The Illinois Senate will be back in session Tuesday to take up the governor’s proposed energy deal. The House will be in on Wednesday. This is not a special session, which means lawmakers could continue to approve measures they didn’t resolve before leaving the capital city ten days ago. But, any legislation with an immediate start date would require three-fifths approval of each chamber.
Illinois lawmakers are poised to approve a bill with nearly $700 million in subsidies over five years for nuclear power while shutting down coal-fired plants by 2035 and natural gas power by 2045. A Pritzker administration memo published by a political blog outlines what is expected to be an 800-page measure. The proposal also has $4,000 subsidies for electric vehicle consumers with a goal to get 1 million electric cars on Illinois roads by 2030.
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