Advocates protest Peoples Gas for rate relief, take issue with use of money
CHICAGO -- Peoples Gas customers demanding rate relief protested Thursday morning in front of the utility's downtown office.The Illinois Public Interest Research Group and other organizations are seeking to educate the public about where their money is actually going.'Peoples Gas is bankrupting customers,' said Jim Chilsen, communications director for the Citizens Utitlity Board Illinois. 'About one in five Chicago gas customers are having a hard time affording their bills.
The first round of expert reports in that investigation suggested the safety program is flawed and should be reined in. 'It is not keeping us safe like it's supposed to do,' said Abe Scarr, state director of Illinois PIRG. 'It's causing an affordability crisis.'Peoples Gas disagrees that the Safety Modernization Program is mismanaged. They say the original project estimate, under different ownership, was wrong.
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