CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- Ameren bills are skyrocketing across the state with many people saying they are paying nearly double what they paid just last month.

Thursday afternoon, WCIA posted a question on our Facebook page asking people if they have been affected by the recent Ameren rate hike. That post generated more than 2,000 comments and reactions.

"You've got food, you've got phone bills, car payments, all that's really being affected right now." said Danville resident Christi Langellier.

She's not the only one.

Some of the comments online include: someone saying "horribly," many saying their bill more than doubled, and one person even joking that they're going to try and make their own electricity to combat the rise.

It's hitting everyone hard. WCIA heard from small business o

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