Illinois Needs Innovative Energy Strategies!

Urge lawmakers to reject Gov. Pritzker’s energy bill.

Support energy innovation in Illinois

Dear Illinois Lawmaker:

- - Currently, the state of Illinois has an energy poverty problem.
    According to the Home Energy Affordability Gap, over one million households are experiencing energy poverty and spending more than 10% of their net income on energy-related expenses.
    Gov. Pritzker’s energy bill and other similar proposals will place additional burdens on low- and fixed-income individuals across our state, who would have to shoulder the cost of subsidizing the industries favored by this legislation.
    Gov. Pritzker’s proposal contains expensive mandates, regulations, taxes, and corporate favoritism that will enact barriers and reduce economic opportunity for millions of Illinoisans.
    Worst still, under this plan, energy costs will skyrocket, hurting our state’s economy at the worst possible time - as businesses and families look to recover from the pandemic.
    Embracing the free market and unleashing our entrepreneurs toward developing new technology has proven far more effective at protecting our environment and protecting ratepayers than any top-down mandate or regulation.
    I encourage you to reject these barriers to innovation and oppose Gov. Pritzker’s energy bill proposal!
- - Currently, the state of Illinois has an energy poverty problem.
  Sincerely,

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The bipartisan Invest in Kids Act was signed into law in 2017 and provides up to $100,000,000 in K-12 scholarships for kids from low-income families in Illinois to attend qualified private K-12 schools that meet their needs. Donations to the scholarship program are eligible for a 75% state tax credit.

Education should be an experience that fosters the unique potential of every student. HB 4076, the Invest in Kids Act, gives students from low-income families the financial resources they need to find the best school to help them build the foundation for a bright future.

Through this program, more than 20,000 need-based scholarships have been awarded over the past 3 years, with thousands more on waiting lists vying to gain access to the program.

Without the Invest in Kids program, tens of thousands of low-income families across Illinois would not be able to afford a school that helps unleash the full potential of their children.

Unfortunately, Governor Pritzker along with some of his allies in the General Assembly have pledged to curtail or eliminate the program during the 2021 legislative session.

We need you to make sure this doesn’t happen.

Tell your state legislators and Gov. Pritzker to protect and expand HB 4076, the Invest in Kids Act, so more students from low-income families have equitable access to educational opportunity!