In a year when we’re already paying elevated electricity prices, Illinois’ biggest utilities are piling on by pushing for $930 million in new rate hikes. The parent companies of these utilities raked in about $15 billion in total profits in 2025, and now they’re pushing for an increase in delivery…...
CUB’s report on gas utility prices: June 2026
While several gas utilities in Illinois, thankfully, reported lower prices compared with last June, one company, Liberty Utilities, reported a spike of about 33 percent, according to a CUB review of June prices. Illinois utilities file their supply price, called the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA), each month with the Illinois…...
Op-Ed: Illinois AG’s bill credits a bit of good news–but Peoples Gas fight far from over
By Sarah Moskowitz, CUB Executive Director After years of hearing from so many Chicago families fed up with their escalating heating bills, we were happy that Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul was able to deliver some good news to long-suffering Peoples Gas customers—in the form of bill credits coming their…...
News release: Consumer advocates file expert testimony urging state regulators to reject Peoples Gas rate-hike proposal
CHICAGO – Windfall bonuses for corporate executives, inflated profit margins, and continued wasteful spending on its failing pipe retirement program are among the litany of unwarranted costs that should be slashed from a proposed $200 million Peoples Gas rate hike, consumer advocates say. (Read the Wednesday, May 6 release from CUB…...
CUB’s report on gas market volatility: May 2026
While several gas utilities in Illinois reported lower prices compared with May 2025, two companies, Liberty Utilities and Mt. Carmel, reported spikes of 71 percent and 140 percent, according to a CUB review of prices this month. Illinois utilities file their supply price, called the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA), each…...
Enough is enough: Consumers rally to protest Peoples Gas’ record-high rates, record profits, and new push for $202 million rate hike
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…...
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…...
Consumer advocates, Rep. Du Buclet issue warning against alternative electric/gas supplier rip-offs, make urgent call for legislative reforms
As financial losses mount for Illinois consumers with alternative electric and gas suppliers, the watchdog Citizens Utility Board (CUB) has joined with other consumer advocates and state Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet to advocate for the No More Utility Bill Rip-Offs Customer Protection Act (House Bill 4313), a series of reforms…...
