Energy management and consulting firm, Affordable Gas + Electric, celebrated the completion of an industry leading solar development in Griggsville, IL.  The solar development is believed to be the “first-use of its kind” to power a feed mill operation owned and operated by the third largest pork producer in the US, family owned The Maschhoff’s. [...]

GRIGGSVILLE, Illinois (May 17, 2022) - - Citing accelerating energy costs and a desire to further sustainable farming practices, The Maschhoffs broke ground today on a new 3.06-megawatt solar array at its Griggsville Feed Mill. Dignitaries gathered at the 11-acre site of the solar field to celebrate the significant step into renewable energy by [...]

  Ameren Illinois has been preparing customers for significant energy supply rate increases this summer. However, many residents in Southern Illinois participating in municipal aggregation programs will be insulated from these soaring energy supply prices and higher energy bills. “Ameren has been putting residents and businesses on notice that their energy supply rates will [...]

INA, IL (Feb. 7, 2022) –  Representatives from Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE) met with Rend Lake College representatives recently to kick off the new partnership. Known as RLC’s Substantiality Partnership, it includes a generous $50,000 gift to the RLC Foundation that will help provide equipment and technology to the campus with an emphasis [...]

PRESS RELEASE Date:  September 30, 2021 From: Jeff Haarmann, Managing Partner (AGE) Contact:  Jeff Haarmann (618) 204-0115 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amid rising energy costs, municipalities throughout the Miami Valley region have locked in long term, fixed rates for residents through their municipal electric aggregation programs. Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE) serves as the exclusive [...]

  PRESS RELEASE Date:  September 28, 2021 From:  Jeff Haarmann, Anna Baluyot, Managing Partners of Southern Illinois Aggregation Partnership (SIAP) Contact:  Jeff Haarmann (618) 204-0115 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ameren announced their new default energy supply rates for residential customers beginning October 1, 2021.  The newly published rate including all components will be 5.4 cents per [...]

Residents of nearly one hundred Southern Illinois communities including Mt. Vernon, Marion, Nashville, West Frankfort, Murphysboro, Lawrenceville, Sparta, Du Quoin and others will begin receiving letters from Homefield Energy confirming their enrollment in the new rates.  Collinsville based, Homefield Energy, was the winning bidder with a rate of 4.391 cents per kwh.  The new rate [...]

Mt. Vernon Outland Airport has issued a Request For Proposal to solar developers, seeking a capital free solar deployment to serve the Airport’s largest electricity accounts.  The RFP requests proposals from qualified companies capable of designing, engineering, installing, financing and maintaining solar PV systems at the airport.  The goal of the solar deployment is to [...]

<Carbondale, IL> Reaching its goal of becoming a leader in sustainable energy, the City of Carbondale approved a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) which will allow for the deployment of a $2.4M solar project which will power a portion of the City’s municipal buildings. “Our goal was to become a leader in the deployment of [...]

  Southern Illinois based Affordable Gas + Electric, LLC (AGE) announces its acquisition of Eagle Energy, LLC (Eagle Energy) of Cincinnati, Ohio in what it expects to be a series of strategic acquisitions for the company. “We are very pleased to announce this acquisition of Eagle Energy.  Eagle Energy is very well respected, and well [...]