Karen May, Daniel Biss and others to question ComEd, Illinois Commerce Commission.
Are you one of the more than 1 million people in Chicagoland who have lost power due to the summer storms? Do you want to let your representatives in Springfield know your story? Do you want to hear what ComEd and the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)—the agency that regulates ComEd—have to say? All of those things and more are possible when the Illinois House of Representatives Public Utilities Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Highland Park Country Club. The meeting was organized by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) after thunderstorms and high winds knocked out power to more than 1 million ComEd customers. Many were without electricity for days. In Winnetka, which provides electric power to residents, no one…
A hub for the nation’s railroad traffic, Chicago has the second highest number of crossings and miles of track in the country. The city's North Shore burbs top the list for number of crashes, injuries and deaths.
When Jerome Cetnar was struck and killed by a Kenosha-bound Union Pacific North train in Kenilworth Nov. 5, the 66-year-old man became the most recent fatality in a mounting list of train-related accidents along the North Shore. Not an isolated incident, Cetnar's death followed an October accident—and subsequent death—when 29-year-old Lauren LeVert was killed by a Canadian Pacific freight train in Deerfield. Since 2007, 11 people have died in railroad accidents throughout the North Shore communities of Glenview, Northbrook, Deerfield and Kenilworth. More than half of these 11 accidents occurred at Glenview stops, with four occurring at the Chestnut Avenue stop alone. More Tracks Means More Risk On any given day, a variety of passenger …
