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Updated: 10/12/2020

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Machesney Park, Illinois to See Higher Taxes on Utility Bills

Machesney Park residents will begin seeing higher taxes on their electricity and natural gas bills in the near future due to a tax increase that village trustees voted on last week. The 5% utility tax is reportedly intended to raise ...

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PPL to Increase Customer Charges Again in 2014

Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission gave the go ahead to PPL to look into adding a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) to customer bills starting in 2014. The charge would affect both shopping and non-shopping customers since the charge is distribution-related. ...

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TXU Energy Acquires Mega Energy Customers in Texas

Mega Energy has recently announced its exit from the competitive Texas retail electricity market. Fortunately, the company has safeguarded its customers by signing an account changeover agreement with a former competitor. TXU Energy, one of the leading retail electricity providers ...

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BGE Requests to Raise Rates for Electric and Gas Customers

Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) is requesting rate hikes for both electricity and natural gas distribution. BGE says the hikes – which add up to $175 million in the first 12 months – are necessary for infrastructure improvements that would ...

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PECO Ends Residential Electric Discounts – Switch to Save

As of January 1, PECO customers have one more reason to shop around for a retail electricity supplier in Pennsylvania’s deregulated electricity market. Electric rate discounts have ended for more than 171,000 residential heating (RH) customers – those that use ...

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Pennsylvania’s PPL Charging Higher Distribution Rates in 2013

Starting January 1, both shopping and non-shopping customers in Pennsylvania's PPL territory will begin seeing higher distribution charges on their electricity bills. Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved the increase in charges, which resulted from higher than normal spending on ...

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NY Residents – Beware of Energy Selling Scams

New York City residents are increasingly being scammed by energy brokers misrepresenting themselves as Con Edison and New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) employees. The state of New York deregulated its electricity market in the mid-1990s. Since then, a ...

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Renters Use More Electricity

Economist at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkely recently examined the differences in the use of energy efficient appliances among rented and owner-occupied dwellings. The findings conclude that renters are paying significantly more for electricity ...

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Four Illinois Communities Choose Provider for Electricity Aggregation

The Illinois communities of Glenn Ellyn, Hinckley, Oak Lawn, and Somonauk have chosen the retail electricity supplier, Verde Energy USA, for their electricity aggregation programs. The municipal aggregation supply agreements include twelve municipalities and over 50,000 customers in the Commonwealth ...

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Smart Power Strips Can Save Hundreds

According to Ameren, a St. Louis-based electric and gas utility corporation, 75% of the electricity used to power your electronics is consumed when these electronics are turned off but still plugged in. Keeping your cell phone on the charger for ...

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