how much is the ceo making??? we should all just pin our meters like the opressed ones do and comed looks the other way!!!

how many millions that is!!!!

Outrageous! ComEd is a badly run company and does not deserve even what we already pay them.

com ed is as bad as At/T

I deleted a comment by Joe Blow due to the use of profanity.

A ComEd bigwig lives in one of the biggest houses in S-Wood- so you tell me where the $ goes. Also- how long til our massive savings with another power provider starts- S-Wood sure isn't in any hurry.

ComEd blew billions of dollars on nuke plants in the 1970s and 80s, some of which never even got to operational status. We have some of the highest electrical rates in the nation due to their gouging.

We go a letter from them last week stating that they have been unable to read our meter and could cancel our service. We have a locked gate but someone is home all day and it was unusual that, all of a sudden, they never knocked on our door anymore for access. The phone rep said that we have a new meter reader and that they are too busy to knock on doors! She blamed us for them changing meter readers and not keeping track of important customer information such as accessing our property.

A family friend of ours is a meter reader and tells all sorts of stories about how the union has protected them. Now that they are using electronic readers it's now possible for ComEd to find out how productive the meter reader employees are. The union is constantly fighting with ComEd so that they are unable to track their performance easily enough. This is the type of company and employees that have resulted in such high rates.

If you find this to be outrageous let Senator Cullerton know. This bill is his baby and ComEd wrote it for him.

OK so for all the customers that used my service last year send me more because we did not meet our income levels that sound fair? This state is long over due for a "through the politicians out", Gas is going up because it is the number 1 EXPORT and its cheaper to send it to Africa than the east coast,makes a lot of sense so BOHECA

Last summer we had that drought and however many days above 90, where a great deal of A/C's were running full blast for a good portion of the day. They are looking back thinking they should have charged more during the summer and are now trying to find a way to legally do so.

Omg! It was just posted. "Below national average". In other words Illinois pays less than the average customer in the nation. Plus no rolling blackouts like California and other parts of the country. In other words, Comed keeps the power on when it gets hot. Bunch of ungrateful people!

I want a retroactive pay raise for 2012 from my employer. Just $10,000 would do.

Why just go back a year? We should be paying ComEd for at least 30 years of past undercharges of electricity. Perhaps our representatives, in their wisdom, can figure out a way to deduct the money directly from our bank accounts to pay the utility, and take a percentage as their cut!

Of course ComEd is seeing a shortfall of revenue. Since electrical aggregation and third-party electricity suppliers have been allowed, there has been a rush of customers leaving ComEd. An earlier poster indicated Illinois has an average electrical rate of 9.13 kw/h. i switched to Direct Energy two years ago and paid half the average rate. Last year, Plainfield switched to First Energy and my bills dropped even more. Consumers speak with their wallets, and in this case, ComEd is panicking as a result of this mass exodus. ComEd still gets profit on the electricity delivery portion of the bill, but that is far less that they would have gotten from the average household in the 90's, before aggregation. We've all had to adjust our own budgets and expenses as the economy has changed, looks like its time ComEd does the same.

Not a comment about the story -- only about your system. How about putting the newest comments at the top?

Com ed charges for direct pay or to pay online or by phone! the bills are alreadt too high!
I need a fund raiser for poor com Ed! geeze!

I wish I had bet money on my prediction of about a year ago. As soon as all these municipalities started voting for electrical aggregation, I said," Everybody better enjoy their first year or so of lower electric bills, because Comed will come back at you somehow for their money!" Here we go!

Outrageous!
We use Com Ed as a carrier and buy our electricity from a different company.

...and everyone was taught that Mary Magdalene was a WHORE!

Other than lowering rates, nothing more needs clarification. The Illinois government have already bankrupted us and raised taxes covering only part of their mismanagement. Now they have the audacity to consider us being back charged for a uitilities mismanagement. If Comed needs more money, have the top 20% paid employees take some pay and benefit cuts.

Just goes to show that the masses of little people that pay outrageous prices already have no power against monopolies and government.

This article needs more detail. If I recall, this increase is for Smart Meters, not power usage. A couple years back IL legislators told Comed to install these new meters to increase reliability and reduce outage durations. The ICC then denied Comed the increase (distribution charge) it says it needed to install the new meters. So Comed stopped installing the meters. The stoppage then placed thousands of contractor jobs on hold. Now the legislators are trying to get the new meter installation going again. Despite the article, I doubt any increase would be retroactive.

Everything is all about money,

ComEd you suck!

I'm sure Com Ed will pay extra for the electricity sold back last year that was generated by Solar Photovolatic systems. If they charge more, I want more back.

my friend is a meter reader for ComEd, and he said at least half the meters in "bad" neighborhoods are "pinned". why do we have to continue to pay for these thieves? why doesn't ComEd pursue these crooks for what is owed them? or is it not worth the hassle, let the other half pay!!

okay, once you let comed do this then nicor, city of chicago, all the villages, and then any other companys will want their money due to them. so then i guess we should all get back what is owed to us, like our taxes that they keep raising. yeah right like thats going to happen.

ComEd, just like the unions, is in bed with the career politicians. Quid pro quo. The only solution is for term limits. Short term limits. The founding fathers never intended that politicians hold office for 20 or 30 years. That only leads to self-service and not constituent-service. And corruption. Can you say JJJ?

Since Corp are people of the USA who share their bedrooms with 18,000 other people in a Cayman island cottage and the only furniture a PO BOX and fax machine for the lawyers who are also the janitors what is the problem? Someone somewhere has to pay for climate change drought famine and depressions, there are no meters in the Caymans by the way or unions, taxes, term limits no elections gerrymandering, food stamps nor pensioners, SSA, Obamacare in fact no free stuff nor the 5 wisemen who created them, only people who are a lot brighter than anyone on these Blogs or threads!

Per a Sun-Times article, Feb 13:
"ComEd said its customers would not see a rate increase until 2014, with the average residential utility bill growing then by about 40 cents per month and increasing to 80 cents a month by 2017."
This increase has to do with the installation of a Smart System, nothing to do with power consumption.

Deregulation of our "natural monopolies" is an unfolding disaster for the people of our District and the State. Com Ed has been hollowed out of its value and sold twice in the last decade with executives and stock holders becoming multi-millionaires as our citizens are powerless to do anything about outrageous bills. We are purchasing electricity from middle men who take thei cut for being part of the exploitation.The last CEO of CoM ED retired with a 22 million dollar bonus. He was quoted in the paper as saying America had the greatest capitalistic system in the world. Look at our nation and see what deregulation and unrestrained corporations have done to destroy our middle class and economic system. When I go to Washington, one of my first priorities will be to recreate a new fair regulated industry of "natural monopolies". No more outrageous salaries and 20 million dollar bonuses. These utilities belong to the people, not to a privileged elite.

WOW CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. SOME PEOPLE WEREWITHOUT POWER FOR DAYS OR EVEN WEEKS AND YOU WANT THEM TO PAY? THATS SO WRONG SHAME IN YOU. THATS WHY PEOPLE ARE GOING GREEN NOW AND DAYS CAUSE CROOKS ALWAYS WIN IN THIS STATE.WE SO FAR IN THE DEPT NOW N YOU WANT US TO PAY MORE.REDICULOUS!! HOWABOUT REIMBERSURING US WHEN WE LOST MONEY WITH NO ELECTRICITY! FOOD WAS LOST GROCERIES STORES LOST MONEY TOO. DO THEY GET REIMBURED FOR THERE LOSSES. HOW BOUT GAS STATIINS BUSINESSES. I GUES NOT JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SCREW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

HA ! Whatever .......The "Teacher Mafia" in this state is way worse ! At least ComEd provides a continuously upgraded and valuable service. Our teachers and andministration want more money all the time for the same babysitting services. Go out east and ask them what it's like to be out of power for months. Then come back here and comment. It's a worthy investment. You have no idea how fortunate we are to have this type of utility.
Also, if you read and post more positive things here Patch. You'd find that ComEd is the leader in "Green" technology. Shows how he public is emotionally driven.

I have a question how much longer do we the people let companies like ComEd rape and steal from us how much longer do we allow politicians to be bought and sold by mega rich companies like ComEd. We elect people to serve the people not the corporations. We have shifted to a two sided way of life rich and poor and I can say even if you make 80-90 thousand a year u are struggling with staying above water those are the facts painful yet true especially if you have a family ComEd don't need a rate hike they need better workers and better management this is a joke and an outrage I only pray the generation coming up stands up against companies and politicians that have robbed their parents of retirement and a life that their grandparents enjoyed in the 80's and early 90's. when will corporate America and our elected officials get out of our pockets. Oil natural gas and electricity alon with cable food clothing etc. how can we get ahead and get out of debt when those prices aren't regulated those companies are given a free ride to steal cause they fill the pockets of politicians more than they better their business What a shame no politicians stood up and said no lets see ur books first and if a rate increase is needed we can talk. Spineless and gutless the state politicians are. Lord help u all

Not surprised at all...A couple things come to mind..1 Are all the people that signed up for the city for electric going to be effected in some kind of fee..because all of those customers still run through ComEd and the city is going to have to do all the paper work....2nd....Is ComEd doing this because so many people signed up through the city to get electric through ComEd.?....This is the kind of stuff that happens when we spend more on Undeclared Wars and trying to stop people from doing drugs than energy...but build more and more subdivisions that demand power...Its only going to get worse and prices as we know never go down and if they do fees go up..Totally Dependant On Others

too bad we all didn't work for the govt- those employees seem to be doing nicely-their 4% yearly automatic cost of living increases seem like a distant memory for us suckers in private industry paying their way-and that would go a long way towards electricity and $4 a gallon gas

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How can this be? I thought all those windmills were going to lower our rates? Free, green, renewable energy, my "behind".

What? You want the government to regulate (even more) and guide the utilities ? NO THANKS! The government is corrupt as it is. Think again if you want them controlling what we need and use everyday at our leisure. It will become a broken down rationed system, without a maintainence or upgrade plan. Go read the real article in the Sun Times. Patch just picked a few words out to stir the public. Typical.

Com Ed and their "tree expert company" Asplundh wants to butcher more trees so they need more money! Watch for them out on the trails including the Great Western and IL Prairie Trail through out DuPage County this spring. Tell your County Board members and local IL legislators that Com Ed must begin to follow the IL law to trim the trees in a healthy manner BEFORE they get any more rate hikes. Get more info at www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com

If Come ed wanted to raise their prices last year then they should have done it then. If they wanted to but it didn't go through then too darn bad. To charge us now for what we've already used? That's a crock. If it passes that they can do that then it just goes to show (more than it already has) that IL is just chock full of political criminals. The problem with getting them out is that they get many votes from all the non working, welfare getting leaches that want to keep the money rolling their way for doing nothing but making babies that they don't even use the money for.

OK....lets all go to our employers and tell them that we think we should have been paid more for our services last year ............ how do you think that would work out?

Cal or write your reps in Springfield.
contact info as well as info about legislation can be found starting at
ilga.gov

wait till the grocery store starts sending you a bill for food you already ate and digested " oh sorry, we meant to charge to $5.00 a pound for those bananas...here's your bill" they can call it a post-consumption true-up

HEY STATE REPS,
THE OIL COMPANIES DIDNT BREAK A TRILLION DOLLARS EACH LAST YEAR AND THEY WANT YOU TO RETROACTIVELY RAISE THE PRICE OF GAS BY $4.00 A GALLON.... THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO APPROVE THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! I wouldnt worry about getting re-elected.... Dont bother running at all because I guarantee the opponents will be running ads with this information and you will LOSE your seat. Deservedly so.

It's maddening to see people in this state continuously voting these people into office. What are you thinking?! Why won't you see?! Is it really just because they have that big "D" after their name?!!!

It is totally outrageous.

Hey Patch, did you verify that this article is accurate? I can't find any other report that mentions a retroactive rate increase. Only a 40 cent increase starting next year.

brace yourself....Nicor won't be far behind. They are now owned by a mega company out of Atlanta (AGL Resources) they have already laid off hundreds of local employees and denied the remaining people their bonuses and any chance at even a cost of living raise for 2013. Try and look up Gas Prices for Atlanta… you’ll see the state is deregulated and you have to negotiate your rate with a third party for both gas and electric…utility costs are double there…

The opportunity to save on electric and gas supply here in Illinois has been going on for years. If you are still on ComEd and Nicor supply you could be paying less for supply which is the issue in this article. Go to www.khn.joinambit.com where you pay less for supply with both utilities and only need to worry about delivery charges from these companies. Deregulation is helping people save money, what are you waiting for?

Where were all of you when last year our legislature voted to give our two major electrical suppliers 2.3 billion dollars for Smart Grids?

80% of this was for smart meters which do absolutely nothing for the user except raise our cost while creating serious health, fire, safety, security, privacy and financial extravagance to pad crooked politicians campaign chests.

Will all this money bury power lines, protect the infrastructure against CMEs, stop hacking, and add one additional kilowatt of power to the grid? The answer is no! It will, however, make a few crony capitalist verse free market capitalist very rich at our expense. This massive fraud and scam has been created to charge (TOU) time of use rates for electrical usage. In other words you will pay double if you use electricity during normal hours. Time to rise up like the people in Naperville and fight these thugs and crooks.To see what the furture holds view this link.
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/2013/02/citizens-hammer-naperville-city-council/

PArt of the real problem with Com_ed is the love affair and the donations that they give to your boy Kirk Dillard, Governor wannabe. It is time he is taken to task by the stupid voters who continue to believe him when he is nothing but a pawn of the NEA and a supporter of com ed and the political organization of convicted felon Bill Cellini. Dillard is nothign but a RINO who supports Obama.

Uh, I don't think so. ComEd, not unlike the govt, has misspent, mismanaged, and failed to plan for the future. Now they want more - and even for what we've already paid for. No. As it is, our rates are going up 10% a year for 10 years. Not an acceptable request.

COm Ed CEO should be fired and their forecasters fired. This is not only outrageous, but an embarassment to all investors for ComEd and a cost that the company and its executives should take sole responsibility for. It is time that this lack of integrity at the corporate and governmentqal level be dealt with directly by refusal to go along, and if necessary outright boycott.

A Utility trying to bill for 2011-2012? Fire the corporate executives who even thought about raising the issue -

Come-Ed - go Away.

Com Ed -see the butt crack- try not to kiss that as you can kiss any other part of the area.

I'd like to reduce my usage for 2010 and get a rebate then. And the same for 2011, 2012 and years prior. I guess you owe me money! Ha! It works both ways!

So much for savings because of electric aggregation. Did anyone really think they could screw ComEd by switching providers? ComEd loses revenue because of aggregation, they find a way to get some if not all of it back. If legislators would have just left well enough alone, this issue wouldn't exist. Now, with aggregation, you pay a lower cost for electricity, but have to pay ComEd back for their loss of revenue. And aggregation saved us how? Welcome to reality......your bill ain't going down, it's going up. This is no different than the value of your house going down, so your assessed valuation drops, but the municipalities just raise the tax rates to make up the shortfall. End result....you pay the same thing if not more. There really is no way to screw "The Man." The more ways you look to try to screw "The Man" the more you make him mad and the more he takes from you.

I changed companies I get the Bill from COMED but NICOR is my supplier. Little cheaper. MIDWEST GENERATION PLANT ROMEOVILLE rumers has it that they are Due to Close . HUMMMMM

I would like a lot more info on this, the article was mighty short and had few details. Just seems wrong to attempt to get additional pay for services that have already been charged and collected for, is that not a fulfilled contract? Who specifically is involved? What officials of the IL Government are part of this? Perhaps if ComEd can't manage this properly the utility should become a publicly held trust, and the electrical power provided at the actual cost of production, with no profits involved for shareholders and investors. After all, it;s still a monopoly, which should be illegal.

Fine, then I'll just start powering everything at home off static electricity generated from scratching the dog. It's a win-win scenario.