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A-G, Advocates Fight Ameren Rate Hike Plan

Illinois lawmakers last month gave the state's two biggest utilities a new way to set their rates, and now one of them wants to take advantage of that.  Ameren Illinois, which supplies power and natural gas to most of downstate Illinois, is looking to walk away from a pending case at the Illinois Commerce Commission.  Ameren had asked for a 60-million dollar rate hike, then lower its request to 39-million dollars.  But the ICC is considering lower rates for customers.  Ameren asked to drop the request, now the Illinois Attorney General and a number of consumer advocates want the state to hold Ameren to it's proposal.  Dave Koloat with the citizen's utility board says Ameren should not be able to "walk away" from what could be a deal to save customers millions.  Ameren has not yet filed a rate increase plan under the new Smart Grid legislation, which allows Ameren and ComEd a bit more leeway with rate increase.

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