Glen Ellyn Electric Users: Look for Smaller Bills in March

The Village of Glen Ellyn's electric aggregation program is underway and bills should be less in coming months.

Glen Ellyn Electric Users: Look for Smaller Bills in March

The Village of Glen Ellyn's electric aggregation program is underway and bills should be less in coming months.

Starting next month, Glen Ellyn residents will have at least one bill that should be a little less. The Village of Glen Ellyn’s electric aggregation program is underway. As a result, in March, electric customers should begin to see savings. Customers should notice no difference between the previous program and aggregation, and the village said the transition should be seamless. Residents do not need to take any action. More than 250 local governments around Illinois have proposed bringing aggregation to their communities. Aggregation allows communities to use the collective bargaining power of residents to negotiate for lower power prices from suppliers, according to the Citizens Utility Board.  Illinois law allows municipalities and …

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Village's Aggregation Program Expected to Save Residents, Small Businesses 40 Percent

The Village of Glen Ellyn's aggregation program is expected to take effect in February 2013.

Residents should be receiving a notice this week detailing the Village of Glen Ellyn’s plans to provide energy through supplier Verde Energy USA. After residents voted to allow the village to pursue electric aggregation, the village put out a request for bids from energy suppliers, awarding a contract to Verde Energy. Through its agreement with Verde, the village secured a rate of 4.981 cents per kilowatt hour, compared with the ComEd residential rate of 8.319 cents, providing residents and small businesses with about 40 percent savings, according to the village. The rate is expected to go into effect in February 2013, the village said. The rate will be guaranteed for 18 months. Residents do not need to do anything to receive the new rate…

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Dan Smith, Jr.

12:29 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Glad for the reduction, which would be expected no matter who they chose. Disappointed the Village moved up their bid/selection time table from what was communicated prior to the election. It looks like NIMEC, the energy consultant recommended moving much more quickly after the referendum passed. This doesn't surprise me since they receive a cut of the energy used by residents and it is in their …   more ›

Your Vote 2012: Glen Ellyn Says Yes to Electric Aggregation

Residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of pursuing electric aggregation.

Glen Ellyn voters overwhelmingly agreed that the village should begin to take the first steps forward toward electric aggregation. More than 13,000 residents voted on the measure, with nearly 9,000 votes being cast in favor of pursuing electric aggregation. Glen Ellyn was one of many local governments in DuPage County with a proposition on the ballot. In every DuPage County community where electric aggregation was proposed, it passed. Aggregation allows communities to use the collective bargaining power of residents to negotiate for lower power prices from suppliers, according to the Citizens Utility Board. Residents voted 8,947 to 4,316 in favor of electric aggregation, according to results from the DuPage County Election Commission. The …

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Glen Ellyn Votes 2012: Electric Aggregation

Voters will be asked to vote for or against electric aggregation on the Nov. 6 ballot.

When Glen Ellyn voters head to the polls on Tuesday they will be asked to vote on a measure that would be the first step for the Village of Glen Ellyn to pursue electric aggregation. More than 250 local governments around Illinois have proposed bringing aggregation to their communities. Aggregation allows communities to use the collective bargaining power of residents to negotiate for lower power prices from suppliers, according to the Citizens Utility Board.  Illinois law allows municipalities and counties to purchase electricity on behalf of residents and small-business consumers, according to the Illinois Citizens Utility Board. Municipalities choosing aggregation negotiate the price of power from a supplier other than a traditional …

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Village Begins Community Education on Electric Aggregation

Voters will be asked on the November ballot whether they want the Village of Glen Ellyn to pursue electric aggregation.

The Village of Glen Ellyn has started to publicize its November ballot question on electric aggregation. On Friday, the village issued a news release to area media announcing the inclusion of the referendum on the ballot. Glen Ellyn Patch reported on the ballot question earlier this month. The village board began discussing whether it should pursue aggregation in 2011 and in July 2012 approved placing the question on the ballot. The referendum question will ask voters if the Village of Glen Ellyn should be given the authority to seek competitive pricing for the supply of electricity for residential and small business customers, the village said in its news release. The question asks voters: Shall the Village of Glen Ellyn have the …

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Village: Electric Aggregation Should Benefit Residents

Residents will be asked in November to vote on a referendum asking if they are in favor of the village pursuing electric aggregation

November is months away, but the Village of Glen Ellyn will soon begin to share information to help educate residents about a referenda question that will be on the ballot. Along with voting for president, residents in Glen Ellyn will be asked to decide whether they are for or against electric aggregation. Illinois law allows municipalities and counties to purchase electricity on behalf of residents and small-business consumers, according to the Illinois Citizens Utility Board. Municipalities choosing aggregation negotiate the price of power from a supplier other than a traditional utility, but the utility company is still responsible for delivering that power to homes, and billing consumers for it.  The referenda question will ask …

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Village Officials Estimate Storm Damage at $300,000

The freak storm that hit Glen Ellyn in early July damaged roughly 70 trees in town. The village is still assessing the costs from the storm.

The Village of Glen Ellyn is still in the process of assessing the amount of damage and the costs incurred related to the freak storm that hit earlier in July, but costs associated with the storm could reach $300,000. Public Works employees have been working to clear debris ever since the storm hit and the storm taxed the village’s resources, according to Glen Ellyn officials. While the village did receive a thank you note from one grateful resident for the hard work public works employees put in to clean up after the storm, one resident concerned about slow response spoke out at the Village Board meeting Monday night. The resident said that though she never called about having branches and tree limbs removed from her parkway, she …

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