{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Citizens Utility Board","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org","title":"CUB statement on Ameren Illinois' $48 million electric reconciliation rate hike | Citizens Utility Board","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"L0qmc9J6Wa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/cub-statement-on-ameren-illinois-48-million-reconciliation-rate-hike\/\">CUB statement on Ameren Illinois&#8217; $48 million electric reconciliation rate hike<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/cub-statement-on-ameren-illinois-48-million-reconciliation-rate-hike\/embed\/#?secret=L0qmc9J6Wa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;CUB statement on Ameren Illinois&#8217; $48 million electric reconciliation rate hike&#8221; &#8212; Citizens Utility Board\" data-secret=\"L0qmc9J6Wa\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The following is a statement from CUB Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz: We\u2019re glad state regulators reduced wasteful and inappropriate spending and shaved about $11 million off of Ameren Illinois\u2019 electric rate-hike request. But the utility still received an increase of about $48 million, and we\u2019re concerned about customers being unable to afford their utility bills among so many cost increases for other necessities such as food and healthcare. Under state regulatory law, Ameren is allowed to petition state regulators for extra money if it goes beyond what it has budgeted for capital projects. CUB supports ending this reconciliation benefit for utilities. If Ameren blows through its budget in a given year, customers shouldn\u2019t have to pay the excess. Background: On Thursday, Dec. 18, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) granted Ameren Illinois a rate hike of about $48 million as part of an 8-month \u201creconciliation\u201d case (Docket 25-0382). Last year, Ameren won a $308.6 million increase, spread out through 2027. However, a provision in state regulatory law allows Ameren to petition the ICC to recover extra expenses in yearly \u201creconciliation\u201d cases, if they go over-budget on capital expenditures. In its reconciliation case, Ameren pushed for another $59.6 million. (CUB opposes utilities having this reconciliation benefit.) Over the course of the case, consumer advocates, including CUB and the Illinois Attorney General\u2019s Office, uncovered at least $14 million in wasteful spending in Ameren\u2019s reconciliation proposal. A history of Ameren Illinois rate hikes in recent years: 2023: The ICC rejected Ameren\u2019s first attempt at a four-year rate plan in 2023\u2013in part because the utility didn\u2019t do enough to show how the plan would be affordable or beneficial to customers. The utility got a smaller rate hike ($56 million) than it wanted. 2024: Ameren proposed a new plan last year, and the ICC approved a $308.6 million increase, spread out through 2027. 2025: The ICC approved an additional $48 million rate hike, as part of an 8-month reconciliation rate case. The rate hike will take effect before the end of the year.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CUB_IL_LogoBadgeRGBAdminLogo.png","thumbnail_width":254,"thumbnail_height":254}