By Clara Summers, Campaign Manager Consumers for a Better Grid (a project of CUB) It’s been a busy summer advocating for electric customers at PJM, a power grid operator that controls the flow of electricity over big transmission lines that stretch across northern Illinois and all or parts of a…...
Illinois Legislators Join the Push for Greater Grid Transparency with HB4747
Legislators from five states are joining together to introduce legislation to increase the transparency of electric utilities’ involvement in PJM, the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). PJM manages the power grid over 13 states and the District of Columbia, from the Midwest to the East Coast. The legislators are from Illinois,…...
What Illinois can learn from the Texas power disaster
Texas’ power collapse in the wake of record-setting cold left millions of people suffering without electricity. And millions more are left with big questions about how such a tragedy could happen. A disaster like this should spark thoughtful discussion in Illinois and across the country of what we can do…...
