Chicago Sun-Times editorial board urges Illinois to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act. | Adobe Stock
Chicago Sun-Times editorial board urges Illinois to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act. | Adobe Stock
An editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times is pushing legislators to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) as quickly as possible.
“It’s time for the Legislature to get charged up about passing a comprehensive energy bill that would help the environment, assist ratepayers, benefit communities that need jobs and help workers displaced by the shift from fossil fuels,” the Sun-Times editorial said. “Illinois has not only gone over the so-called solar cliff, but it has also crashed on the ground like Wile E. Coyote.”
The editorial added that because CEJA has not been enacted promptly, payments are at risk of being stalled for installations that have already been started, and other projects won’t get off the ground.
“Illinois has missed the window to protect ratepayers from unnecessarily paying higher power bills to support fossil fuel companies,” the Sun-Times editorial said. “The Trump administration is the culprit, but it will take years to unwind that on the federal level. CEJA would throw ratepayers a lifeline more quickly.”
The editorial said that passing CEJA would assure equitable jobs and lower electric bills while also holding utility companies more accountable.
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