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State delving into winter weather crisis

State delving into winter weather crisis Angela Bauer, abauer@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail The Illinois Commerce Commission is looking into utilities’ efforts to be prepared for extreme weather after February’s cold snap left millions without heat and sent natural gas prices skyrocketing. “What happened in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma this past winter is extremely concerning to the commission,” ICC chairman Carrie Zalewski said. “While we regularly hear from the utilities and regional transmission organizations about their winter and summer preparedness efforts, we are digging deeper so that we are absolutely certain that every reasonable step possible is being taken to protect Illinois consumers from widespread outages and extreme energy prices.”

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