{"id":3355,"date":"2023-12-05T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devcofi.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:24:38","slug":"chicago-sun-times-mentions-cofi-for-utility-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cofionline.org\/es\/chicago-sun-times-mentions-cofi-for-utility-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Sun-Times menciona a COFI por su victoria en servicios p\u00fablicos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec. 4, the Chicago Sun-Times mentioned COFI for its role in winning a major utility victory for Illinois families! On Nov. 16, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved recommendations from COFI\/POWER-PAC IL, the National Consumer Law Center, and Legal Aid Chicago to implement low-income discount rates for Peoples Gas customers and other utility companies in Illinois. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aqu\u00ed hay un extracto: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter persuading state regulators to slash requested rate hikes sought by natural gas companies in Illinois, consumer advocates and environmental justice activists are hailing<strong>&nbsp;a new discount rate system<\/strong>&nbsp;that\u2019s expected to help prevent more utility shut-offs in lower-income neighborhoods across Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Illinois Commerce Commission on Nov. 16 ordered Peoples Gas and other utilities to implement the tiered discount rate system \u2014 the second of its kind to be introduced in the nation\u2014 by October 2024, promising to expand the pool of Chicagoans eligible for help with their heating bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018This is an absolute game-changer for people struggling with their heating bills in brutal Chicago winters,\u2019 said Karen Lusson, senior attorney for the National Consumer Law Center who argued before the commission on behalf of the nonprofit <strong>Organizaci\u00f3n comunitaria y asuntos familiares<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/business\/2023\/12\/4\/23984186\/peoples-gas-discount-rate-lower-income\">Read the Sun-Times coverage here<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/cofionline.org\/es\/cofi-and-power-pac-il-win-major-utility-victory-for-families\/\">Read more about how COFI organized and won this victory<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec. 4, the Chicago Sun-Times mentioned COFI for its role in winning a major utility victory for Illinois families! 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