Utility watchdog warns of rising water rates as regulators consider requests
The rate hike filings come as the state’s largest private water utilities seek to merge.
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The rate hike filings come as the state’s largest private water utilities seek to merge.
Move comes after lawmakers fail to pass sweeping data center reforms during the spring session.
Advocates still want lawmakers to pause tax credits for data centers.
The hikes would amount to about $300 a year combined by 2028.
Regulators approve reduced rates for major electric utilities after they overspent their 2025 planned budgets.
A new state regulator report projects Illinois will face energy shortages beginning in 2029.
After months of wrangling, negotiations broke down in the 11th hour over a sweeping energy reform bill in the recent ...
With electricity prices expected to spike this summer in norther Illinois, lawmakers are offering various proposals to keep prices low. ...
Illinois American Water's rate hike proposal under review by state regulators
The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers ...
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