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Back-to-back consumer refunds: Over $800 in savings!

January 17, 2019 jjones Consumer Advocacy

Jantay Gray, consumer advocacy assistant at CUB, recently helped two consumers land refunds–totaling $871.45! “I try my best to advocate for whom I believe to be the most vulnerable utility customers–the elderly and victims of economic disparities,” she said. Throughout the year, CUB’s Consumer Advocacy Department (CAD) takes thousands of calls…...

New ComEd and Ameren rates: January 2019

January 14, 2019 jjones Updates

What happened with your ComEd and Ameren rates as of January 1? CUB breaks it down for you. ComEd Customers Rates for ComEd increased slightly. » Single family homes without electric heat Monthly Customer Charge: $11.31/month (formerly $10.84/month) Distribution Facilities Charge: 3.539¢/kWh (formerly 3.171¢/kWh) » Multifamily homes without electric heat Monthly Customer Charge: $8.13/month (formerly $7.68/month) Distribution Facilities…...

CUB in your neighborhood: January events

January 11, 2019 jjones outreach

CUB’s Outreach team hosted over 500 events across Illinois last year. In 2019, we’re back to visiting your neck of the woods to help you save on your utility bills and find ways to better practice energy efficiency. Here’s an overview of where we’re headed in January. Click any of…...

Tell AT&T, Comcast to do something about robocalls

January 8, 2019 jjones Robocalls

Did you know in 2018, people in the United States got hit with a record 47.8 billion robocalls? That’s about 147 calls per person. That’s ridiculous. And Illinois is one of the hardest hit states in the country–in December alone we received 168 million automated calls. Some robocalls are good–like…...

In 2019, CUB celebrates 35 years of fighting for consumers

January 3, 2019 jjones CUB, CUB Events, Updates

Remember how bad it was before the Citizens Utility Board (CUB)? It was the spring of 1983, and Gov. “Big Jim” Thompson was in a packed theater in southern Illinois pitching a tax increase—but people were more interested in what he would do about utility bills. What he said sparked…...

Today: He’s MATCHING Donations

December 18, 2018 jjones Donate

Exciting news: A generous, longtime CUB member, who wishes to remain anonymous, has offered to donate $1,000 TODAY to match your contribution. So today your year-end, tax-deductible contribution can be twice as powerful! Why is he being so generous? He told us in an email: “With profit-mongering big energy companies threatening to cost consumers…...

CUB’s NEW Gas & Electric Guide

December 11, 2018 jjones CUB guide

We are happy to announce that after months of research and writing by CUB’s experts, we are releasing an online Gas and Electric Guide, the first such publication in CUB’s 35-year history. This free handbook is a comprehensive guide to all the rules and regulations that govern how gas and electric utilities should…...

It could be an expensive winter

December 10, 2018 jjones gas bills, Updates

Midwestern homes that heat with natural gas on average could see a 14.5 percent increase in bills this winter, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). But gas customers in Central and Southern Illinois are seeing their costs go down. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) says consumers will see higher heating bills due…...

The forecast is sunny for La Grange principal’s electric bills

December 6, 2018 jjones solar power

When Tim Sheldon moved to La Grange from a multi-unit building in Chicago two years ago, he finally got the opportunity to install solar panels, something he had been interested in for years. “In one hour the sun showers us with enough energy to power us for a year, we…...

Last chance: Fight terrible water bill

December 4, 2018 jjones legislation, Water

A few weeks ago we told you that a terrible bill—an update to the Water Privatization Act—had to be passed again by the Illinois General Assembly because of a legal technicality. Here’s why the bill is terrible: It allows Illinois’ biggest private water monopolies (Illinois American and Aqua) to march…...

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Back-to-back consumer refunds: Over $800 in savings!

New ComEd and Ameren rates: January 2019

CUB in your neighborhood: January events

Tell AT&T, Comcast to do something about robocalls

In 2019, CUB celebrates 35 years of fighting for consumers

Today: He’s MATCHING Donations

CUB’s NEW Gas & Electric Guide

It could be an expensive winter

The forecast is sunny for La Grange principal’s electric bills

Last chance: Fight terrible water bill

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