by Jacqui Guillen | Sep 28, 2023 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Utilities
“[Valerie] Carroll, 60, is a lifelong Englewood resident and has been taking care of her disabled brother for the past five years. She’s getting ready to apply for funds from LIHEAP or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps households behind on...
by COFI Admin | Jul 20, 2023 | In the Media, Utilities
“‘The last thing people need after this extreme flooding, when they already face the difficult and expensive clean-up of a home and replacement of lost furniture and other household goods and are still struggling from COVID’s aftermath, is to have to...
by COFI Admin | Mar 31, 2023 | POWER-PAC IL, Utilities
Parent leaders fight for affordable utilities This spring, COFI/POWER-PAC IL parent leaders are taking to the streets and standing up for affordable utilities! In late March, an enthusiastic crew of POWER-PACers joined a hundred other community advocates at...
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...
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