SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) issued the following statement in response to the Governor’s decision to sign the controversial energy omnibus legislation from Veto Session into law:
“Governor Pritzker just signed an $8 billion rate hike into law and tried to call it an energy plan. This bill guarantees higher electric bills for families and small businesses while delivering nothing to improve reliability in the near term.
“This law gives special interest groups exactly what they asked for and sticks ratepayers with the cost. Instead of protecting consumers, Democrats built a system that rewards insiders, expands bureaucracy, and allows regulators to approve higher rates with fewer limits and less accountability.
“We warned for years that these extreme energy mandates would raise costs and weaken reliability. When those warnings became reality, the Governor and his party did not course correct. They doubled down and demanded families trust the same regulators who helped create this mess.
“This is a blatant power grab by the Pritzker Administration. Decisions about billions of dollars in rate increases will now be made behind closed doors by unelected officials, while working families are told to just accept higher bills and hope for the best.”
“This is not an energy plan. It is bigger government, higher costs, and less control for the people of Illinois.”
