ComEd finally in the spotlight for passing unfair costs on to customers – Crain’s

Between 2013 and 2018, the cost of utility distribution paid for by ComEd customers in Illinois grew by $730 million. That’s a price increase four to seven times more than the average annual rate of inflation for the same period, according to a study commissioned by AARP and conducted by the independent Power Bureau. But all this has gone on without question, thanks to inexplicable backroom deals and masterful public relations spin. Until now." The trifecta of an FBI probe, Lightfoot’s standoff and the state House bill could finally be what is needed to force ComEd to come out of the shadows. But given the power ComEd has abused for years, it is going to take a mighty force to keep the spotlight on.