Nicor Gas, the largest gas utility in the state, filed a request for a $309 million rate increase that would affect 2.3 million customers in northern Illinois and the Chicago suburbs. The company’s ...

The Illinois Commerce Commission said the expansive project can't come at an unreasonable cost to customers, who have been upset about rising gas bills in recent years.

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Some were so spider-webbed with cracks they looked like the back of an alligator. State funding and the city’s 3-cent gas tax weren’t enough.

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(The Center Square) – A record-setting rate hike request by an Illinois gas utility is being challenged by consumer advocacy groups. Nicor Gas has filed a $309 million rate hike proposal with ...