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How do you make the switch to solar? Is your refrigerator running (efficiently?) CUB’s podcast, Power Source, answers all your burning utility questions. Listen here, on YouTube, SoundCloud, or subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]CUB’s 2021 Year in Review (December 2021) Amid an ongoing pandemic and skyrocketing energy prices, CUB in 2021 sued a scandal-plagued utility, beat back millions of dollars in rate hikes and helped pass historic energy legislation. In this episode of Power Source, we’re giving you CUB’s Year in Review.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Power Source · CUB’s 2021 Year in Review [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Illinois’ Winter Heating Crisis (November 2021) Illinois consumers are facing the possibility of hundreds of dollars in higher heating bills this winter due to natural gas prices that have skyrocketed over the last seven months. Natural gas utilities have charged up to three times more than their 2020 prices, with some charging more than a dollar per therm. For this episode of Power Source, we’re talking about Illinois’ heating crisis.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Power Source · Illinois’ Winter Heating Crisis [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (October 2021) On September 15, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the most equitable clean energy jobs bill in the nation. It puts Illinois on a path to 100 percent clean energy while implementing utility ethics reforms and expanding energy efficiency to historic levels. With a nation-leading focus on equity, the bill aims to provide a spark to the economy by bringing thousands of clean energy jobs to communities that need it the most.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Power Source · The Climate & Equitable Jobs Act [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Alternative Suppliers: How to Avoid Ripoffs and Protect Your Bills (April 2021) Illinois hit a grim milestone at the end of last year. Residential consumers have now lost more than $1 billion to alternative electric suppliers since 2015. More than 1.6 million consumers are signed up with alternative suppliers and are likely paying too much for their supply. In this episode of Power Source, Matt Harvey joins host Hannah Finnerty for a discussion of alternative suppliers. Matt is a program coordinator for CUB’s outreach department and has over 6 years of experience identifying alternative supplier ripoffs at utility bill clinics and helping consumers navigate the market.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Power Source · Alternative Suppliers: How to Avoid Scams and Protect Your Bills [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Water Privatization: Big Customer Bills, Big Private Profits (March 2021) Over the past several years, private water utilities Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois have been buying up municipally-owned water and wastewater systems across the state. And in 2013, state legislators passed a law that allows these water utilities to pass acquisition costs—$220 million and counting—onto their customers. As it stands, municipality residents have no say if or when their water system is sold off to a private company.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Power Source · Water privatization: big consumer bills, big private profits [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Federal Stimulus Package is Good News for Illinois Utility Customers (January 2021) Although headlines about the most recent federal stimulus package focused […]https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CUB_IL_LogoBadgeRGBAdminLogo.png254254