From GoodEnergy.com: Another Illinois City Makes the Decision to Bid for Cheaper Energy
The Committee for Municipal Electricity Choice | Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 07:22PM Decatur, Ill. has started working with Good Energy to institute a municipal aggregation program which will open up the energy supply market, forcing companies to vie for the city's business. Recently, the Decatur City Council voted to approve an "opt-out" program, meaning that all residents will be automatically enrolled in the program offered by a new electricity supply company. Electricity will still be delivered by Ameren Illinois, and residents will still receive a bill from Ameren, but if all goes well with the push for municipal aggregation, the company will no longer supply the generation portion of the power to the people of Decatur. And for all of this, the city does not pay a dime to Good Energy. Their fee will come from the contract-winning energy supply company.