AQUA
– House Bill1379
HB1379
would allow Aqua Illinois and Illinois American Water to fast-track
takeovers of municipal water systems and automatically charge current
customers higher rates to fund those conquests.
This
bill would allow those companies to raise their existing customers’
rates by 2.5% for one acquisition and 5% for multiple acquisitions.
HB1379
passed the General Assembly and could be signed by Governor Quinn any
day.
Please
use CUB’s Action Network to ask Governor Quinn to veto HB1379.
Or
you can call Governor Quinn’s office at 217-782-0244.
Website:
www:citizensutilityboard.org
Click
headline–(Don’t get Soaked with Higher Water Rates) Follow
prompts
Mary
Budreau – CWL Advisory Panel
Source
includes Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and PR Newswire
articles (excerpts)