Complaint: utilities have too much influence in Illinois energy meetings

Energy News Network: A public interest group and a renewable energy developer filed a lawsuit Monday charging that the Illinois Commerce Commission’s process to study the state’s future energy system violated the state’s Open Meetings Act.

Illinois PIRG Education Fund and the energy company GlidePath say they have been unfairly denied participation in the NextGrid working groups, convened by the commission to study different aspects of energy policy and technology related to the 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act.

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