From the Front Lines:
More than $1 billion in your money at stake
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October 27, 2009—CUB is now battling cases before state regulators and the courts that impact more than $1 billion in your money.

Despite healthy parent-company profits, the utilities want you to pay more. Tell the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) NO to utility rate hikes by filing a public comment online (use the corresponding docket numbers, listed in parenthesis) or calling the ICC
at 1-800-524-0795.
$162 million rate-hike requestAmeren
Ameren (CILCO Gas, 09-0309; CILCO Electric, 09-0306; CIPS Gas, 09-0310; CIPS Electric, 09-0307; IP Gas, 09-0311; IP Electric, 09-0308): CUB has appealed last year's $162 million increase, and it's fighting a new $162 million rate-hike request. Join our "Stop Ameren" campaign!

2008 Ameren Profit: $622 million
$273 million increaseComEd
ComEd: CUB has appealed last year's $273 million increase. ComEd is expected to file for yet another rate hike within a year.

2008 Exelon Profit: $2.8 billion
$58.6 million increaseIllinois American Water
Illinois American Water (09-0319): The company has filed for a $58.6 million increase.

2008 American Water Profit: $176 million, excluding a goodwill impairment charge.

$80 million rate hikeNicor Gas
Nicor Gas: CUB helped cut the company's $140 million rate-hike request in half. Nicor wasn't happy with its $69 million rate hike so it appealed and received another $11 million. The company is still not happy with that amount and has appealed for an increase bigger than the $80 million it's now gotten.

Separate from the rate case, CUB is fighting Nicor Gas for a $287 million refund, accusing the company of wrongly profiting off consumers at a time when they paid record-high heating prices earlier this decade.

2008 Nicor Profit: $119.5 million
$131 million rate-hike requestPeoples Gas
North Shore Gas
Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas (09-0167/09-0166): CUB has appealed the companies' $71 million rate hike last year and the consumer group is fighting their new $131 million rate-hike request.

2008 Integrys Energy Group Profit: $126.4 million
Total: more than $1 billion in utility cases!
Help us fight for you! Call the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), at 1-800-524-0795, or file an online comment to tell state regulators NO to these rate hikes. Also, contribute to CUB's rate-hike defense fund. Help us battle an army of utility lawyers.