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12 wrz 2024 · Current Conditions. Following a top 5 wettest July in Illinois, the tap shut off in August and the first half of September. Most of southern Illinois and parts of northeast and western Illinois have seen less than 2 inches of rain since August 1st, between 2 and 4 inches below normal (Figure 1).
27 gru 2023 · Currently, state law prevents utility shut offs on days where it is hotter than 95 degrees outside, but this new law will change it to where shutoffs can’t happen on days where the heat index goes above 95 degrees, too.
19 cze 2024 · Whenever the National Weather Service forecasts temperatures hitting 90 degrees, gas and utility residential shutoffs due to nonpayment are prohibited in Illinois. It’s an example of a legal protection that environmental and consumer advocates predict more of in the near future, as climate change continues to wreak havoc. Illinois and Chicago ...
15 gru 2023 · Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott (third from left) is pictured at a packed meeting in Chicago on Thursday as he reads a decision that will limit spending by two major electric utilities. The agency rejected grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois.
25 wrz 2023 · Estimates suggest that a shutdown would result in at least 800 fewer Customs and Border Protection agents on staff. At least 65,000 children would lose access to government-supported health care...
25 wrz 2023 · Federal lawmakers from Illinois are calling on their Republican colleagues in the House to push a dozen appropriation bills over the finish line, in hopes of dodging a massive government shutdown. Congress has until Oct. 1 to pass them.
30 sty 2023 · Chicago-area electricity and gas suppliers are among national leaders in cutting off customers for nonpayment, with the situation a sign of “utility corruption” in Illinois, according to a ...
