Editorial: A self-inflicted energy crisis is brewing in northern Illinois thanks to Springfield – Chicago Tribune*

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Here’s the reality increasingly emerging from CEJA’s ill-conceived targeting of gas-fired peakers: Carbon-emitting plants the law slates for near-term mothballing instead are remaining open for nearly two more decades. Meanwhile, Chicago-area power-delivery customers of Commonwealth Edison by and large soon won’t be benefiting any longer from the juice they generate.