{"id":476280,"date":"2026-10-03T10:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=476280"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:14:40","slug":"climate-alliance-featured-affordability-law-is-anti-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=476280","title":{"rendered":"Climate Alliance featured \u201caffordability\u201d law is anti-affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Business woman refusing to take bribe. Female at desk and money on table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By David Wojick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Climate Alliance coalition of Democrat Governors recently featured a new Illinois \u201caffordability\u201d law<\/strong> which is actually the opposite. This is a good example of the Alliance\u2019s anti- affordability policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reported and claimed name of this new law is the \u201cClean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA)\u201d. <\/strong>That is what the Governor\u2019s press release and news reports call it. The official name however is hilarious. The bill is here<\/strong><\/a> and is clearly labeled the \u201cSWIMMING FACILITY COLD SPA\u201d law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, the Democrat controlled Legislature took a rule-avoiding shortcut. They took this little swimming pool bill, which was already well along, stripped it of its text and added a monster 1,200-page energy bill, then quickly passed the critter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, this is not an affordability law \u2014 quite the contrary \u2014 and this speaks to the Climate Alliance\u2019s entire policy posture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind that the idea of \u201caffordability\u201d<\/strong> refers to alleviating today\u2019s escalating energy costs, especially electricity bills. In stark contrast, this bill is claimed to save electricity users a lot of money over the next 20 years or so, but it only does so at great expense today. So, it is an anti- affordability law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is how the Governor\u2019s press release puts it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCRGA will lower costs by driving the development of new energy resources, enacting new regulatory powers to support consumers, and creating and enhancing consumer cost-saving programs. The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) found that CRGA\u2019s critical measures are expected to save Illinois energy customers $13.4 billion over the next two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These supposedly lower future costs come at the usual huge present day green costs. The biggest cost drivers are lots of renewables, batteries, and efficiency programs, all paid for by suffering ratepayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also lots of electrification and EV stuff, plus \u201cenvironmental justice,\u201d and so on \u2014 the whole big green ball of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They do lift the ban on nuclear power, which is good news since Illinois used to be a leader on this. But it saves nobody anything in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the \u201caffordability\u201d fantasy made clear: \u201cWe\u2019re making it easier to develop renewable energy,\u201d bill sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, said at the signing ceremony. \u201cWe\u2019re going to deploy battery storage; we\u2019re lifting the nuclear moratorium. That\u2019s all going to bring more supply onto the grid, and that will help hold the line on our electrical bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spending untold billions of dollars on renewables, batteries, and new nukes (if ever) is not going to \u201chold the line\u201d on electrical bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batteries in particular are incredibly expensive to buy and provide no new supply. They just make money for their owners by buying low off peak and selling high on peak. In fact, they consume energy in this expensive arbitrage process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A law like this that is certain to drive up electricity bills can best be described as anti- affordability. It is just more hugely expensive energy transition nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Climate Alliance boasts that they have over 4,000 laws, executive orders, and related policy documents from their member States in their policy database<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are basically the \u201cblue states,\u201d and if anti-affordability Illinois CRGA is representative of these over 4,000 mandates, then it is no wonder these state\u2019s electricity prices are far greater than in the other states. The so- called energy transition is driving up people\u2019s bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People in blue states suffering from exorbitant electric bills need look no further than the U.S. Climate Coalition to see what is hitting them. Anti- affordability is the policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Climate Alliance coalition of Democrat Governors recently featured a new Illinois \u201caffordability\u201d law which is actually the opposite. This is a good example of the Alliance\u2019s anti- affordability policies.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that the idea of \u201caffordability\u201d refers to alleviating today\u2019s escalating energy costs, especially electricity bills. In stark contrast, this bill is claimed to save electricity users a lot of money over the next 20 years or so, but it only does so at great expense today. 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