Energy

Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state

The Whiteside County Board has approved a special-use permit for a proposed solar farm at McCue and West LeFevre roads, where Nexamp Solar LLC wants to build the LeFevre Road Solar Project.

Southern Will County residents are trying to stop 3,600 acre solar energy complex.

Polo City Council members on Tuesday voted unanimously to enter a three-year contract with Constellation as the city’s aggregated energy supplier for pumping and street lighting.

Joliet Township High School District 204 estimates the transition to solar panels will save the district an estimated $5 million and conserve the equivalent of 416,948 gallons of gas over the next 25 years.

Households already disconnected or that have a disconnection notice within seven days also can apply for assistance.

The Multi-Family Energy Savings program run by ComEd and Nicor Gas helped the housing agency save DeKalb County property owners money on energy-saving home improvements, officials said.

Joliet Electrical Training Center provides new facilities for apprentices who want to pursue careers as electricians. Training mixes traditional with new sustainable energy tech.

Constellation Nuclear announced the creation of the Chris Crane High School to Work program at the Joliet Junior College main campus.

The Will County Center for Community Concerns has announced eligibility requirements and application rules for funding through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

200-foot turbine was inoperable and brought down Wednesday, Sept. 4.

Constellation Energy Generation got its wish Tuesday night when the Ogle County Board voted to rezone 524 acres of land around the Byron Generating Station.

Support for Constellation Energy Generation’s request to rezone 524 acres of land around the Byron Generating Station is split. Constellation is asking that 10 land parcels be rezoned to I-1 Industrial and for a text amendment to allow data centers as special-uses in I-1 zones.

Public hearing Wednesday at Joliet Junior College for plan to cap decades of coal waste in Lincoln Stone Quarry.

The owners of Byron Generating Station earned a pass from the Ogle County Zoning Board of Appeals to rezone 524 acres of land around the plant.

The $30 million facility in Bolingbrook is expected to open some time between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 following the buildout of the existing site.

A meeting to hear a request to rezone 596.33 acres of land around the Byron Generating Station was postponed Tuesday night to allow for the completion of further documentation.

Illinois Municipal Electric Agency is urging St. Charles and other Illinois municipalities to enter into a new power sales contract that would extend the agreement through May 2055.

ComEd has informed Geneva the recent outages on the west side have been caused by trees and wildlife. The outages have lasted less than one minute.

Currently, there are under 900 electric vehicles registered in Kendall County and less than 94,000 in the State of Illinois, according to statistics from the Illinois Secretary of State.

Yorkville Planning and Zoning Commission members heard a presentation from petitioners and held a public hearing for a third solar farm in the city at their April 10 meeting.

Natural gas is fueling a fight between consumer advocates, a powerful utility company and the state

Oswego village trustees want Turning Point Energy to provide more details on its plans to build a community solar farm near the village, including what kind of screening it will provide to shield future residents.

State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state’s climate goals – and 5.4 million electric customers’ monthly bills – after rejecting previous versions late last year.

Chicago-based solar company Nexamp is proposing the development of Corneils Road Solar, LLC, a community solar farm just north of Yorkville city limits.

A controversial proposal that would grant electric utilities more control over the construction of transmission lines is being revived in Springfield.

The first of two public hearings before the Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals regarding what could be the largest solar facility in Illinois is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 20.

The Illinois Finance Authority commercial property assessed clean-energy program was established for Mount Carroll last month. Its purpose is to make renovating or constructing buildings for a clean-energy economy more affordable for local businesses.

Developers for what could be the largest solar facility in Illinois are set to come before the Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals in February regarding the project’s second phase.

Woodstock District 200 voted to repeal approving a solar farm at Woodstock North

McHenry County sought to regulate solar farms with a set of conditions but, after being sued, is now repealing them.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program is now open to all income-eligible households, and state Sen. Mary Edly-Allen is urging eligible families to apply to receive assistance with natural gas, propane and electricity bills.

The Wilton Center substation will be expanded to accommodate wind and solar projects, ComEd said in a news release.

The Grundy County Board took the advice of the Land Use committee on Tuesday night when it approved an extension for the Greenbacker Renewable Energy solar farm project located south of Dupont Road between Buffalo and Verona.

Five Midwestern states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin – are lagging behind other states when it comes to renewable energy, a new study from environmental organization The Nature Conservancy reports.

Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would lift Illinois’ nuclear ban beginning in 2026 – but only for reactors that have an output of 300 megawatts or less.

Representatives of Ameren Illinois, which would have gained a lucrative first crack at constructing new transmission lines, said they were concerned about other companies underbidding in order to be selected for a project, then running over cost and behind schedule

The Byron Generating Station, located about 90 miles west of Chicago, is one of six nuclear plants in Illinois.

The Byron Generating Station is one of six nuclear plants in Illinois.

State Senator Rachel Ventura is encouraging all eligible people to apply to this year’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help with utility costs.

Application for LIHEAP program starts next week.

A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that Chicago electric company Commonwealth Edison improperly raised customer bills this summer.

The village of Cary is offering renewable energy for residents to use with no changes to their current ComEd rates.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission line construction.

Thomas Edison’s pioneering incandescent light bulb, which cast illumination by heating a filament until it glowed, is fading into history

Millions of Illinoisans could see higher energy bills next year, but the size of those increases will be determined by a state agency that has recently had its oversight powers expanded.

In the final hours of their spring session last week, lawmakers approved a controversial measure that would give existing power companies in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the first crack at installing new transmission lines.

Victor Hanson won the DuPage County-wide competition that encourages students to submit entries based on the tenets of sustainable design, which is focused on making construction more environmentally friendly and economically viable.

Illinois Community Solar program 'democratizes' access to solar energy.

In 2021, five states – California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois – made up nearly half of all U.S. shipment destinations for solar panels, which reached a record high of 28.8 million peak kilowatts that year.