As lawmakers scramble to avoid threatened nukes shutdown, Pritzker pitches plan that would cost ComEd ratepayers nearly $3 more a month

“Unfortunately, the draft legislation continues key formula rate policies that guarantee ComEd’s profits, while also increasing their profit levels,” Abe Scarr, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, a consumer watchdog, said in a statement. “We will be releasing more analysis soon, and urge the governor and legislative leaders to remove policies that guarantee utility profits from the final bill.”