Thursday, August 16, 2012
Village residents who are part of the North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium are already realizing savings.
Deerfield residents who have joined the North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium have saved nearly $55 a month over the last two months, according to information from the consortium and the Village. Since the consortium began supplying electric power to the Village in June, the 6,100 customers who did not affirmatively reject the opportunity have saved $334,926 in June and July from what is being charged to Commonwealth Edison customers, according to Andrew Lichterman, an assistant to Village Manager Kent Street. Earlier: Deerfield To Reveal Electric Rate Tuesday For the year, Lichterman expects participants to save an average of $379 for a total savings throughout the Village of $2,315,534. On March 20, Deerfield voters approved a …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Average bill will drop approximately 25 percent.
Savings of approximately 25 percent are in store for Deerfield residents who choose the Village’s source of electrical power based on the one-year rate announced today, according to Village Manager Kent Street. A consortium of eight north suburban communities including Deerfield will be purchasing electricity for 4.836 cents per kilowatt hour rather than the current rate of 8.233 cents charged by Commonwealth Edison. Earlier: Savings on Electric Bill Arrive in June “I’m very pleased our small businesses and residents have this opportunity for savings over the next year,” Street said. “The team in our group (the consortium) was essential to achieve the results we did. It could not have been done without them.” The price, negotiated by …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Law phases out incandescent bulbs, encourages energy efficient options.
Old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs are on their way to becoming obsolete. The first to go is the 100-watt, which is no longer being produced as of January. The next to go will be the 75-watt bulb in January 2013 followed by 60- and 40-watt bulbs in 2014. Want more ComEd news in your inbox? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. The phase-out is a result of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, which was intended to make better use of resources and to help the U.S. become energy independent. Part of the law sets energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs. The law requires that by 2020 most light bulbs be 60 to 70 percent more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Village Board takes next steps while giving individuals the opportunity to choose renewable energy.
Opting for individual choice for sustainable energy rather than a municipal mandate, the Deerfield Village Board took the necessary steps to implement communal purchasing of electricity at Monday’s meeting. The Board approved four measures authorizing the Village to take necessary steps to implement the mandate approved by 74 percent of Deerfield voters in the March 20 primary election to allow a consortium of eight communities to purchase its own electricity. Earlier: Savings on Electric Bill Arrive in June Electric customers—both individuals and small commercial users—will experience savings of approximately $100 per year starting in June when Deerfield joins with Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Skokie, Park Ridge, Northbrook and…
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Village expects savings from consortium to be as much as 30 percent.
Village residents will soon have an opportunity to purchase their electricity from a consortium of eight communities including Deerfield which is expected to reduce the cost for power between 20 and 30 percent, according to Jennifer Maltas, assistant to Village Manager Kent Street. Maltas hopes the program will be in place in June. Commonwealth Edison will continue to deliver the power through its existing infrastructure. The consortium will only purchase the electricity itself. After citizens passed a referendum with 74 percent of the votes March 20 giving the Village authority to negotiate electric rates with suppliers other than ComEd, plans are moving ahead with the effort. Late last year, Deerfield joined forces with Highland Park, …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Village approves measure for March 20 ballot to increase choices for residents.
A potential savings on the average Deerfield electric bill became a possibility Monday when the Village Board unanimously voted to place a referendum on the March 20 primary ballot to allow the Village to contract for bulk energy purchases. If the ballot measure is approved, residents will have the option to buy electricity from a cooperative which is being formed with other suburban communities, continue to purchase power from Commonwealth Edison or contract with a separate company on their own according to Village Manager Ken Street. ComEd will continue to deliver the electricity, maintain the power grid and make repairs when the need arises. The opportunity for private purchasing of electricity was approved a few months ago by the …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
State Senate President Cullerton praises new legislation to New Trier Democrats. Biss, Garrett and Nekritz disagree.
Power outages arising from a string of severe summer storms were on the mind of a number of people who came to hear state Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) give the New Trier Township Democratic Organization an update on legislative affairs Sunday in Winnetka. “Is something being done with an eye to reducing the problems with ComEd (Commonwealth Edison),” Ed Bancroft of Winnetka asked Cullerton. “Will the power outages be reduced?” Cullerton took the opportunity to tell Bancroft and the rest of the crowd of more than 30 people at the Winnetka Community House about the latest legislation to regulate ComEd. On Oct. 26, the General Assembly voted to override Gov. Patrick Quinn’s veto of smart grid legislation after tweaking the …
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Task force of municipal officials drafts white paper for state senator to turn into legislation.
When state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest) called a meeting in July to bring municipal officials and ComEd executives together to resolve some of the problems arising from severe summer storms, Glenview Village Manager Todd Hileman asked to attend. Little did Hileman know he would be volunteering to head a task force examining ComEd's response to outages. On Tuesday, he and others presented the results of their work during a news conference sponsored by the Northwest Municipal Conference in Chicago: a white paper that Garrett hopes to turn into legislation to hold ComEd accountable for its actions. More storms, more problems Hileman served on a similar task force three years ago after an earlier series of storms and thought some …
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Legislators demand accountability from utility.
Dissatisfaction with answers from ComEd at a hearing of the Illinois House Public Utilities Committee Tuesday in Highland Park is causing members of the General Assembly to rethink their support for legislation favored by ComEd. Earlier: ComEd Can't Pull Plug on Residents' Anger State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) arranged the meeting in the northern suburbs after more than 1.2 million ComEd customers were left without power in the aftermath of storms June 21 and July 11. Twelve members or substitute members of the committee heard ComEd President and Chief Operating Officer Ann Pramaggiore tell a gathering of more than 200 people at the Highland Park Country Club the company was prepared to make changes. Pramaggiore also said smart …
Friday, August 12, 2011
Karen May, Daniel Biss and others to question ComEd, Illinois Commerce Commission.
Are you one of the more than 1 million people in Chicagoland who have lost power due to the summer storms? Do you want to let your representatives in Springfield know your story? Do you want to hear what ComEd and the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)—the agency that regulates ComEd—have to say? All of those things and more are possible when the Illinois House of Representatives Public Utilities Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Highland Park Country Club. The meeting was organized by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) after thunderstorms and high winds knocked out power to more than 1 million ComEd customers. Many were without electricity for days. In Winnetka, which provides electric power to residents, no one…
RB
7:29 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Saving money is good. I can't understand why this 4 square company can buy cheaper than ComEd who has a much larger user base. ComEd has to bill and distribute this power in the new arrangement, and I'll bet they produce some of it too. Plus, you think their response and reliability is bad now? Just wait. more ›