Durbin says Inflation Reduction Act is win for Illinois – State Journal-Register (Springfield)

"This is going to make a dramatic change across Illinois and even in Springfield," the Democratic senator said of the $740 billion legislation. "The idea behind this bill is to create incentives for people to do the right thing." Those incentives promote energy companies in exchange for producing zero emissions, which Durbin says is big for Illinois due to its major presence of nuclear energy – producing 52% of the state's electricity according to Nuclear Power Illinois.