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PRESS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday October 30, 2025   Consumer advocate urges Illinois Senate to put breaks on legislation increasing electrical rates   Illinois House adopts bill guaranteeing higher rates for energy consumers but benefits special interest groups     Springfield, IL -- Leading Illinois consumer advocate the Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers (“IIEC”) issued the following statement after the rushed approval by the Illinois House Wednesday of the

STATEMENT ON ICJC PRESS CONFERENCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 28, 2025   IIEC urges legislators to delay vote on Omnibus legislation to understand negative cost impacts IIEC calls on the Legislature to delay the vote on the Energy Omnibus bill and hold public hearings to fully understand the real costs and possible future impacts to consumers Springfield, IL -- Phillip Golden, Chairman of a leading consumer advocacy group, called on the Illinois legislature Tuesday to delay a

Oct. 20, 2025 Dear Members of the Illinois General Assembly, The Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers (IIEC) requests you vote “NO” or “PRESENT” on the Energy Omnibus Bill during the Fall Veto Session. In short, the current version of the Energy Omnibus is a multi-billion-dollar proposal,  which: Ø  Unnecessarily rushes implementation without sufficient consideration of the financial risk to utility rate payers as this legislation will not even take effect until June 1, 2026

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 8, 2025    Chicago, IL – The proposed Energy Omnibus Bill will increase rates over the rest of this decade as Illinois families and businesses toil under higher utility costs.  “The only result guaranteed in the Energy Omnibus bill is higher rate caps that will increase costs for the rest of the decade.  At a time when household budgets are already under strain, intentionally raising consumers’ utility costs is deeply concerning,” said

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 Chicago, IL – The Illinois Legislature should not rush to approve a battery energy storage proposal that guarantees out-of-state battery companies a 20-year profit paid for by Illinois utility customers, a leading energy ratepayer advocacy association said Wednesday. Phillip Golden, chairman of the Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers, a group of over 20 of the largest businesses in the state whose members employ tens

At the House Executive Committee hearing on September 25th, IIEC testified that the current energy omnibus bill guarantees 20 years of...

On September 18th, the IIEC testified before the Illinois Senate Energy & Public Utilities Committee regarding Senate Bill 40 as amended,...

Senate Bill 2689 filed by Senator Willie Preston (D-16) offers a clear path forward to growing energy storage in Illinois to promote a...

IIEC Comments on Illinois Commerce Commission Energy Storage Workshops The final Illinois Commerce Commission Report is available here .

IIEC and Illinois Chamber of Commerce Joint Comments on the future of Resource Adequacy in Illinois (more information available at...