![]() ![]() To justify it, however, the utilities will have to reduce outages by 20 percent, energy theft by 50 percent and inactive meters (those delivering power to unoccupied homes) by a whopping 90 percent under the new rules. Pat Quinn vetoed a similar bill in September, saying it was “a dream come true for Commonwealth Edison, but it's a nightmare for Illinois consumers." The latest version is tougher as a result, though it will still allow the state’s two big utilities to add about $3 per month to customers’ bills. Those are the rules under a bill that Illinois legislators passed in a veto-proof majority last month, after a long battle over the companies’ $3.2 billion in smart grid plans. For utilities ComEd and Ameren Illinois, that means cutting outages, inactive meters, estimated billing, energy theft and other money-wasters the smart grid was meant to prevent - or paying penalties out of their profits. ![]() Illinois utilities are about to have to prove their smart grid can do what it promises.
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