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…tool to find out what the utilities are charging for gas each month. CUB’s Choice Fact Sheets— See a listing, updated weekly, of alternative supplier offers in your area. (Nicor customers can see the “Customer Select” fact sheets; Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas customers can see the “Choices for You” fact sheets.) Gas Market Monitor— CUB’s Gas Market Monitor provides a…

Gone are the simple days of a landline phone, a few TV channels, and a dial-up Internet connection. Step into the nearest Best Buy, and you can become quickly overwhelmed by the plethora of telecom options available. To make shopping a little easier, here’s CUB’s tips to help you make the right Internet, cable and telephone choices for your household….

…of juice, or coverage is spotty….). Everyone–especially if you’ve tried to make a call in rural areas of Illinois–knows that the new options in the market, while cool, aren’t always the most reliable and affordable choices for all consumers. Big Telecom, which yearly rakes in billions of dollars, can more than afford a phone market that gives customers numerous choices….

…the entire power grid. CUB and EDF urged the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to immediately explore how ComEd and Ameren could offer Time-of-Use pricing, with the hope that these new options can be offered by 2016. “In order for the smart grid to work in Illinois, we need to give consumers new choices that allow them to use power more…

Fed up with your cable choices? Make your voice heard while there’s still time! The Federal Communications Commission’s open comment period for the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger ends August 25th. Sign CUB’s petition demanding the FCC either reject the deal or ensure these basic consumer protections: Mandatory compensation to customers who suffer poor service, An “a la carte” cable option…

…are dropping to between 4.5- 4.7 cents per kWh). Consumers chimed in about the best choices for electricity supply in light of the rate changes: 40% said the best option was an alternative supplier chosen by their community, also known as municipal aggregation. 34% said the best option was the regulated utility, ComEd or Ameren. 16.3% said the best option…

Image courtesy Grant Hutchinson/Flickr The idea behind “Choices for You”—the program allowing Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas customers to choose an alternative company to supply their natural gas–is that you can shop around for the best gas price. But the history of gas choice in northern Illinois has been riddled with bad deals and questionable door-to-door marketing techniques, which…

…meter is put in. ComEd technicians will do a safety check, and if they find a problem will postpone installing a new meter until any potential safety hazards are addressed. No. 4: What are the benefits of a smart meter? Get ready for all this: • New choices. Most of us pay a rigid rate for electricity that hardly ever…