To the editors:
The purpose is lower electric rates, the timing is because Com Ed’s franchise ends in 1990, and the City Council ultimately must decide.
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The State Supreme Court ruled that Com Ed must “wheel” power to municipal utilities; but Com Ed claims that Chicago will have to build new power lines to the generating utilities.
Long ago, the City Council passed a utility tax which finances the city out of your light bill, without consulting the ICC. Com Ed threatens that, if the city puts in a new utility, they could raise your light bill to finance the city without going through the ICC.
While Hogan’s misstatements are the most important ones in the article, Burleigh does get some details askew.
Anybody who wants to know how we’ll get electricity in the ’90s should attend.
