From GoodEnergy.com: As election day nears, Good Energy ramps up campaign to teach voters about energy aggregation

To prepare voters for the Nov. 6 ballot, the city of Decatur, IL is working with Good Energy to provide consulting and inform its residents of the upcoming municipal aggregation referendum. If the measure passes, Decatur will be eligible to participate in the program, which aims at combining many communities purchasing power to negotiate for a cheaper electricity rate.   

Charles de Casteja, managing partner of Good Energy, has been traveling Illinois, espousing the benefits of energy aggregation to counties and municipalities voting on an aggregation referendum Nov. 6. Municipal aggregation allows communities collective bargaining power in accepting energy supply rate bids from independent energy companies. Before aggregation took effect in Illinois, residents had no choice in their energy supplier--either Ameren Illinois or Commonwealth Edison. 

 

"What you're getting right now are rates from Ameren that you've had no choice in," de Casteja said. 

 

Since Illinois communities began passing energy aggregation referendums earlier this year, communities, and thus the residents within, have been able to pick their supplier and a much lower energy supply rate because there is now competition in the market. If residents of Decator pass the referendum Nov. 6, Good Energy, which will be paid by the winning energy company only if the referendum is passed, will be on the ground to help usher in the change.

Source: GoodEnergy.com