Rescinding Jones Act First Step to Lowering Gas Prices
By Gregg Laskoski Just how bad have gasoline prices really gotten if folks in Los Angeles ($4.37 per gallon) and Chicago ($4.07 per gallon) look at New York City as a relative bargain ($4.01 per...
View ArticleWhy you’re paying more for gas than you should
One item this article misses is that IL is a double gas tax state. IL doubles the motor fuel tax to fund programs other than roads. – Allen By Joe Cahill of Crains Chicago Business If you pay more at...
View ArticleOnly One Local Legislator Votes Against COMED’s Rate Hike
Two years ago COMED and Ameren over-rode Governor Quinn’s Veto against a rate hike by contributing to most of Illinois’ legislators. A couple hundred thousand dollars goes a long way. Last week another...
View ArticleComEd wants $311 million rate hike in 2014
by Steve Daniels | Crain’s Chicago Business Commonwealth Edison Co. moved today to raise the cost of delivering electricity to the average household by $5 a month in 2014, part of the utility’s plan to...
View ArticleComEd Rate Hike Vetoed by Governor Quinn
Despite Veto, Will the Legislature Over-Ride? by McHenry County Blog The two roll calls on the Com Ed/Ameren electric rate hike bill have appeared here before. Some might wonder why I feel so strongly...
View ArticleAARP Fights Against Utility Rate Increases
Press Release from AARP’s Legislative Arm: UPHOLD THE GOVERNOR’S VETO OF SB9! SB 9 is follow up to the controversial 2011 legislation (SB1652) passed by the Illinois General Assembly writing utility...
View ArticleThe Top Five Lies About Fracking
By Ronald Bailey Gasland Part II, the sequel to director/activist Josh Fox’s earlier anti-fracking docudrama Gasland, will run on HBO next Monday. It appears to have rounded up the usual corporate...
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