CHICAGO, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a fresh twist to spring cleaning, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Wednesday announced that it will hold a Chicago-area campaign, "Spring Savings Week," to "scrub" phone bills of hundreds of dollars a year in unnecessary services and bad deals using five consecutive days of phone clinics and a new how-to video, "60 Seconds to Phone Savings." Sparked by recent events in the phone industry as well as a CUB study in 2009 showing that Illinois callers could be overpaying by $1 billion a year, CUB will hold a money-saving event each day in the first week of April to help consumers tidy up their phone bills and cut their costs.

CHICAGO, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Monday commended Gov. Pat Quinn for standing up for Illinois consumers and vetoing two bills that could have slammed Land of Lincoln residents with higher heating costs for years to come. Gov.

CHICAGO, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) said Wednesday that it will appeal an Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) decision to give Nicor Gas a rate hike of about $69 million, including a 60 percent increase in the monthly "customer charge." "Today's decision is another example of how the needs of consumers are being overshadowed by corporate interests," CUB Executive Director David Kolata said.

By Scott Miller BLOOMINGTON - Nicor Gas customers should beware of recent marketing pitches from unregulated suppliers, the watchdog Citizens Utility Board warned in a consumer alert issued this week.

By Scott Miller, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Sep. 20--BLOOMINGTON -- Nicor Gas customers should beware of recent marketing pitches from unregulated suppliers, the watchdog Citizens Utility Board warned in a consumer alert issued this week.