Ameren requests another rate hike

SPRINGFIELD – Ameren filed for a $226 million rate increase Friday that would raise both natural gas and electric costs for most residents of downstate Illinois.

The typical residential customers of AmerenIP, which includes those in Champaign, Urbana and Danville, would pay about $152 more annually – $97 more in electric rates and $55 more in natural gas rates. On a monthly basis, that would be about $8 a month more for electricity and $4.50 a month more for natural gas.

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