As the summer rolls along, Illinois lawmakers are back home in their districts, many working with constituents to work their way through the Illinois bureaucracy to solve problems.

Central Illinois state Senator Chapin Rose is in his law office taking note of the fact Illinois Democrats are quiet right now as it relates to their energy legislation that flopped at the end of the legislative year. 

There's another wrinkle in the conversation is the likely elimination of any source of energy production in downstate Illinois. The Mahomet Republican says this is an idea for Illinois Democrats that has not been well thought out.

According to Sen. Rose, Illinois will have to import power to residents, and not only is that going to cost more to build more power lines, but it will be sourced from carbon.

Sen. Rose points out, they are giving a private company imminent domain to allow a company to build power lines through central Illinois across state lines.