Fed-up Peoples Gas customers and consumer advocates gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza Wednesday to decry a push by Peoples Gas to again capture record profits and raise bills by $202 million only a few years after burdening customers with the biggest gas rate hike in Illinois history. (Read a pdf…...
Happy Earth Month: CUB’s money-saving events in April
CUB’s Outreach team travels across the state to staff free events, giving consumers energy efficiency tips for their home, educating them on how clean energy can cut their utility bills, and helping people protect themselves from scams and rip-offs. Join CUB at one of our April events to learn how to…...
CUB statement on MidAmerican gas and electric rate hikes
The following is a statement from the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) regarding MidAmerican’s announcement that it has filed for gas and electric rate hikes before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC): The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) is deeply concerned that a combined average gas and electric increase of more than $24…...
CUB General Counsel’s Report on 2026 legal cases
The following is a report from CUB General Counsel Eric DeBellis to Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz on major cases CUB’s Legal Team is tackling in 2026, including $571 million in rate cases before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). If you are concerned about these rate hikes, please take action by signing…...
Spring is in the air: CUB’s money-saving events in March
CUB’s Outreach team travels across the state to staff free events, giving consumers energy efficiency tips for their home, educating them on how clean energy can cut their utility bills and helping people protect themselves from scams and rip-offs. As the winter snow begins to thaw, people are starting to…...
Making data centers pay their fair share
A data center is a facility that houses computer systems used for storing, processing and distributing digital information. They use a tremendous amount of electricity–the largest facilities can consume as much energy as 100,000 households a year (a mid-sized city)! Across the United States, data center electricity use has more than doubled…...
CUB Q&A: community solar billing
CUB regularly receives questions about community solar billing, so we put together this Q&A. What is Community Solar? Community solar is a program for people who can’t put solar on their own homes. It allows consumers to save money on their electric bills from energy produced by large, offsite community…...
