• The arbitrary closure of Prairie State and Springfield’s CWLP. Taking these reliable sources of baseline power will impact electricity reliability, and will cause an enormous financial impact to those communities who rely on it for power.

• Emission limits on gas peaker plants will force the closure of plants that are essential to meeting peak demand when our most sensitive residents need it the most. These plants only operate when the grid needs those facilities to meet exceptional demand, and their closure will lead to outages and extreme exposures inside residents’ homes during heat waves.

• As mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, the "U.K. has leaned on wind power as it aims to slash carbon emissions," and as a result, they are facing higher energy costs due to the "sudden slowdown in wind-driven electricity." Power intensive companies suffer the greatest from the price increases which are induced by bad legislation and governance.

• Electricity generation and steam production for industrial or commercial users for on-site use would be shut down. This would subject businesses that are currently able to provide for their own energy needs to paying the increased energy costs associated with this bill, but also and more significantly, force industries that rely on steam for their operations to shut down.

• A second enormous subsidy for Exelon, not even five years after the last enormous subsidy. The Chamber appreciates the need to support nuclear energy generation in Illinois, but further controls, such as the Senate’s efforts to limit this new subsidy in the event the federal government takes similar action, independent audits to verify financial need, and claw-backs in the event these plants are profitable are critical.

• With the costs of this omnibus energy package soaring, controlling the overall program costs by eliminating questionable new spending contained in a host of new programs is essential.