Gas utilities file supply prices–called the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA)–each month with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Here’s what CUB uncovered in our review of September prices: Compared with last month, seven of 9 major utilities are charging prices that are lower, ranging from 1 percent (MidAmerican Energy) to 38…...
CUB: ComEd, Ameren customers have lost $1.8B to alternative power suppliers since 2015; consumer group issues statewide warning against bad deals
Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois customers who have chosen alternative electricity suppliers have lost a combined total of about $297 million over the last year and $1.8 billion since 2015, CUB says, citing annual state reports on electricity competition. While ComEd and Ameren deliver electricity to their customers over the…...
CUB Q&A: ‘Capacity’ price spike means ComEd supply price will shoot up in June 2025
A record price spike in a recent electricity “capacity auction” means the supply price for Commonwealth Edison will likely increase significantly in June of 2025. Read CUB’s Q&A. What happened? On Tuesday, July 30, power grid operator PJM Interconnection announced the results of its latest capacity auction (technically referred to…...
‘Stop corporate greed’: Private water customers pack public forums to protest high water bills, poor service and Aqua, Illinois American rate hikes
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) held five public forums on proposals by the state’s two biggest private water companies to raise bills by up to nearly $30 a month, and the events reinforced something that CUB has known for years: Private water customers are fed up with rapidly escalating water…...
Breaking: PJM committee vote strong step toward clean, affordable energy future
In a strong step forward for affordable, reliable and clean energy, a committee at the nation’s largest power grid operator on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to begin a discussion on how to design and evaluate cost-effective alternatives to running expensive, polluting power plants past their desired close date. PJM manages the…...
Consumer advocates attend Bolingbrook public forum to speak out against Illinois American Water’s $152 million rate-hike request
AARP Illinois and the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Monday urged state regulators to reject Illinois American Water’s proposed $152 million rate-hike request at an Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) public forum in Bolingbrook. The increase would be Illinois American’s third rate hike since 2016. (Read the full news release here.)…...
