Overview
- SB 25, the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, cleared both chambers and is now on Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk, with the governor pledging to sign as supporters cite rising bills and data center–driven demand.
- The bill sets 3 GW targets for energy storage and solar, launches statewide Virtual Power Plant and Time-of-Use pricing programs, and adds planning and permitting tools to improve grid reliability.
- Illinois Shines reopens and expands by 873 MW for the 2025–26 year, with unused prior-year capacity shifted to wait-listed projects that missed the upcoming lottery.
- The package adds roughly $250 per kWh of nameplate storage as a community-solar incentive and updates Renewable Portfolio Standard revenues for inflation to better align incentives with costs.
- Lawmakers lift the moratorium on new large nuclear plants and redirect a phasing nuclear subsidy to clean energy, while an Illinois Power Agency analysis projects a surcharge starting in 2030 to fund about $1 billion in costs that could yield more than $13 billion in 20-year consumer savings.