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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Marti Wilkinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martiwilki@gmail.com">martiwilki@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">It's my understanding that electrical rates tend to run higher during the summer because of the strain that widespread AC usage has on the grid.</blockquote>
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<div>That's right. It's not a new policy. Been the policy for years and years. Electric rates for residential customers are higher in the summer.</div>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">This, of course, reflects on an infrastructure that was not developed with modern appliances and Central Air in mind. As for specific policy information I would suppose that checking with the Illinois Commerce Commission or AmerenIP would be the prudent thing to do.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.icc.illinois.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.icc.illinois.gov/</a><br><a href="http://www.ameren.com/sites/aiu/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ameren.com/sites/aiu/Pages/Home.aspx</a><br>
<br>Marti<br><br><br>
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<div class="im">On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:11 AM, unionyes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unionyes@ameritech.net" target="_blank">unionyes@ameritech.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></blockquote>
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<div><font size="3" face="Arial">Does anyone know about a supposed new policy of Ameren Illinois Power, that charges people summer air conditioning rates regardless if they have or use air conditioning ?</font></div>
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