Renewable energy cheated in uneasy coalition with Exelon nuclear, in Illinois
How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law, Inside Climate News
State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation.
By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-TimesMay 21, 2021
This article is the result of a partnership between Inside Climate News and the Chicago Sun-Times.
CHICAGO Just over five years ago, the Illinois Legislature passed a plan that aimed to build a solar power industry from scratch while saving thousands of jobs at two struggling nuclear plants.