{"id":43093,"date":"2025-06-04T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/?p=43093"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:19:20","slug":"amid-45-increase-in-comeds-power-price-cub-calls-on-utility-to-work-with-customers-to-keep-them-safe-cool-connected-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/amid-45-increase-in-comeds-power-price-cub-calls-on-utility-to-work-with-customers-to-keep-them-safe-cool-connected-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid 45% Increase in ComEd\u2019s Power Price, CUB Calls on Utility to Work With Customers to Keep Them Safe, Cool, Connected This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Commonwealth Edison customers facing a 45 percent increase in the price of power, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Wednesday<\/strong><\/a> called on Illinois\u2019 largest electric utility to work with people struggling to afford their bills this summer so they can keep their electricity on and protect themselves from dangerous heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be a difficult summer for far too many customers, and we urge ComEd to do everything possible to work with\u00a0people\u00a0so they stay safe, cool and connected this summer,\u201d CUB Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz said. She\u00a0called for ComEd to offer consumer-friendly payment plans that give customers a longer time to pay off their debt.<\/p>\n

ComEd\u2019s summer \u201cprice to compare\u201d\u2014 the rate customers should compare with alternative supplier offers\u2014is:\u00a010.028 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) from June through September.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong>\u00a0This rate includes the supply price and a transmission charge. The\u00a0increase impacts the supply section,\u00a0which makes up about a half to two-thirds of ComEd bills. ComEd does not profit off supply\u2014they pass those costs onto customers with no markup. A new, non-summer supply rate, which has yet to be announced, will take effect Oct. 1. The price of electricity is expected to be elevated at least through next May.<\/p>\n

ComEd has estimated the increase will cost customers an average of 10 to 15 percent, or $10.60 more per month, over the next year. The spike is connected to an increase in the price for reserve power, also called \u201ccapacity.\u201d CUB argues that capacity costs have skyrocketed largely because of policy problems with the power grid operator for northern Illinois, PJM Interconnection, which runs an auction that determines the price of capacity.<\/p>\n

CUB has tips to help Illinois consumers get through the expensive summer at\u00a0CUBHelpCenter.com<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n