{"id":44039,"date":"2025-11-17T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/?p=44039"},"modified":"2025-12-16T06:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:42:51","slug":"executive-directors-2025-end-of-year-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/17\/executive-directors-2025-end-of-year-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Director’s 2025 Report: A Heartfelt Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the highlights of 2025 was helping to pass major energy legislation, the Clean & Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act. At a news conference, CUB’s Sarah Moskowitz urged the Illinois General Assembly to pass the Act to help reduce electricity price volatility.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Sarah Moskowitz, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is my report for 2025–CUB’s 41st year of consumer advocacy.<\/p>\n

I’m proud of how the CUB team served Illinois consumers in a tough year marked by a painful summer electricity price spike for ComEd<\/a> <\/strong>and Ameren<\/strong><\/a> customers and rate-hike battles against Illinois’ biggest electric and gas utilities. The soaring price of electricity is why we worked so hard to help pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act<\/strong><\/a> on the last day of the Illinois General Assembly’s Fall Veto Session. This was a major victory–I’ll explain more in the Policy team’s update below!<\/p>\n

The following department-by-department report is a snapshot of the work the CUB team (pictured at the bottom of this article) did in 2025. I’m honored to work alongside such a fantastic team, and I’m grateful we have such generous supporters. You help lead the charge for lower utility bills, consumer protections and cleaner energy, through your donations, by following our issues, and by signing petitions and sending messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together we are working hard to make a positive difference for utility customers in Illinois. On behalf of the CUB team, a warm, heartfelt thanks for your support.<\/p>\n

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Zoe from CUB joined AARP Illinois and Illinois PIRG representatives at a news conference against Nicor’s rate hike. The advocates announced that they had gathered more than 35,000 petition signatures against the Nicor increase.<\/p><\/div>\n

Legal Department–General Counsel Eric DeBellis
\n<\/strong>CUB\u2019s two-person legal team (Eric and Laura) in 2025 battled utility campaigns to raise delivery charges by $771 million:
\nNicor Gas (Docket 25-0055): $314.3 million<\/strong>
\nCommonwealth Edison (Docket 25-0383): $268.5 million<\/strong>
\nAmeren Illinois (gas) (Docket 25-0084): $128.8 million<\/strong>
\nAmeren (electric) (Docket 25-0382): $59.6 million<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your support at work: <\/em><\/strong>CUB and other consumer advocates have so far helped reduce rate hikes by more than $202 million<\/strong> ($146.5 million for Nicor customers and $55.8 million for Ameren customers, in the gas cases that state regulators ruled on Nov. 19). Over our 41-year history, we\u2019ve helped save Illinois consumers more than $20 billion. Stay tuned: We will update this report after the\u00a0 Illinois Commerce Commission issues rulings on the electric rate cases in December. More on these cases below.<\/p>\n