Clarendon Hills Staff: Deal with Supplier to Cut Electricity Supply Rate by 40 Percent

The Clarendon Hills Village Board approved last month a two-year contract with Constellation NewEnergy that will reduce customers' supply rate from 8.82 cents per kilowatt-hour to 5.313 cents.

The following is a release from the village of Clarendon Hills: Village residents will soon receive a 39.8 percent savings on their electric supply rates as a result of electric aggregation. In November, residents approved a referendum allowing the village to pursue municipal electric aggregation, which allows the village to enter into a contract for electric supply on behalf of residents in an effort to bring savings. After the referendum question on electrical aggregation passed on Nov. 6, the village requested proposal for electric supply services from qualified bidders. The proposals were reviewed by the Electric Aggregation Advisory Committee, who then made a recommendation to the Clarendon Hills Village Board, which approved an …

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Electric Aggregation Referendum Passed by Clarendon Hills Voters

Several steps remain, however, before lower supply rates begin showing up on residents' ComEd bills.

Clarendon Hills voters overwhelmingly supported an electric aggregation referendum Tuesday night that officials expect will reduce supply rates on residents' ComEd bills in the near future. Of the More than 70 percent of voters said "Yes" to the ballot question, "Shall the Village of Clarendon Hills have the authority to arrange for the supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers who have not opted out of such program?" Of the 3,980 votes on the referendum, 2,822 were in favor of aggregation and 1,158 were against. Assistant to the village manager Christina Burns said Wednesday morning that, after the first public hearing was held at Monday night Village Board meeting, a second public hearing will be …

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Electric Aggregation Could Cut Supply Rates by 40 Percent: Village Consultant

NIMEC marketing director Sharon Durling took questions from Clarendon Hills trustees and residents at Monday night's Village Board meeting.

Clarendon Hills residents could expect a 40 percent drop in the electricity supply rate on their monthly ComEd bill if an electric aggregation referendum is passed by voters and a contract is reached with an alternative supplier, a spokesperson for the village’s electric aggregation consultant said Monday night. Marketing director Sharon Durling of the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative (NIMEC), the organization hired by the village to help it through the referendum and bidding processes, said at Monday night’s Village Board meeting that based on Clarendon Hills residents’ relatively high electricity usage, a negotiated rate of 5 cents per kilowatt-hour is very possible. That rate would be more than 3 cents lower than the 8…

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Electric Aggregation Referendum OK'd by Clarendon Hills Board

The referendum will appear on the November General Election ballot and, if passed, would allow the village to negotiate with alternative suppliers as a whole.

Clarendon Hills voters will indeed have another referendum to vote on this fall when they head to the polls. The Clarendon Hills Village Board on Monday night unanimously approved the placement of a binding question regarding electric aggregation on the November General Election ballot that will determine the ability of the village to seek lower rates from alternative suppliers. The exact wording of the referendum, according to agenda documents, will be: “Shall the Village of Clarendon Hills have the authority to arrange for the supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers who have not opted out of such program?” Trustee Allan Alongi, the board’s administrative/legislative chair, said, “If that […

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Clarendon Hills Residents Sought for Electric Aggregation Committee

The Village Board gave its support to staff's pursuit of electric aggregation, which in Hinsdale has resulted in a significantly reduced supply rate.

The Village of Clarendon Hills is seeking interested residents to serve on an electric aggregation advisory committee that would assist the village evaluate different aggregation consultants and alternative suppliers. The call to action follows the Village Board's June 4 approval of a recommendation by village staff to pursue electric aggregation just as Hinsdale decided to do last year. "A citizen’s committee would assist the Village in evaluating consultants and electric suppliers," a May 31 memo from village manager Randy Recklaus to village trustees reads. "The committee members would gain expertise in this area and would be able to help evaluate electric aggregation moving forward." Just as Hinsdale did, the Village of Clarendon Hills…

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Clarendon Hills to Study Benefits of Electric Aggregation

Refuse Amnesty Day and the availability of village vehicle stickers were also topics from this week's Trustee Topics newsletter.

The following is a reproduction of the May 15 Trustee Topics newsletter put out by the Village of Clarendon Hills. To sign up to receive the village's newsletter directly, click here. Village studying electrical aggregation   Recently, several communities (including Hinsdale) have been successful in lowering residents electrical rates through municipal electrical aggregation. This is a fairly new concept by which the municipality negotiates an electrical supply rate on behalf of its residents. In these situations, ComEd continues to provide distribution and billing for electricity.  The Village is now considering whether pursuing electrical aggregation would benefit Clarendon Hills. If there is support for "opt-out" aggregation, a …

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Hinsdale Board Selects Village's New Electricity Supplier

Nordic Energy Services is expected to replace ComEd as Hinsdale's supplier this summer.

Hinsdale Board Selects Village's New Electricity Supplier

Nordic Energy Services is expected to replace ComEd as Hinsdale's supplier this summer.

The supply portion of Hinsdale residents’ electric bills will shrink by 40 percent thanks to an agreement that was approved Tuesday night with an independent electricity supplier. About six weeks after residents voted in favor of an electricity aggregation referendum on the March 20 primary ballot, the Village of Hinsdale Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of a three-year contract with Nordic Energy Services for the supply of electricity to Hinsdale residents at a rate of 4.62 cents per kilowatt-hour, about 3 cents lower than the current ComEd rate of 7.73 cents per kilowatt-hour. That ComEd rate will be re-set in June and will likely go down to around 7 cents, said executive director David Hoover of Northern Illinois Municipal …

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Monday's Morning Report: Electric Aggregation Meeting Set

Get your week started right with these important items from Patch.

1. The Village of Hinsdale is holding a public hearing Monday night to plan the operation and governance of the village's electric aggregation, which was approved via referendum on March 20. The public hearing will be held at 7:15 p.m. at Memorial Hall and will be followed by a regular meeting of the Environment and Public Services (EPS) Committee at 7:30 p.m. (See that meeting's agenda here.) 2. The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education meets Monday night at the Hinsdale South High School Black and Gold Room. The Committee of the Whole meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and its full agenda can be found here. Also Monday, the District 181 Board of Education meets at Madison School in Hinsdale. The meeting gets going at 7 p.…

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The Ins and Outs of Electric Aggregation

A quick Q&A about the electric aggregation referendum, which Hinsdale voters will see on their ballots on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s primary election isn’t all about political candidates. Voters in Hinsdale will also see a referendum on electric aggregation nestled at the bottom of their ballots. It’s somewhat complicated, but we conducted a quick Q&A session with ourselves to help explain it. Q:  Electric aggre-what now? What is this? A: Basically, voters will decide whether village leaders can negotiate for cheaper electric rates for homes and small businesses. A state law that took effect in January makes this possible, and Hinsdale wants to take advantage of it. If the referendum passes, every home in the village, and every business in the 0-100kW range will be included. Q: Cheaper electric rates? I like that. How does it work? A: Strength in numbers. …

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