by COFI Admin | Dec 22, 2022 | In the Media, Utilities
“The study began this summer with a request by the ICC Staff for feed-back from various stakeholders on the potential adoption of discount rates pursuant to CEJA. 12 agencies provided comments and input into the study, including: Ameren Illinois, ComEd,...
by COFI Admin | Sep 30, 2022 | Stepping Out of Poverty, Utilities
We are thrilled to share COFI/POWER-PAC IL’s latest victory: thanks to parent leaders’ perseverance and hard work, utilities companies Ameren and ComEd have agreed to decrease the number of people they disconnect from lights and gas in the communities that have seen...
by COFI Admin | Feb 10, 2022 | In the Media, Utilities
“Englewood resident Donna Carpenter, 56, took an unexpected journey into advocacy. As a mother, grandmother, caregiver and all-around busy person, Carpenter went from being a Chicagoan impacted by utility disconnection to one affecting how the city and state...
by COFI Admin | Feb 9, 2022 | In the Media, Utilities
“Data from the Community Organizing and Family Issues group shows that consumers in Garfield Park, Austin, Wood Lawn, South Shore, Englewood, and other majority-black communities have a significant percentage of customers behind on their payments by a month or...
by COFI Admin | Jan 31, 2022 | In the Media, Utilities
“‘If they can get rid of that surcharge that would help tremendously to my family,’ said Donna Carpenter. This month the Englewood resident’s surcharge was more than $16. It helps pay for a Peoples Gas project to improve its infrastructure and...
by COFI Admin | Aug 4, 2021 | In the Media, Stepping Out of Poverty, Utilities
“The state has provided over $343 million in assistance to more than 289,000 families since launching the Help for Illinois Families program last June. Pritzker says the law will help even more people receive assistance as the Illinois Department of Commerce and...
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