Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson said Monday the city should create a “hardship program” to help needy residents pay utility bills and he called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to scrap a tentative plan to renew the franchise agreement with ComEd.
Wilson, reacting to a report in the Sun-Times about an increase in shutoffs for nonpayment by electric and gas utilities, said the city’s assistance plan could be drawn from revenue it gets from new businesses.
