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Rooftop solar farm proposed in Mundelein

Daily Herald report
Oct 19, 2026 2:52 pm - A proposal to construct a commercial solar array on the roof of a Mundelein warehouse will get a public review Wednesday.
As diesel costs soar, school district transportation budgets are paying the price

By Harris Horowitz
Oct 17, 2026 10:53 am - School districts are facing significant budget challenges due to record-high diesel prices, which reached $6.83 per gallon in September. Districts like Naperville 203 anticipate spending an extra $300,000 on fuel alone.
‘Partial win for customers’: ICC approves $82 million rate hike for Nicor

By Maggie Dougherty
Oct 16, 2026 10:17 am - The Illinois Commerce Commission approved an $82 million rate hike request from Nicor Gas on Thursday that is expected to raise average residential bills by around $2 per month. The increase is far less than the original $221 million Nicor had requested, which would have raised rates by around $6 a month.
US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Oct 16, 2026 8:04 am - The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers.
US consumers are muscling through higher prices, but for how long?

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 15, 2026 1:35 pm - High gas prices are intensifying inflation and vacuuming up more of Americans' dollars, yet consumers are still digging deep to spend, powering the economy, at least for now.
Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, as US relations teeter

By SUSIE BLANN
Oct 15, 2026 7:49 am - Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over amid deepening tensions with Washington.
Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 14, 2026 7:56 am - U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas, clothes, and air fares got more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before the midterm elections.
Zelenskyy says Russia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy sites despite Trump ceasefire push

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB
Oct 14, 2026 7:36 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced outrage Wednesday over Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a ceasefire.
Kane County company plans to build largest battery energy storage system on ComEd’s grid

By Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 12, 2026 4:55 pm - Richardson Electronics, state lawmakers and ComEd officials celebrated Monday the Kane County company’s plan to build the largest commercial electricity storage battery system on ComEd’s Illinois grid.
Zelenskyy says Russia strikes energy facilities despite Trump claim of an energy ceasefire

By SAMYA KULLAB
Oct 12, 2026 7:45 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has continued to strike Ukraine's energy facilities even after U.S. President Donald Trump said a day earlier that the warring countries had agreed on an energy ceasefire in the 4 1/2-year-old war.

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