Philip Carr speaks with Effingham Radio about the Nov. 6 Energy Supply Proposition
The Committee for Municipal Electricity Choice | Posted on Monday, October 8, 2012 at 03:05PM On Friday October 5, 2012, Effingham Radio spoke with Philip Carr, a representative for Good Energy, about the energy supply proposition that will be on the local ballot Nov. 6. Carr has been traveling around Illinois explaining the basics of energy aggregation to residents. In March 2012, about 60 Illinois communities voted to approve municipal aggregation and switched from Ameren Illinois. Ameren, which has historically both supplied and distributed energy to Illinois residents, will continue to distribute energy and maintain the power lines, but they will no longer supply the actual energy if the proposition passes in Effingham. "An individual household can get the same purchasing power as a heavy industrial user," Carr said. If the energy supply proposition passes, residents don't have to do anything extra to enroll, Carr emphasized. Only if you choose to opt-out of the program will you have to contact either Ameren, or the winning energy supplier.
Click the play button below to listen to the 4 minute excerpt from Friday morning's (October 5, 2012) 97.9 WXEF news broadcast