are in debt to the utility, and this will only make the home heating affordability crisis worse.
"It is unfortunate and dangerous that this group -- with a bias against natural gas -- is playing politics with Chicago’s energy future," a spokesman for People’s Gas said in a statement. "Here are the facts: the work our crew members do everyday is absolutely vital to keeping Chicago’s heating system safe and reliable. The pipes beneath Chicago’s streets date back to the 1800s. They need to be modernized. Failure to invest in infrastructure leads to what happened in Texas two years ago during a winter storm: no heat, and more than 240 people died.