Peoples Gas makes record profits as Chicagoans struggle to pay winter gas bills

Nearly half of all households in some Chicago zip codes were behind on their gas bills last month, according to a Chicago Sun-Times analysis.

Peoples Gas sign
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Peoples Gas sign
Daniel X. O’Neil/Wikimedia Commons

Peoples Gas makes record profits as Chicagoans struggle to pay winter gas bills

Nearly half of all households in some Chicago zip codes were behind on their gas bills last month, according to a Chicago Sun-Times analysis.

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Peoples Gas has earned record profits, but many of its Chicago customers are still struggling to pay for the natural gas that heated their homes over the last few months, according to new reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Reset learns more about what’s driving the higher energy costs and why customers on the South and West sides have been hit the hardest.

GUEST: Stephanie Zimmermann, consumer investigations reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times