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Six Reasons Why Electric Grid Modernization Can’t Wait
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] 1. Grid modernization must be done at some point. Delay only increases the costs to consumers. 2. Delay puts Illinois at a competitive disadvantage in attracting and retaining businesses to our state. 3. Delay prevents Illinois businesses and households from reaping the benefits of smarter energy management technologies. 4. Delay deprives businesses and households of greater reliability with reduced power outages and service disruptions, which takes an economic toll. 5. Delay deprives consumers of improved service such as automatic outage notification to the utility, virtual elimination of estimated bills, and cost reduction due to items such as bad debt. 6. Delay prevents the creation of new jobs in building a modern grid. Illinois needs to act now on House Bill 14 to make grid modernization a reality.
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ComEd Revamps Utility Rate Hikes Bill….
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] …..but a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf. ComEd and other Illinois utility companies have revamped their automatic rate hikes bill – House Bill 14 (Amendment #3). They claim the bill is now more “consumer friendly.” The reality: the revamped version of House Bill 14 is now a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In spite of changes in the way in which rate cases would be brought before the Illinois Commerce Commission, the most troubling aspects of the bill are still in place: locking in rate hikes for Illinois consumers for a number of years; and bolstering utility company profit margins. The consumer is still on the losing end of House Bill 14 The simple fact that utility companies have revamped the bill shows that it was the wrong bill to begin with. The changes are no more than cosmetic, aimed at deflecting some of the public pressure brought on utility companies by a number of elected leaders, including Governor Pat Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, as well as consumer advocacy organizations. House Bill 14 is still the wrong bill at the worst possible time. AARP urges lawmakers to oppose House Bill 14.
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Illinois is #2 in the Nation for Wind Industry Jobs, and With the Right Policies We Can Create Thousands More Local Jobs
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.]
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