Energy
Residents wanted to know why the utility giant chose a former COVID-19 testing facility in a largely residential area for its new substation, arguing that the site should instead have homes.
The company said the union must accept its Tuesday contract proposal in order to end the lockout.
In Illinois, six grant awards to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois-Chicago that are collectively worth over $20 million — which Raoul said are to “make the electricity grid more reliable and resilient, reduce carbon emissions, and utilize domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals” — were on the chopping block.
