Governor JB Pritzker recently vetoed legislation that would allow nuclear reactors to be built in Illinois again, a moratorium that goes back many years in the state.

State Senator Chapin Rose says this is another effort by the Chicago Democrat to appeal to the radicals within his base. He says this bill is something that needs to happen. 

According to Sen. Rose, Illinois Republicans have been vindicated in their claims that Illinois' energy policies were going to be destructive to Illinoisans stuck paying the bill. But moreover, he believes it all could have been prevented. 

Sen. Rose says the irony of the situation is Illinois is going to have to make up for the electrons on the grid that are not being produced in Illinois by importing them from other states and it will be from the coal-powered plants in other states.

It remains to be seen if the Illinois legislature will seek to overturn the Governor's veto during the fall legislative session.