, the ComEd/Ameren Bill, Path to 100, maybe more. Realistically, no single bill from this group will or should pass before the end of this Spring legislative session; and in all probability, a large, omnibus energy bill in the Fall Veto Session is the most likely outcome. Read more
