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Peoples Gas pipe replacement program behind schedule for 19th consecutive quarter
The Peoples Gas pipe replacement program failed to meet its pipe retirement goal for the 19th consecutive quarter, according to a new report filed Tuesday to the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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As its failing pipe replacement program puts Chicagoans in debt, Peoples Gas on track for record profits
The Peoples Gas pipe replacement program once again ended the year behind schedule and over budget according to a year-end report released Monday. Peoples Gas charged its residential customers nearly $157, on average, for the program in 2021. That has contributed to widespread home heating affordability challenges in Chicago. Despite this, Peoples Gas is on track to make record profits in 2021, surpassing the previous record set in 2020.
With home heating bills on the rise, new reports show harms of botched Peoples Gas pipe replacement program
With colder weather imminent and rising gas commodity prices predicted to increase Chicago gas utility bills by 35% this winter, two new reports demonstrate that Chicago is facing a home heating affordability crisis, driven by the mismanaged, misdirected Peoples Gas pipe replacement program.
Average Peoples Gas customer paying more than $13 per month for mismanaged pipe replacement program
Peoples Gas released a second quarter report Friday on its troubled pipe replacement program. The report shows that the average Peoples Gas customer paid a $13.14 monthly surcharge for the program over the past quarter -- more than eleven times the $1.14 per month the legislature was told customers would pay when it passed a law authorizing the surcharge in 2013. In June, the surcharge accounted for 17 percent of the average customer’s bill, almost as much as the cost of the gas itself.