At noon today, nearly 600 fed-up Illinoisans, including environmental advocates, faith leaders, students, business reps, consumer groups, and state legislators, will rally at the Lincoln Statue in Springfield demanding the POWER Act.
This bill would force hyperscale data centers to pay for their own energy infrastructure, new clean power, and water usage instead of crushing Illinois families with higher electric bills from these unregulated power hogs.
Despite strong bipartisan support, lawmakers are set to adjourn without even voting on it.
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