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In a big bill that hurts clean energy, residential solar likely to get hit fast

By MICHAEL PHILLIS
Jul 03, 2025 10:57 am - As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.
Kane County considers request for solar farm near Elgin

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 30, 2025 8:51 pm - A landowner is asking Kane County for permission to install a community solar electric facility on farmland near Elgin.
State’s gasoline tax hike goes into effect Tuesday; here’s what it could cost you

By Jake Griffin
Jun 30, 2025 4:29 pm - The state’s motor fuel tax is increasing by nearly 3% beginning Tuesday, bringing the state’s gasoline tax rate to 48.3 cents a gallon and costing the average driver an estimated $6 more a year.
ComEd expanding Elk Grove substation to power data center boom

By Christopher Placek
Jun 27, 2025 6:08 pm - ComEd is expanding its substation in Elk Grove Village to accommodate the growing demand for electricity from data centers in the area.
Trump wants oil producers to pump more crude amid jitters that Iran may close critical shipping lane

By AAMER MADHANI
Jun 23, 2025 3:02 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday called for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
How big batteries could prevent summer power blackouts

Kyle Stock
Jun 23, 2025 8:53 am - This summer will be an energy doozy in the U.S. as climate change exacerbates heat waves and a rash of new data centers and crypto mines come online. But these new power vacuums arrive in concert with a stack of big batteries.
How long will it take for U.S. gas prices to react to Middle East conflict?

By Evan Halper
Jun 16, 2025 3:52 pm - The conflict between Israel and Iran has the potential to considerably disrupt global energy markets, with each nation attacking the other’s oil and gas infrastructure. I...
Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY
Jun 16, 2025 2:07 pm - President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies.
How ComEd is planning to help customers who are struggling to pay electric bills

By Russell Lissau
Jun 12, 2025 7:34 am - Financially struggling ComEd customers can get grants of up to $500 to pay their energy bills under a new program.
UN nuclear watchdog board censures Iran, which retaliates by announcing a new enrichment site

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and JON GAMBRELL
Jun 12, 2025 6:28 am - The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.

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