Legislators Split on Effect of New ComEd Law
State Senate President Cullerton praises new legislation to New Trier Democrats. Biss, Garrett and Nekritz disagree.
Power outages arising from a string of severe summer storms were on the mind of a number of people who came to hear state Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) give the New Trier Township Democratic Organization an update on legislative affairs Sunday in Winnetka. “Is something being done with an eye to reducing the problems with ComEd (Commonwealth Edison),” Ed Bancroft of Winnetka asked Cullerton. “Will the power outages be reduced?” Cullerton took the opportunity to tell Bancroft and the rest of the crowd of more than 30 people at the Winnetka Community House about the latest legislation to regulate ComEd. On Oct. 26, the General Assembly voted to override Gov. Patrick Quinn’s veto of smart grid legislation after tweaking the …
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Louis G. Atsaves
5:44 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
For a public utility with the worst service in the nation according to all reports to be handed this by the legislature is appalling. During the summer storms, I was confronted with that "worst service" when the power was turned on after two days and my neighbor's tree which had been sitting on the power line began to burn. It took ComEd 4 days and 18 phone calls from me, my neighbors and my fire… more ›