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Hey @GovPritzker, unlike Nicor, @AmerenIllinois refused to go on record about the # of households facing shutoffs. So I napkin-mathed it. Notes in thread! #NoAmerenShutoffs
More than 80k households likely are 60+ days behind.
More than 264k households likely have past due bills.
More than 80k households likely are 60+ days behind.
More than 264k households likely have past due bills.
Note that the above measure definitions are different. Let's look at the lower # first:
Nicor has 152k households more than 60+ past due which is 6.9% of the 2.2M homes & businesses they serve. @AmerenIllinois serves 1.2M
Napkin math: 6.9% 1.2M is 82,909 https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/nicor-offers-bill-payment-assistance-customers-amid-pandemic
Nicor has 152k households more than 60+ past due which is 6.9% of the 2.2M homes & businesses they serve. @AmerenIllinois serves 1.2M
Napkin math: 6.9% 1.2M is 82,909 https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/nicor-offers-bill-payment-assistance-customers-amid-pandemic
Now let's look at the higher #, again noting that this is due to a difference in measure definitions:
Springfield has 11,402 households behind on CWLP bills. That's 22.9% of Springfield's 49,689 households.
Napkin math: 22% of 1.2M is 264k
I even rounded down #NoAmerenShutoffs
Springfield has 11,402 households behind on CWLP bills. That's 22.9% of Springfield's 49,689 households.
Napkin math: 22% of 1.2M is 264k
I even rounded down #NoAmerenShutoffs
Now let's note the farce of @AmerenIllinois financial assistance. They serve over 1.2M households, yet offered financial assistance that would cover at most 2.2% of the households they serve.
Even by the low end estimates, this is less than 1/3 of the people who need help.
Even by the low end estimates, this is less than 1/3 of the people who need help.
. @GovPritzker, you were silent the 1st, 2nd & 3rd time @AmerenIllinois sent out shutoff notices. Don't make it a 4th.
The @MaconDems called on you in good faith to act. Their core ask to you is in the next tweet in this thread. It's from 13 days ago. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1prs9-VfoZbQ9uUQRE3iSLwxlP5kLQljj/view?usp=sharing
The @MaconDems called on you in good faith to act. Their core ask to you is in the next tweet in this thread. It's from 13 days ago. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1prs9-VfoZbQ9uUQRE3iSLwxlP5kLQljj/view?usp=sharing
@GovPritzker
"Governor JB Pritzker has led by example and enacted several successful statewide policies that successfully
reduced the transmission rate. However, Illinois remains the 6th most impacted state by COVID-19 with more than 241,000 reported cases and over 8,300 deaths."
"Governor JB Pritzker has led by example and enacted several successful statewide policies that successfully
reduced the transmission rate. However, Illinois remains the 6th most impacted state by COVID-19 with more than 241,000 reported cases and over 8,300 deaths."
Anyway, adding source for the Springfield number.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200905/cwlp-resumes-sending-disconnect-notices-encourages-customers-to-call
Also @bschoenburg how've you been? Should catch up some time. Probably not your beat but enjoy the thread at least! Oh & roster of the 31 & counting #NoAmerenShutoffs orgs is below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_xXq7o_KHP-PB-jJ4QVhAxCjRY1GpUGEUnLNa0x84A0/edit#
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200905/cwlp-resumes-sending-disconnect-notices-encourages-customers-to-call
Also @bschoenburg how've you been? Should catch up some time. Probably not your beat but enjoy the thread at least! Oh & roster of the 31 & counting #NoAmerenShutoffs orgs is below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_xXq7o_KHP-PB-jJ4QVhAxCjRY1GpUGEUnLNa0x84A0/edit#
