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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 ...
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.
24 lip 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A new Illinois law will soon protect low-income utility customers from having their service shut off. Electric and gas companies serving more than 500,000 customers...
9 cze 2023 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to ensure utility companies can't shut off your power on the hottest days of the year. This plan could help protect the...
12 cze 2023 · This new law would prevent utility companies from shutting off services if it is 90 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter. The goal is to help provide relief to those who cannot always afford their bill. Changing service termination requirements, that’s the law that Governor Pritzker signed late last week.
24 lip 2023 · Consumer advocates are calling on utilities across the state–including Ameren Illinois, Commonwealth Edison, Peoples Gas and Nicor Gas–to issue a moratorium on utility shut-offs and offer special assistance to help residents of areas ravaged by extreme summer weather.
26 lip 2023 · SPRINGFIELD, ILL (WICS/WRSP) — With the extreme heat in Central Illinois, some utility companies are holding off on cutting off the services. Governor Pritzker signed a law last month that utility companies can’t shut off your power on the hottest days of the year.
