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ComEd rate increase: ComEd customers to see rate increase June 1 - chicagotribune.com: "On June 1 ComEd residential customers will see their monthly electric bills go up an average of $3.15, and more increases could come in a rapid succession if the state legislature passes a bill expected to be introduced this week.

The bill would tack on an additional $3 monthly to residential customers' bills to pay for electricity system improvements and, more significantly, would speed up review of rate hike proposals, essentially relegating the Illinois Commerce Commission, the state regulatory body that sets electric rates, to a lesser role."