Sept. 10, 2007: Consumers Begin Digesting Ameren's Electric Rate Rebates

Ameren Corporation is beginning to mail checks to customers who suffered from rate hikes after many months with the Illinois government.

Chicago Tribune
Consumers Begin Digesting Ameren's Electric Rate Rebates
Associated Press
By Jim Suhr
Sept. 10, 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/illinois/chi-ap-il-electricrate...

Soaring electricity costs have taken a bite out the bottom line at Ken Clarida's fast-food restaurant in the southern Illinois town of Benton, prompting him to raise prices, including a 50-cent markup on hamburgers, to $1.99.

Clarida, who's also grappling with a recent $1-an-hour increase in the state's minimum wage, got some good news Monday with the announcement by Ameren Corp. that long-awaited rate relief was on the way in the form of rebate checks or bill credits.

St. Louis-based Ameren said it would begin mailing the checks Wednesday to its Illinois customers.