Eight Teachers Chosen to Receive Classroom Grants

Eight teachers from throughout Central and Southern Illinois have been awarded a series of classroom grants totaling $2,500 from the Illinois Schools Energy Management Group (ISEM).  The recipients of the ISEM Teacher Grants include Evelyn Suggs (Massac County High School), Regenna Bierman (Marion Jr. High School), Brittany Huff (Centralia High School), Elaine Bogard (Grayville Jr-Sr [...]

By |2018-08-15T20:44:49+00:00August 15th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Eight Teachers Chosen to Receive Classroom Grants

Industry Veteran Named Vice President, GA & New Business Development

An industry veteran of 27 years is joining Affordable Gas + Electric, LLC (AGE) as Vice President of Governmental Aggregation & New Business Development.  Mark Berry, former VP of Municipal Sales and Principal of Governmental Aggregations for Constellation, will be heading the governmental aggregations for AGE.  In addition to his role in the GA space, [...]

By |2018-07-12T14:20:53+00:00July 12th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Industry Veteran Named Vice President, GA & New Business Development

AGE Announces 3 Year Commitment as Title Sponsor For JCSA’s Pony Baseball 8U Pinto World Series

Jefferson County Sports Authority (JCSA) is pleased to announce that Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE) has made a three-year commitment to become the Title Sponsor for the Pony Baseball “Pinto International Baseball Classic”, known as the Pinto 8-year old and under World Series.  The Pinto World Series will be held July 19-21 at Cusumano Sports [...]

By |2018-07-06T20:32:02+00:00July 6th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on AGE Announces 3 Year Commitment as Title Sponsor For JCSA’s Pony Baseball 8U Pinto World Series

Electric & Natural Gas Aggregations Approved By Voters

City of Urbana residents voted to improve their collective negotiating power with the approval of electricity and natural gas aggregations ballot questions.  The approval allows Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE), the City’s consultant on the matter, to negotiate bulk electricity and natural gas supply rates for residents inside the City’s incorporated limits.  Urbana residents join [...]

By |2018-05-11T13:21:26+00:00May 11th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Electric & Natural Gas Aggregations Approved By Voters

City of Collinsville Joins Chamber’s Electricity Buying Group

On Monday, March 12, the City of Collinsville voted to include the City’s municipally owned electricity accounts with the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce’s Bulk Electricity & Natural Gas Buying Group,.  By doing so, the City of Collinsville will see an immediate reduction in electricity supply rates of nearly 20% resulting in savings of a minimum [...]

By |2018-03-16T15:30:32+00:00March 16th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on City of Collinsville Joins Chamber’s Electricity Buying Group

Urbana Residents Will Have Opportunity To Vote Yes For Lower Electric Rates

City officials in Urbana have approved resolutions to allow residents to vote to join larger scale bulk buying groups to negotiate lower electricity supply rates.  If approved by the electorate on the May 8th primary ballot, Urbana residents will join a bulk buying group comprised of neighboring communities such as Sidney, Bellefontaine, Greenville, West Milton, [...]

By |2018-02-13T19:13:24+00:00February 13th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Urbana Residents Will Have Opportunity To Vote Yes For Lower Electric Rates

AGE Announces Addition of Metro-East Energy Consultant

Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE) is pleased to announce the addition of David Spicuzza as Energy Consultant serving the Metro-East market. David is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University with a degree in Mass Communication.  He previously worked with State Farm Insurance agencies in Chicago and St. Louis.  David’s most recent experience was with World [...]

By |2018-01-05T17:21:25+00:00January 5th, 2018|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on AGE Announces Addition of Metro-East Energy Consultant

$35 Bill Credit Coming For Many Southern Illinois Electric Aggregation Customers

<Southern Illinois>  Over the past several weeks, the Southern Illinois Aggregation Partnership (SIAP), a joint venture between Affordable Gas & Electric (AGE) and Select Energy Partners – has been working behind the scenes to take advantage of several developments in the short-term power markets to secure a $35 bill credit from Collinsville-based supplier, Homefield Energy [...]

By |2018-01-05T17:19:13+00:00July 10th, 2017|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on $35 Bill Credit Coming For Many Southern Illinois Electric Aggregation Customers

Illinois Power Veteran Joins AGE as Sr. Energy Strategist

  Affordable Gas + Electric (AGE) is pleased to announce the addition of Bob Kelsheimer as Sr. Energy Strategist.  Bob brings over 26 years of electric and gas utility experience to AGE’s management team having worked for Illinois Power and later Dynegy. Bob served as Senior Regional Manager and chief media spokesman for the metro-east [...]

By |2017-07-07T15:37:31+00:00July 7th, 2017|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Illinois Power Veteran Joins AGE as Sr. Energy Strategist

Increasing the Aggregation Pool – Guest Editorial

By Mike Barhorst It has been some time since I wrote about government sponsored aggregation, and I thought it might be a good idea to provide an update.  Readers will likely recall that the Ohio General Assembly made it possible for local communities to join their citizens together to buy natural gas and/or electricity as [...]

By |2017-06-07T14:25:18+00:00June 7th, 2017|Recent news, Success Stories|Comments Off on Increasing the Aggregation Pool – Guest Editorial