Gov. Rod wants to refund your gas bills
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich wants the Illinois Commerce Commission to demand that People’s Gas refund its customers $118 million, as recommended by the ICC two months ago. The refund is part of a settlement over alleged overcharging by People’s Gas in the winter of 2000-2001. The refund would come out to about $118 per customer, though the city thinks they should get more. They originally demanded $325.5 million, while People’s Gas only offered $5 million before arbitration. The refund may be long coming though, because the ICC lacks a chairman and one of its other commissioners has recused herself from the case. If the panel doesn’t enforce the refund, People’s Gas says they will appeal the decision to a circuit court.
