Article: ICC Grants Nicor $28 Million Rate Hike, CUB Argues Company Doesn't Deserve Increase and Will Appeal Decision.

Article: Rate-hike opposition no surprise to Nicor
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  March 5, 2005 ;     625 words ... ... Ingle said. He said the rate hike will allow Nicor to "continue to provide ... otherwise and believe the rate hike is unnecessary. Nicor Inc., the parent company ... it, according to CUB. "Nicor's rate hike request is com pletely unjustified ...

Article: Nicor out for 16.5% rate hike.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Writer Naperville-based Nicor Gas said in April it likely would seek a rate hike. It's keeping its word. Nicor said in a government ... every nickel of the rate hike request isn't well ... CUB will fight it." Nicor has been under investigation ...

Article: Nicor rate hike would mean $26 more annually ...
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  November 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... capital investments, Nicor Gas said it will ask ... for a 16.5 percent rate hike that would add about ... a profit, in 1996. Nicor will ask the state regulatory ... They can ask for a rate hike any time they want ... group. CUB claims that Nicor overcharged customers ...

Article: Nicor's rate-hike request risks rancor ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... capital investments, Nicor Gas said it will ask ... for a 16.5 percent rate hike that would add about ... a profit, in 1996. Nicor will ask the state regulatory ... They can ask for a rate hike any time they want ... group. CUB claims that Nicor overcharged customers ...

Article: Can Nicor cut more? Ask Peoples; One utility trims back; ...
Crain's Chicago Business;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: STEVE DANIELS Nicor Inc., seeking an ... natural gas delivery rate hike, must convince regulators ... privately echo that view. Nicor says yearly annual delivery ... 370. The proposed rate hike, which likely would ... add $2 to a typical Nicor household's monthly ...

Article: CUB: Despite Federal, State Probes, ICC Judges Recommend $55 ...
PR Newswire;  August 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... have recommended that Nicor Gas be awarded a $55 million rate hike, even as the utility ... traditional regulation, Nicor used the PBR plan ... Now, it wants a rate hike to recover the costs ... market-priced gas. "Nicor wants its customers ...

Article: CUB Asks ICC to Reject Rate Hike Sought by ...
PR Newswire;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Commission (ICC) challenging the rate hike. The groups presented three separate studies which detail how Nicor has inflated its rate-hike request. The studies presented ... the gas-pricing plan. "Nicor's rate hike request is completely unjustified ...