Written in November, 2005, this article about Commonwealth Edison’s lobbying might add background to what WBEZ and the Chicago Tribune have written in the last day or so: The Illinois Senate rejected former Citizens Utility Board Director Marty Cohen for … Continue reading
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From Crain’s Chicago Business: With smart grid completed, ComEd budgets as if it never happened A new four-year capital plan shows ComEd spending even more per year than it did on its smart grid. That means higher rates, but this … Continue reading
From the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County: Reserve your spot with THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS’ COMMUNITY SOLAR FARM PLEASE RESPOND BY JANUARY 8. “I would like to express my appreciation for the Defender’s efforts to bring community solar to our Dean … Continue reading
Commercial interests that will be hurt by the bill to subsidize Exelon nuclear power plants through our election bills have filed suit. Capitol Fax has the details here. Crain’s characterized the suit like this: “The competitors say the law unfairly … Continue reading
A message from State Rep. Barb Wheeler: Review for week of December 5, 2016 Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to a civics class at Prairie Ridge High School. It was great to see such a high level … Continue reading
Occupied by other stories toward the end of the General Election season, McHenry County Blog fell behind in reporting big ($1,000 or more) contributions to State Rep. and Countty Board Chairman candidate Jack Franks. Below is what was reported since … Continue reading
Everyone has two legislators–a State Representative and a Senator. Commonwealth Edison is doing its best to convince the General Assembly to force your rates higher in order to keep two nuclear power plants open. Com Ed, known as the “power” … Continue reading
And here they are: $5,400 Anne Pramaggiore, CEO & President, Barrington $1,000 – Illinois State AFL-CIO, Springfield Not mentioned is Anne Pramaggiore’ company. It’s the electric power company, Exelon. Exelon owns Commonwealth Edison, for whom Jack Franks cast a vote … Continue reading
Before we went on vacation, my Village of Lakewood sent out the press release below. I just got around to acting on it. The points out that Commonwealth Edison, our most avaricious utility–always asking the Illinois General Assembly to raise … Continue reading
If I were running against Jack Franks, I would be knocking on doors of homes with Com Ed electric lines in front of them. Why? Because Jack Franks introduced House Bill 3884, a bill to allow Com Ed to chop down … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Environmental Defenders: GREEN DRINKS MCHENRY COUNTY GATHERING SET FOR January 4 CRYSTAL LAKE – On the first Wednesday of each month, environmentally-minded people gather upstairs at Duke’s Alehouse Kitchen to network and talk about … Continue reading
On July 4th this Commonwealth Edison crew was working on poles next to the Fifth Third Bank on Route 14 in Crystal Lake. … Continue reading
There’s a game of disinformation that the two electric utilities play in Illinois. Com Ed makes contributions to legislators in southern Illinois and Ameren gives money to state representatives and senators in northern Illinois. I guess these power companies (pun … Continue reading
Congressman Randy Hultgren did not send out a press release on his signing a letter that will help Com Ed get permission to raise electric rates. I had to find this on Crain’s Chicago Business. Reporter Greg Hinz characterizes the … Continue reading
Lots of Republicans are in the back pockets of our electric utilities, Com Ed and Ameren. State Senator Dan Duffy is not one of them, as you can see from his press release below: Duffy calls on Attorney General and … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks, also known as Chainsaw Jack, introduced legislation to allow Commonwealth Edison to chop down trees that were in the way of power lines. Think of how much money that would have saved in tree trimming. This … Continue reading
Last week, McHenry County Blog revealed that the Village of Oakwood Hills has again been negotiating with those wishing to build a gas-fired electric generating plant. When such plants were first on the county news pages in the late 1990’s, … Continue reading
Oakwood Hills is a residential village between Cary and Prairie Grove with about 2,000 people. There is no commercial district to provide sales taxes, so property taxes, state income tax and Motor Fuel Tax revenue sharing, plus vehicle stickers provide … Continue reading
Com Ed is sending tree cutters to many areas in McHenry County during the next three months. That’s what the post card says. Com Ed calls it “vegetation management.” With all the authority cited, one might wonder why State Rep. … Continue reading
A press release concerning future electricity costs for most of those in McHenry County whose municipalities are buying it in bulk (think “aggregation”), which are going up almost 54% from 4.169 to 7.2 cents per kilowatt hour: NIGEAC ELECTRIC AGGREGATION … Continue reading