Don't get me started on power companies!!! We've got ComEd here. I think after Hawaii, and some other places out west, we've the most expensive electric in the country here in Illinois. Reason? A really stupid one. Anyone remember 3 Mile island??? Before that happened ComEd was in the process of converting over the nuclear power here. By the time 3 Mile island happened, we had two plants running and a 3rd about to go online.
Of course over reacting, they never brought the third one online and the other two were then reconverted back to coal. And WE paid the price for this. NOT the stock holders!!!
It's mind boggling here. We have CUB (Citizens Utility Board) that sappose to moniotor the electric co and the gas co. No sooner do they win a case for ComEd raising the rates to high or too fast, the next day ComEd does it again. It's so confusing seeing all the different credits and debits, you can barely understand your bill.
About the only thing I have to say good about ComEd, and CUB is, CUB got our state to pass a bill, that anyone going solar that any extra power created ComEd is required to pay back at the same rate at which they charge. And there's no limit to how much you can produce. The only drawback to this is our state's energy rebate expired. We have no state incentives anymore to go solar.
Of course over reacting, they never brought the third one online and the other two were then reconverted back to coal. And WE paid the price for this. NOT the stock holders!!!
It's mind boggling here. We have CUB (Citizens Utility Board) that sappose to moniotor the electric co and the gas co. No sooner do they win a case for ComEd raising the rates to high or too fast, the next day ComEd does it again. It's so confusing seeing all the different credits and debits, you can barely understand your bill.
About the only thing I have to say good about ComEd, and CUB is, CUB got our state to pass a bill, that anyone going solar that any extra power created ComEd is required to pay back at the same rate at which they charge. And there's no limit to how much you can produce. The only drawback to this is our state's energy rebate expired. We have no state incentives anymore to go solar.