ComEd electric customers brace for double-digit spike in bills – WBEZ (Chicago)

A ComEd crew works on a power outage near West Diversey Parkway and North Ashland Avenue in March 2026.The upcoming increase follows a double-digit spike in electric bills a year ago credited almost entirely to the rise of data centers. ComEd says there are more than 80 data centers in Northern Illinois using massive amounts of power. In a state filing last year, the utility said there were another 75 proposed commercial projects in the region that also would be large electricity users.
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