Chicago heating bills could double under troubled Peoples Gas pipeline replacement program, report finds – Chicago Sun-Times

Last year, regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission paused most spending on the pipeline program pending a state investigation of the plan to replace thousands of miles of the aging pipes that deliver natural gas to Chicago homes. Initially estimated at $2 billion when the program launched in 2007, costs have soared to almost $11 billion with only about 38 percent of the work done.