Business coalition warns against phasing out use of natural gas in Illinois – Capitol News IL

“Large industrial companies that use a lot of energy, it’s really hard, if not impossible, to rely completely on renewable,” said Mark Denzler, of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. “It’s the right thing to do … but politically driven deadlines to say, we’re going to close gas facilities and clean coal facilities by a certain date without having enough generation to backfill that hole is a problem.”