01/11/2026
🚨 Nicor Gas customers — heads up 🚨
Your gas bill has already gone up, and another increase is being requested.
✔️ In November 2025, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a $167 million Nicor Gas delivery rate increase, which is already affecting monthly bills.
🔗 NBC Chicago:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nicor-gas-gets-approval-for-167m-rate-hike-what-that-could-mean-for-bills/3853552/
✔️ Then in January 2026, less than two months later, Nicor filed for another $221 million rate hike. If approved, bills could rise again in the coming years.
🔗 Capitol News Illinois:
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/nicor-files-for-221m-gas-rate-hike-less-than-2-months-after-last-increase-approved/
✔️ Consumer advocacy groups are publicly criticizing the timing of this new request and urging regulators to reject it.
🔗 WTTW News:
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/09/nicor-files-221m-gas-rate-hike-less-2-months-after-last-increase-approved
💡 Important: These increases are mostly in delivery charges, not the gas itself — which means bills can keep rising even if you use the same or less gas.
Sharing so people aren’t blindsided. Awareness matters. 📣
Consumer advocates expressed outrage with the move, calling on state regulators to reject the request, which comes only days after Peoples Gas filed for a $202 million rate hike on Monday.
