Electricity

The city of Rock Falls Electric Department has received national recognition from the American Public Power Association for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2024.

Aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission structures and lines throughout the service territory will be Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, weather permitting.

After 3 tornadoes touchdown in Will County, thousands of residents remain without power. Will County Emergency Management Agency is working with ComEd to get service back. Salvation Army, Red Cross working to assist people.

Sunday night's severe storms caused 60 to 100 downed trees and power outages in Geneva, according to alerts from the city's Public Works Department.

Illinois Municipal Electric Agency is urging St. Charles and other Illinois municipalities to enter into a new power sales contract that would extend the agreement through May 2055.

ComEd has informed Geneva the recent outages on the west side have been caused by trees and wildlife. The outages have lasted less than one minute.

After almost three weeks, seniors displaced from the Joshua Arms Senior Residences in Joliet have been given approval to return to their apartments.

Many of the building’s residents are now staying in hotels provided by the facility’s management and are receiving two meals a day thanks to a partnership with the Joliet Salvation Army.

643 new electric vehicle charging ports are coming to Illinois as funding is announced by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Com Ed's Joliet training facility hosted a graduation Friday for 53 apprentices who completed the second step training program to become full overhead electrical workers. The advancing of new employees is part of a larger plan by Com Ed to bolster the power grid for the future.

The city will be replacing underground electric cable in Geneva starting in March and said it will be sending out notifications in advance of any service disruption.

Illinois’ electric vehicle charging infrastructure is on pace to double this year, buoyed by an influx of state and federal dollars.

Lee County residents and small businesses recently were sent letters advising them of the county’s new electric municipal aggregation supplier.

A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that Chicago electric company Commonwealth Edison improperly raised customer bills this summer.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission line construction.

Members of the public railed against potential increases to the price of natural gas and electricity at two recent public hearings before a state regulatory body that has the authority to limit those rate hikes.

City pursues federal grant despite councilman's claim it amounts to socialism.

Polo is one of 16 members of the EV Readiness Program’s inaugural cohort, which “will help communities streamline policies and implement best practices for safe and effective regional transportation electrification" to meet a growing demand for electric vehicles.

New transmission poles are economical, but how do they look?

Mt. Morris trustees have voted to lock in an electricity rate for the wastewater treatment plant six months prior to the end of the village’s current contract.