Chicago

===Utilities===
Electricity for most of [[northern Illinois]] is provided by [[Commonwealth Edison]], also known as ComEd. Their service territory borders [[Iroquois County, Illinois|Iroquois County]] to the south, the [[Wisconsin]] border to the north, the [[Iowa]] border to the west and the [[Indiana]] border to the east. In northern Illinois, ComEd (a division of [[Exelon]]) operates the greatest number of nuclear generating plants in any U.S. state. Because of this, ComEd reports indicate that Chicago receives about 75% of its electricity from nuclear power. Recently, the city began installing wind turbines on government buildings to promote renewable energy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iit.edu/~ipro307f/faq.html |title=IIT.edu |publisher=IIT.edu |date=June 20, 2003 |access-date=May 4, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605021018/http://www.iit.edu/~ipro307f/faq.html |archive-date = June 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory/adv030707.html |title=KentLaw.edu |publisher=KentLaw.edu |access-date=May 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203000/http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory/adv030707.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Martin LaMonica Staff Writer |author2=CNET News |url=http://news.cnet.com/Micro+wind+turbines+are+coming+to+town/2100-11398_3-6037539.html |title='Micro' wind turbines are coming to town &#124; CNET News.com |publisher=news.cnet.com |access-date=May 4, 2009 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709113341/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/micro-wind-turbines-are-coming-to-town/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Natural gas is provided by Peoples Gas, a subsidiary of [[Integrys Energy Group]], which is headquartered in Chicago.

Domestic and industrial waste was once incinerated but it is now [[landfill]]ed, mainly in the [[Lake Calumet|Calumet area]]. From 1995 to 2008, the city had a [[blue bag]] program to divert recyclable refuse from landfills.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1322.html |title=Waste Disposal |publisher=Encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |access-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605002907/http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1322.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of low participation in the blue bag programs, the city began a pilot program for blue bin recycling like other cities. This proved successful and blue bins were rolled out across the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/what-really-happens-chicagos-blue-cart-recycling-112302 |title=What really happens to Chicago's blue cart recycling? |last1=Bentley |first1=Chris |date=July 1, 2015 |website=WBEZ91.5 Chicago Public Media |publisher=Chicago Public Media |access-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211143038/http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/what-really-happens-chicagos-blue-cart-recycling-112302 |archive-date=December 11, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>