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ComEd Announces Smart Meter Deployment Plan for Northern Illinois
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] We are pleased to announce an exciting and important milestone for ComEd’s transformation of the electrical system serving northern Illinois. We have submitted our plan to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) for the installation of smart meters across our service territory. Here are the highlights:
• ComEd will install approximately 130,000 smart meters in 2012 in the following communities: Berkeley, Brookfield, Cicero, Elmwood Park, Forest View, Franklin Park, Harwood Heights, La Grange Park, Lyons, Norridge, North Riverside, Northlake, River Grove, Riverside, Rosemont, Schiller Park, Stickney, Stone Park and Westchester. Installation will continue in areas served by the Maywood operating center, where most of the meters were installed for ComEd’s AMI Pilot Program. • Beginning next year, we plan to install approximately 400,000 smart meters annually through completion of the program in 2021. • Our plan was developed in consultation with Governor Quinn’s Smart Grid Advisory Council and we’ve met with numerous community groups and stakeholders to discuss the plan. We are proud of the collaboration and coordination that went into this plan and we are excited about the benefits smart meters will bring, including fewer and shorter outages, an improved customer experience, more opportunities for customers to control their energy consumption and save money.
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Cutting Medicaid Slashes Care
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] The hospital community understands that the General Assembly has very difficult decisions to make this month, including on Medicaid. But it is important to remember that 2.8 million Illinoisans rely on Medicaid for their health care. More than one-third of all children in Illinois depend on the program, as well as hundreds of thousands of others such as the disabled, elderly and newly unemployed. It is critical that legislators and health care providers work together on Medicaid reforms that are thoughtful and well-planned. Yes, reforms need to happen; we need to implement ways to make the Medicaid program as cost effective as possible with the best outcomes. But we need to be careful not to make rash decisions that result in unintended consequences and that harm patients. The Illinois Hospital Association has provided the Governor and General Assembly with our Medicaid Savings Alternatives proposal – with real solutions instead of a $350 million (8%) rate cut to hospitals. (See http://tinyurl.com/6t8doaw) True Medicaid reform does not happen through blunt cuts or a math exercise. Illinois hospitals are committed to partnering with the General Assembly to ensure that Illinoisans get the quality health care they need.
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