The Clean Energy Choice Coalition

We're on a mission to ensure every family has access to reliable, safe, sustainable and affordable energy options.

Our Coalition represents the workers, families and communities of Chicago

Coalition Members

Reliability

Natural gas is there when you need it most

  • Illinois’ electric infrastructure is inadequate to move to an electric-only energy source
    the state doesn’t have adequate system capacity for the amount of increased energy needed

  • Only 1 in 650 customers are expected to experience a planned or unplanned natural gas outage in any given year

  • Natural gas is delivered to customers through a safe efficient and reliable 2.7 million mile underground pipeline system

Enviornment

Natural gas has a proven track record of cutting emissions

  • Climate change is a defining challenge across the globe, and natural gas, natural gas utilities, and the delivery infrastructure are essential to meeting our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

  • Natural gas utilities saved 1.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency programs in 2020

Appliances

The impact to you and your home

  • A gas stove is more environmentally friendly in terms of total energy consumption if properly ventilated

  • Gas stoves may be more expensive to install, although less expensive to run compared to electric stoves

  • Gas stoves will cost you less than half as much to operate compared to an electric stove

Affordability

American families use natural gas because it is affordable

  • Households that use natural gas for heating, cooking, and clothes drying save an average of 1,132 per year compared to those using electricity for those applications

  • The low cost of natural gas has saved families a total of $125 billion over 10 years

  • Commercial and industrial customers using natural gas saved more than half a trillion dollars over the past decade

Impact of the Ban

Immediate impacts to all Illinois households

  • Passage of a natural gas or propane ban will immediately affect all energy users, resulting in higher costs and service challenges across the systems

  • Eliminating natural gas could lead to increased coal use, harming public health and worsening climate change, while expensive renewables could result in higher electricity bills and a less reliable power grid