Illinois has already taken important steps toward an electrified transportation future, with actions by the state government, local governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector, including utilities and EV companies. Illinois’ future prosperity will be shaped by its ability to keep pace in adopting and guiding this transformation.
Learn more about the policies, strategies, and partners can help the Prairie State accelerate electrification in our Illinois EV Policy Overview. This document reflects input from a wide range of on-the-ground stakeholders and builds upon the insights of previous roadmaps and guidance documents, including those developed by the EC. It reviews transportation’s current impacts to public health, safety, and the economy, and it identifies a set of high-impact areas of engagement.
Illinois is vying to become a regional leader by implementing the Midwest’s first clean fuel/transportation standard. After several years of stakeholder engagement, SB 3693—the Clean Transportation Standard—has been introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Clean fuel/transportation programs are technology-agnostic policies that set limits on the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels; fuels over the CI limit generate deficits that producers/suppliers must offset by purchasing credits from those below the CI limit. This creates a financial incentive to switch to EVs, since electricity has a lower CI and thus generates market credits. For more information on how clean fuel standards work and incentivize EV and EV charging deployment, see our explainer page.
There are nearly 7,000 warehouses across Illinois, attracting significant traffic and emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Illinois is one of several states looking to implement an Indirect Source Review (ISR)—a mechanism that would allow the state to require emissions reductions from these types of facilities. Similar policies have seen significant success in reducing emissions and accelerating EV deployment.
Illinois legislation will be introduced in the spring 2026 session as the Warehouse Pollution Reduction Act.
In August 2022, the EC brought together nearly 200 electric vehicle policymakers, industry experts, school decision-makers, and clean bus advocates for a day-long discussion about how to accelerate the adoption of electric school buses in Illinois.
In 2023, the EC will host additional Illinois-specific webinars and stakeholder engagement sessions. Subscribe below and follow the EC on social media to be the first to know about these events!
The Electrification Coalition (EC) developed this document, “Unlocking the EV Potential of Illinois,” to guide the work of the EC State EV Policy Accelerator over the next two years. It ...
On September 14, 2022, the World Resources Institute and the Electrification Coalition hosted a roundtable discussion on the wide-ranging benefits of electric school buses and Illinois’ opportunities to accelerate their ...
Amy Malaki is the head of policy and sustainability at SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas, pioneering global leaders in sustainable aviation fuel production and supply. Prior to SkyNRG, Amy was the associate director for the transportation portfolio at the ClimateWorks Foundation where she developed philanthropic investment strategies to advance a sustainable, equitable and low-carbon mobility system. She also pioneered the organization’s international aviation decarbonization strategy. Prior to that she focused on Asia business development at Better Place, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle network startup. She has a B.A. in Chinese and China studies from the University of Washington and an M.A. in international policy studies (energy and environment) from Stanford University.