We’ve warned consumers about sales reps trying to use the Ameren Illinois and Commonwealth Edison price spikes as a way to lure people into bad energy deals–but what about another type of electricity choice: “municipal aggregation,” a.k.a. community power deals through your city, town, or county? We reviewed current aggregation…...
CUB’s free events in June
In what could be an expensive summer for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois customers, CUB’s Outreach team will travel across the state of Illinois to staff free events giving consumers tips on energy efficiency for their homes, how clean energy can cut their utility bills and how they can protect…...
CUB Q&A: Why did Ameren’s electricity price spike this past summer?
A spike in an electricity “capacity auction” meant that the supply price for Ameren Illinois increased significantly on June 1. Ameren estimated that this increased the average monthly bills of a typical residential customer by 18 percent to 22 percent, or roughly $38 to $46 per month, over the summer.…...
Considering solar? CUB encourages you to use Illinois Shines’ Homeowner Handout
CUB encourages consumers to utilize the newly launched resource, Illinois Shines: Selecting a Solar Company: Green and Red Flags, to make informed decisions regarding going solar. This is the first handout in the Illinois Power Agency’s (IPA) Homeowner Handout Series, which is part of an expanding resource library designed to…...
CUB Q&A: Why is ComEd’s electricity price spiking?
A record price spike in an electricity “capacity auction” has caused Commonwealth Edison’s electricity price to increase significantly from June 2025 through May 2026. ComEd estimates this could cost customers an extra $10.60 per month, on average, over 12 months. Read CUB’s Q&A below and visit CUBHelpCenter.com for more information. …...
High-bill Alert: Consumers face multiple electric/gas rate hikes—so who’s cashing in?
Special report: Illinois consumers in 2025 are being threatened with rate hikes on both sides of the bill—supply and delivery—as big energy companies and utilities push for windfall profits. Energy Price Spikes In April alone, most Illinois utilities saw gas prices jump by up to 104 percent, compared to last…...
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 News Release: 104% increase in Peoples Gas price in April exposes how utility misled customers on record rate hike
A spike in April’s heating fuel price shows that Peoples Gas drastically understated the fallout customers would experience from a record-breaking rate hike the company imposed last year, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) warned Thursday. (Read CUB’s news release here, and here’s the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of the issue.) Peoples…...
