CUB’s Outreach team will be busy in August staffing free events to help Illinois consumers learn how to cut their energy bills, avoid energy rip-offs and combat high cable bills and annoying robocalls. We love meeting people across Illinois–so we hope to see you in the community!
6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 12, The CUB Electric Vehicle (EV) Buyer’s Handbook (in-person/online event)
Join CUB at the Tinley Park Public Library (1st floor – Meeting Room A&B, 7851 Timber Dr., Tinley Park, IL, 60477) for a free presentation focused on the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs). During this presentation, a CUB specialist will walk you through the consumer group’s free EV Buyer’s Handbook. You will learn tips to help you become a better EV shopper. Sign-up is required. You can attend in person or view a recording later.
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, Our Future Home: Clean and Affordable Heat and Cooking (in-person)
Join CUB, Sierra Club Illinois and Third Act Illinois at the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont Branch (1659 W. Melrose Street Chicago, IL 60657) to learn about efforts to secure clean, affordable heat and cooking for residents of Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. We will discuss how switching to electric appliances can reduce your carbon footprint, lower energy costs, and protect your health. We will also be discussing the campaign to pass the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO), which would create a plan to reduce building emissions in Chicago. During this free discussion, we welcome comments and questions about electrification and CABO. Please register here.
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug, 14, Grow Geo-Power Hour with Kane County (online)
Join CUB and Kane County for a free, live, hour-long Zoom presentation on the basics of geothermal heat pump systems, how they can save you money and how they can benefit our community. Grow Geo Chicagoland is a nonprofit program that provides free educational sessions and a list of geothermal heat pump installers that people can contact. Please register here for this Zoom event.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, Home Energy Savings with CUB (hybrid in-person/online)
Join CUB and the Aurora Public Library – Eola Branch (Meeting Room 166, 555 S. Eola Rd., Aurora, IL 60504 OR Zoom Room – Eola Adult Services Department) to learn about your energy choices and ways to save money on your utility bills. This free event, both in-person and online, is designed to help you better understand your utility bills, avoid scams and learn about energy efficiency and solar programs that can help you save money and energy. Bring your utility-related questions! Please register here for this event.
7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 22, Understanding Cable Options and Reducing Robocalls (hybrid in-person/online)
Join CUB and the Prospect Heights Public Library (12 N. Elm Street, Prospect Heights, IL 60070) for a free presentation, both in-person and online, about your cable options and reducing robocalls. A CUB representative will discuss the choices in the TV market, ways to cut cable costs, streaming services available to consumers and how to avoid common robocall scams. Please register for this event here.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, Explore Solar Careers & Lower Your Energy Bills (in-person)
Join CUB and A Just Harvest at the Haas Park Fieldhouse (Senior Room, 2402 N. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647) for a free information session to learn about opportunities for free training and employment in the solar industry. Also, learn about the Illinois Solar for All Program, which helps income-qualified households use solar power to lower their bills. Please register here.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27, Utility Bill Clinic with Blacks in Green (in-person)
Join CUB and the environmental justice group Blacks in Green for a free Utility Bill Clinic. Talk one-on-one with a CUB counselor to get tips on understanding and reducing electric, gas and landline/cellphone bills. Bring current copies of your bills. We’ll give you information on avoiding scams, spotting unnecessary charges and errors, and energy efficiency programs and rebates that can help cut costs. Please register here.
5:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 28, Homer Glen Utility Bill Clinic (in-person)
Join CUB at the Homer Township Public Library (Community Meeting Room, 14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL, 60491) for a free Utility Bill Clinic. We will advise residents on reducing electric, gas, cable and landline/cellphone bills. Bring current copies of your bills and you will speak one-on-one with a CUB counselor who can review your bills, answer your questions and give you money-saving tips. Please register by calling Adult Services, at 708-301-7908, to reserve a 20 minute one-on-one session.
