Friday, November 9, 2012
Customers are encouraged to apply for $4 million in assistance still available.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Veterans Day is on Nov. 12, and with only a couple months remaining in 2012, ComEd is urging its customers, including disabled veterans and deployed active military personnel, to apply for $4 million in assistance funds still available. The money is part of a five-year, $50 million commitment to help ComEd customers struggling to pay their monthly electric bills, and it is a direct result of the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act enacted last fall by Illinois lawmakers. ComEd dedicated $10 million in financial assistance for 2012, and nearly half remains available. To raise customers’ awareness of the assistance funds, ComEd launched an advertising campaign encouraging customers facing financial hardship to apply. The campaign, …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The village's power supplier is calling out the study claiming Winnetka will pay astronomically higher prices for dirty energy, saying it's 'deeply flawed.'
After a new study was released revealing Winnetka residents might pay more for coal power than their green-energy neighbors, representatives with the village’s power supplier are coming out with guns blazing. Kevin Gaden, President and CEO of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, says last week’s study from clean energy activists is “deeply flawed,” citing roughly six areas in the document that he said are “simply false.” “On August 29, an organization called the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis released a report that purports to demonstrate that the Prairie State Generating Company is uneconomic and a detriment to those power suppliers that are partial owners,” explained Gaden in a press release. “…This study’s …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Unlike neighboring communities like Northfield, Winnetka officials aren't discussing alternate energy to lower residential energy prices.
While Northfield may be putting a question regarding alternate energy sources on its ballot in November, don’t expect to see a similar question in Winnetka any time soon. According to a statement released by Winnetka officials, the village will not be following suit. “You may have heard about Illinois voters placing referendum questions on their local ballot to permit their municipality to purchase electricity from a supplier other than ComEd,” wrote the village. “This approach, known as municipal electric aggregation, allows communities to purchase electricity directly from an alternative electric supplier, at what is suggested will be a lower rate than currently offered by ComEd," the statment continued. "Electric Aggregation is not an …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Village Board voted to put an electrical aggregation referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot. It's now up to the voters to decide whether to possibly leave ComEd.
Northfield officials are looking for cheaper electricity than what Commonwealth Edison is currently providing, meaning they could join a growing number of Illinois towns that are doing so. The village, however, would first need residents’ approval. The Northfield Village Board officially voted during its board meeting on Aug. 20 to put a question regarding electrical aggregation on the Nov. 6 ballot. The question will ask voters if they authorize the Village of Northfield to arrange for the supply of electricity for its residents and small business customers. According to a Northfield public information document, electrical aggregation is all about helping residents in the community. "To save Northfield residents money on their …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Prizes for the 'Coolest Summer Ever' contest include tickets to Chicago sporting events, museums and theaters, unique animal encounters and a $5,000 donation to your favorite charity.
If you've got a knack for trivia, try your hand at Commonwealth Edison's (ComEd) 'Coolest Summer Ever' sweepstakes and enter to win a number of prizes to make your summer a little more interesting. During the 10-week contest that began Monday, participants can visit ComEd on Facebook and answer questions about Chicago and suburban destinations, energy conservation tips and other assorted trivia, according to a ComEd press release. A different prize will be awarded each of the ten weeks. They include a five-show theater package, White Sox scout seats and a chance to throw out the first pitch at a Cub's game. A private tour of the Adler Planetarium's Doane Observatory and a limo ride to Rockford to see the symphony are among the …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Crews are working to restore power to the remaining 10 percent of families still without electricity. Out since 11 a.m. Sunday morning, ComEd is still investigating the cause.
As of 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, ninty percent of customers affected by the morning's power outage have seen electricity restored, a ComEd spokeswoman confirmed. Crews are working to restore the remaining outages and are uncertain what caused power loss for the 1,200 Glenview and a small pocket of Northfield customers beginning around 11 a.m., said ComEd's Martha Swaney. Stay tuned to Winnetka Patch for the latest updates: Sign up for our newsletter & Like us on Facebook! Affected areas include from Lake Avenue to Lehigh Avenue and from Robincrest Lane to Gladish Lane, Swaney said. Swaney added that ComEd is unable to provide an estimated time frame for repair. Customers may report outages, view an outage map and sign up for free mobile outage …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium announced Tuesday that customers will be charged 4.83 cents per kilowatt-hour.
The North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium announced Tuesday afternoon that area residents will save around 41 percent on their bills. Glencoe, along with the seven other communities involved in the consortium, will receive "one of the largest aggregation groups under a single form agreement in Illinois," according to a press statement released Tuesday. Stay up with local news; sign up for our newsletter The entire consortium, serving an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people along the North Shore, will be enrolled into the new rate system, Glencoe Assistant Village Manager William Jones told Patch. All of the municipalities, which include Glencoe, Highland Park, Deerfield, Skokie, Lake Bluff, Northbrook and Park Ridge, adopted the …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The special meeting, slated to occur Wednesday evening, will be hosted sometime in the next 10 to 14 days.
Glencoe has postponed its special electrical aggregation meeting that would determine the village's new utility provider, according to village manager William Jones. The village was slated to meet Wednesday evening to approve "an ordinance to adopt an aggregation program, a resolution to adopt a plan of operation and governance and an alternative electricity supplier agreement if we are able to finalize the last remaining terms," Jones told previously told Patch. Related: Need more information on electrical aggregation? "The Electricity Aggregation Consortium needs additional time to finalize contract terms with the low responsible supplier. As such, tonight’s special meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. has been postponed to a date and time …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Consortium of north suburbs will ask voters whether or not they should seek bids for an alternate electric supplier to ComEd.
Amid a slew of local races and the Republican primary, there’s one issue on the March 20 ballots that could impact every voter’s wallet: electrical aggregation. The municipalities of Northbrook, Deerfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Park Ridge and Skokie have formed a group called the North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium. Voters in each community are being asked if they want the consortium to act on their behalf by bundling electric accounts and seeking bids for electricity on the open market rather than continuing to buy power from Commonwealth Edison. Passed into law in 2009, the option of “electrical aggregation” allows villages to pool residential and small business accounts, combine forces with other…
Friday, October 28, 2011
Depending on how residents vote in March, the village could find electricity savings between $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
The village of Grayslake has taken the plunge, and the same for Oak Park, Oak Brook and Lincolnwood. Now it's Glencoe's turn to decide. After considering current ComEd rates, the village of Glencoe could opt for cheaper electricity rates of its own, following a referendum during the March municipal election. Earlier: Garrett Bill Would Hold ComEd Accountable During a regular meeting Oct. 20, council members unanimously approved the referendum. If passed, it would give the village authority to supply electricity for residents and small businesses, who have not opted out of their current providers. “All we're doing is empowering ourselves to do something later,” said Village President Scott M. Feldman, “assuming people are willing to go …
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