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Consumer advocates say regulators should slash Ameren Illinois’ proposed $134M rate hike
Consumer advocates are pushing back against Ameren Illinois’ $134 million rate hike request for natural gas services that’s currently before state regulators. The watchdog groups contend the Illinois Commerce Commission, the state regulatory body, should reject at least two-thirds of the proposal. “t Ameren’s bid for a $134 million rate hike is unjust, unreasonable — and at least triple what the utility can possibly justify,” said Jim Chilsen, a spokesman for the Citizens Utility Boardy. The affordability issues and reducing expenditures on infrastructure by Ameren are “also the best solutions for a healthy, livable planet,” said Curt Stokes, an attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. “Expanding and just doubling down on investments in this natural gas distribution system is not going to get Illinois to a zero carbon economy by 2050,” Stokes said.
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Fighting An Unjust Pipeline
An article from the spring 2022 edition of EDF’s Solutions, details how the Pembroke Environmental Justice Coalition and EDF is working to stop a natural gas pipeline from being built in Pembroke Township – an historic Black farming community.
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Farmers Reject Nicor’s Pipe Dream
An article from In These Times discusses why Black farmers in Pembroke, IL want an energy upgrade to renewables, not fossil fuels.
