Brad Halbrook, a House Representative from Illinois, said that the state's green mandates are exacerbating grid reliability and affordability issues by creating challenging wind and solar projects while leaders avoid taking responsibility. This statement was made on the Prairie State Wire Podcast.

"The governor is quick to blame everybody but himself, but the majority party and the policy that has been created over the last few years," said Halbrook, State Representative from Illinois. "They've been really, really quick to blame the grid operators for this problem that they've created, but what we're beginning to see is a patchwork of wind and solar installations that are very difficult and very expensive to connect to the grid."

Illinois policymakers are currently navigating the expansi

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