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Latest CUB research good news for EV drivers

…improve system load shape and capacity utilization, reduce consumer costs, and cut pollution. Particularly in states that have deployed smart meters, implementing that simple policy option can make EVs a substantial source of system benefit, even for those who don’t drive or own an EV. To read the full paper, click here. Whether we’re publishing a paper, holding a utility…

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Grim statistic: Record losses for supplier customers

…on their electricity supply costs, compared with standard utility rates. Get info on ComEd Hourly Pricing or Ameren Power Smart Pricing. ComEd Peak Time Savings and Ameren Peak Time Rewards: If your home has a new smart meter, you can earn a credit on your electric bill when you participate in the voluntary, no-cost Peak Time Savings or Peak Time…

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Central AC Cycling or Peak Time Savings?

…AC Cycling (click for more info) You can earn up to $40 in summer bill credits, but a credit is not guaranteed, and most customers get between $0-$10. You do NOT have to have central air conditioning to take part in this program, but you must have a smart meter. You cannot be on net metering or AC Cycling to…

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New Smart Meter Data Shows Potential of Real-Time Pricing to Lower Electric Bills

[vc_custom_heading text=”New Smart Meter Data Shows Potential of Real-Time Pricing to Lower Electric Bills ” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”] EDF and CUB release comprehensive analysis of dynamic pricing benefits PDF version of this release Contact: Catherine Ittner, (512) 691-3458, [email protected] Jim Chilsen, (312) 513-1784, [email protected], CHICAGO, November 14, 2017—Ninety-seven percent of a sample of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) customers would have saved money…

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New EDF/CUB study shows potential of real-time pricing to cut power bills

smart meters installed by ComEd, Illinois’ largest electric utility. Representing the nation’s most comprehensive dynamic-pricing analysis of smart meter data, the findings suggest that well-designed pricing models, like real-time pricing, could help lower people’s electricity bills. The groups’ whitepaper, The Costs and Benefits of Real-Time Pricing, is available at www.BigEnergyData.info. Specifically, the paper finds real-time pricing would have trimmed bills…

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Welcome to the Big Energy Data Center

…system provides renewed potential for big data analytics to characterize the interaction between consumer loads and the utility’s system-wide costs. In this paper, we investigate different consumers’ marginal system cost impacts as a result of their load profiles. Big Energy Data-UPDATE: In our last review of 2016 smart meter data, we found that 97% of electricity customers in our sample…

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Help Squad: CUB one-on-one analysis results in big utility bill savings

…less. Electricity Harvey shared with me a number of savings plans offered by ComEd. There’s really something for everyone, as long as consumers are willing and able to be a bit flexible with their energy usage (and they have a smart meter). There’s Peak Time Savings, the Hourly Pricing Program and Central AC Cycling, to name a few. Information on…

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New Illinois Data-Sharing Program to Spur Clean Energy Solutions, Cost Savings

PDF version of this release Contact: Jim Chilsen, [email protected], (312) 513-1784 Chloe Looker, [email protected], (415) 293-6122 CHICAGO, February 17, 2017—The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) recently approved an energy data- sharing program for Illinois’ largest electric utility, Commonwealth Edison (ComEd). The program allows companies and researchers access to anonymous energy-use data from ComEd’s nearly 4 million smart meters, which will encourage…

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Time-of-Day Pricing Plans

View a PDF version of this fact sheet. With the introduction of smart meters across Illinois, consumers have more options when it comes to how they use and pay for electricity. ComEd’s Time-of-Day Pricing Program—which charges different electric rates during different periods of the day—is one such option. ComEd customers have two different ways to pay for electricity. The first…

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CUB in the News

…in Illinois, Watchdogs Call for Major Market Reforms to Fight Electric/Gas Rip-offs 02/21/18 – Statement by CUB Executive Director David Kolata on Refund for Peoples Gas Customers 02/16/18 – Statement by CUB Executive Director David Kolata Alerting Ameren Illinois Customers to Proposed Gas Rate Hike 02/01/18 – CUB Statement on Nicor Gas Rate Hike 11/14/17 – New Smart Meter Data…

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