Illinois
Governor
J.B. Pritzker (Democrat)
House Party
Democratic Supermajority
Senate Party
Democratic Supermajority
Key Offices & Links
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Midwest
Progress by Policy Area
- Enacted Enacted policies have been passed or established in a state by a governing body via legislation, executive orders, rules, regulations, and/or other program creation, and remain in effect.
- In-progress In progress policies have been established in a state, but final regulations, rules, or plans are pending final approval. This also includes legislation and executive orders that require regulations to be put into effect.
- Partially Enacted Partially enacted policies have been enacted in the state, but are missing one or more policy components. Dashboard policies cannot be considered partially enacted unless policy components are available.
- Not Enacted Not enacted policies have not been passed or established in the state or are no longer in effect.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections in Illinois
Climate Policies in Illinois
| Status | Policy | Policy Area | Policy Category | Year Enacted | |
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| Enacted |
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100% zero-carbon power by 2045 | 100% clean energy by 2050 Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2021 | |
| Not Enacted |
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Electricity greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets are set by a state to limit GHG emissions in the electricity sector. These targets aim to reduce emissions by different amounts over time, often expressed as percentage relative to a baseline year. |
Electricity
|
Energy Plans and Targets | ||
| Enacted |
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Renewable Energy Access Plan Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2024 | |
| Not Enacted |
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States can establish some form of statewide, consolidated siting and permitting entity — typically a council or board — for renewables and/or transmission to streamline project review and prevent uncertainty in the face of local governments’ restrictions or prohibitions of renewable generation or transmission. |
Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | ||
| Enacted |
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Illinois received a B grade from Freeing the Grid. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2023 | |
| Not Enacted |
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Advanced transmission technologies (ATTs) and grid enhancing technologies (GETs) are a family of technologies that can enhance the capacity of the existing electrical transmission and distribution system. State policies that promote ATTs and GETs can be key to unlocking renewable energy development at lower cost and with shorter wait times. |
Electricity
|
Permitting and Grid Integration | ||
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
7/11
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | ||
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
5/6
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Enacted |
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Illinois has an active community choice aggregation program. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | 2009 | |
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
4/5
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Enacted |
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The Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act directed the Illinois Commerce Commision (ICC) to establish 2032 storage procurement targets for all utilities serving >200,000 customers by 2022. In 2022, the ICC stated setting these targets was not realistic. The ICC is required to plan for the procurement of no more than 1,500 megawatts (MW) of battery energy storage. The ICC recommends procuring 1,038 MW by 2025 and 3 gigawatts (GW) of installed storage by 2030. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | 2021 | |
| Not Enacted |
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Coal phaseouts establish a target year by which states must end coal-fired power generation. |
Electricity
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Coal Retirement | ||
| Not Enacted |
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Coal securitization is a financing tool that allows utility companies to refinance debt they issued to build coal plants and close the facilities early without taking a financial hit or passing costs on to ratepayers. |
Electricity
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Coal Retirement |