This summer, electricity prices are skyrocketing. Starting June 1, consumers started to feel the heat of poor decision-making at our regional grid operators, PJM and MISO. Unfortunately, there is more bad news: the federal Department of Energy is ordering two expensive, out-of-state power plants on the verge of retirement to…...
CUB Warns of June 1 Price Spike on ComEd Bills
Commonwealth Edison’s summer price for electricity is set to increase significantly on June 1, but Illinois’ landmark energy law, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), will give consumers some relief, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) said Monday, citing filings by the utility. CUB urged ComEd to work with customers…...
CUB Q&A: Why is ComEd’s electricity price spiking?
A record price spike in an electricity “capacity auction” means the supply price for Commonwealth Edison will increase significantly on June 1. ComEd estimates this could cost customers an extra $10.60 per month, on average. Read CUB’s Q&A and visit CUBHelpCenter.com for more information. What happened? Last summer, power grid…...
Progress: Maryland legislators pass bill that shines light on utility votes at PJM–Illinois considering similar measure
Maryland legislators have passed a bill that requires utilities to disclose their votes at PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power grid operator. The same legislation has passed the Delaware Senate unanimously and is currently active in three other states–and CUB hopes to pass similar legislation in Illinois. For years CUB…...
CUB Statement on Consumer Victory: FERC Rejects PJM’s Anti-Consumer Transmission Proposal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected an anti-consumer proposal by PJM Interconnection and a group of transmission owners that would have given transmission owners more control over power grid planning. CUB is grateful to Earthjustice, who acted as our legal counsel, and our partners in this case: Delaware…...
Breaking: PJM committee vote strong step toward clean, affordable energy future
In a strong step forward for affordable, reliable and clean energy, a committee at the nation’s largest power grid operator on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to begin a discussion on how to design and evaluate cost-effective alternatives to running expensive, polluting power plants past their desired close date. PJM manages the…...
Illinois Legislators Join the Push for Greater Grid Transparency with HB4747
Legislators from five states are joining together to introduce legislation to increase the transparency of electric utilities’ involvement in PJM, the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). PJM manages the power grid over 13 states and the District of Columbia, from the Midwest to the East Coast. The legislators are from Illinois,…...
CUB Q&A: Winter storm exposes the myth of fossil fuel reliability
By Sarah Moskowitz, CUB Deputy Director This past Christmas Eve, as many of us were busy with last-minute holiday preparations, CUB rushed out an email to people in northern Illinois with this ominous subject line: ALERT: Power grid operator calls for energy conservation over the next 24 hours. We were…...
CUB fights for consumers before the nation’s largest power grid operator
UPDATE: The proposal to require one PJM board member to have clean energy expertise was rejected 52-21 after Dayton Power and Light and NRG requested a suspension of the rules to make the vote anonymous. CUB Executive Director David Kolata said “It’s illuminating that fossil fuel generators pushed to make…...
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