{"id":28556,"date":"2026-01-28T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=28556"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:54:25","slug":"illinois-american-water-proposes-rate-hike-granite-city-and-surrounding-communities-included","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/illinois-american-water-proposes-rate-hike-granite-city-and-surrounding-communities-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois American Water Proposes Rate Hike, Granite City and Surrounding Communities Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 20px;text-align: center\"><strong>Illinois American Water Proposes Rate Hike, Impacting All 148 Illinois Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px\"><em>GraniteCityGossip.com January 28, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"243\" data-id=\"28564\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Illi-water.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Illi-water.png 307w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Illi-water-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 85vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"28562\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20160626_waterratehike_fb-958x719-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20160626_waterratehike_fb-958x719-edit.png 958w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20160626_waterratehike_fb-958x719-edit-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20160626_waterratehike_fb-958x719-edit-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">Illinois American Water has formally requested a rate increase from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to support approximately $577 million in infrastructure investments across its service areas. If approved, the new rates would take effect in January 2027 following an 11-month regulatory review.<br><br>The proposed rate hike would impact all 148 Illinois communities served by Illinois American Water.<br><br>E<strong>stimated Monthly Increases.<\/strong><br>Water service: ~$14\/month for a typical residential customer using 3,500 gallons.<br>Wastewater service: ~$28\/month for the same usage.<br>These figures are averages and may vary slightly by service area.<br><br><strong>The company says the funds will be used to:<\/strong><br>Replace 42 miles of aging pipeline.<br>Upgrade storage tanks, wells, hydrants, meters.<br>Improve wastewater treatment plants.<br>Continue lead service line replacement.<br>Address PFAS and other emerging contaminants.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\"><br><strong>To help offset costs, the proposal includes:<\/strong><br>Discounted rates for the first 2,000 gallons.<br>Assistance programs like H2O Help to Others.<br>Budget billing and flexible payment plans.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">Granite City residents are already feeling the financial strain following the sale of the city-owned water treatment plant, and this proposed rate hike from Illinois American Water adds another layer of pressure to household budgets across the community.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28569,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28556\/revisions\/28569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}