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ComEd carbon credit to lower bills by $20 per month
ComEd customers will begin to see the credits on their monthly bills this summer.
CHICAGO - ComEd is giving money back to its customers.
Starting in June, the utility company will add a $20 a month credit to bills that will run through May of next year, saving the average customer about $237.
The carbon credits are an unexpected dividend from the state's bailout of three struggling nuclear power plants last fall.
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The nuclear bailout was expected to raise costs for ComEd customers, but rising energy prices — combined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — have suddenly made the plants more profitable.