Rep. Brad Halbrook | rephalbrook.com
Rep. Brad Halbrook | rephalbrook.com
The Illinois Senate adjourned its recent session without requesting a vote on the state’s contentious green-energy proposal.
Without the vote, Senate members delayed an extensive change of the state’s energy sector.
The proposed energy package introduces a demand for the state to go fully green by the year 2050. The proposal, if passed, would set shut-down dates for coal and natural gas plants.
Additionally, the proposal gives hundreds of millions in grants to Exelon’s nuclear plants and would add new funding for energy development and infrastructure projects.
Republican lawmakers have their own theories on why an energy bill couldn't be put together.
"Independent policy experts know this energy legislation is just a family feud in the Democrat party over the spoils of taxpayer and ratepayer money," Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Champaign) wrote in a Facebook post.
Wirepoints suggests failure of the bill would be good news for taxpayers and watchdog groups who "have no idea what’s really inside the non-transparent, 800-page-plus draft bill that has yet to be filed."
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