http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/ The following people are opposed to the suggested utility rate increase for Ameren Gas & Electric Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:0:57 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig5405278 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Why is Mid American Energy so much better? Not fair! Why don\'t I have a choice in providers in my area & am stuck with Ameren? http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4891861 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4809974 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. The rates this company charges are horrible. How are we supposed to raise a family when jobs suck and the power and gas company suck every cent you have!!! This company needs a good compitition and I think they would go out of business! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4719545 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4717915 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. the rates ameren imposes onus are ridiculous. we have to chose between eating and having heat! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4493928 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. I think since he is finally gone, we the people of Illinois need to re visit the Ameren Rate increase situation. No doubt in my mind that he stood up saying he would protect the people of Illinois from the outrageous rate increases, all while taking hand outs from Ameren under the table to allow for the rate increases! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4441823 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. I also agree that the lack of competition and supervision has lead to rip offs. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig4361435 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. My customer charge went from 6 to 21 dollars. What a ripoff! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3924469 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3855183 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Ameren is a rip off and needs competition. I wonder who they paid off? http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3838921 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Lack of competition promotes abuse! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3546185 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST elected officials:Your action or inaction are the only options for THE people. we need relief from these rates. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3543416 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3540087 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3498277 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I'm spoiled. By the CWLP rates of Springfield IL and its service. Time for all of Illinois to be likewise spoiled. Community owned power!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3445013 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST My payments have more than doubled and AMEREN's bill says I used LESS KWH than last year at this time!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3235721 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3231644 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Our annual income has dropped, but the cost for basic needs keep on growing. I can't list all the things we've had to stop doing to pay our Ameren bills. I miss the Clinton years! Ha! Doug, Thanks for the vent. D. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3207798 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST The deregulation deal with the utilities in 1997 was a ten year rate freeze in order to allow time for retail market based competition to develop. Un-bundling of utility services did not work for retail markets. The only sensible solution is to re-regulate the utilities and return to cost of service pricing until true competition is evident for the "last mile". There can not be competition when one company owns the only wire that goes from the pole to your house. Think about it! Deregulation worked for telephones because there are alternative technologies, e.g. cellular and VOIP. But there are no mature alternatives to your electric supplier. It is still a monopoly structure, and monopolies are regulated with oversight by public entities. Nothing new under the sun here. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Ameren/#sig3201618 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST My daughter's studio apartment was billed $250 for the last month's electric. This is five times the former amount. And I thought the old rates were bad.