<Western Ohio> Voters in the Western Ohio communities of Bellefontaine, Greenville, Anna, Ansonia, Belle Center, Covington, DeGraff, Quincy, West Milton, Wayne Lakes as well as residents of the unincorporated areas of Newberry Township in Miami County recently approved electricity aggregation referendums. That vote allowed their communities to seek bulk-negotiated electricity rates for eligible residential and [...]
For nearly all Southern Illinois residential electricity customers in the Ameren utility area, long-term electric supply rate certainty has been secured through December of 2020. Final rate negotiations concluded late last week and effectively extend the current residential electric aggregation programs that have delivered substantial savings since their inception. With overwhelming approval of voters between [...]
Lower Electricity Rates Are Coming! Sidney, Botkins, Bradford, Fort Loramie, and Russia Residents/Small Businesses to Benefit Voters in Sidney, Ft. Loramie, Russia, Botkins, and Bradford recently approved electricity aggregation referendums seeking lower electricity rates for eligible residential and small business customers in their respective communities. Columbus based AEP Energy has been selected to serve the [...]
On October 1, 2015, Ameren IL announced rate increases to their default supply rates for customers who have not chosen a competitive supplier. The October adjustment of around 13% comes on the heels of an approximate 30% rate adjustment just 4 months earlier that took effect in June of this year. The electricity “price to [...]
The Southern Illinois Chamber of Commerce Electricity and Natural Gas Buying Group will keep an estimated $1.7 million in savings in the local economy during the period of June 2015 to June 2016. In January/February of 2015, AGE, the program’s coordinating partner, aggressively moved to protect participating members based on market research that indicated that [...]
Mt. Vernon, IL – Affordable Gas & Electric, LLC announced it has reached 200,000 annual megawatt hours of electricity under management. Affordable Gas & Electric, LLC (AGE) received its Illinois ABC License (12-0435) in July, 2012. In eleven months, AGE has amassed consulting service agreements with 28 communities totaling 16,000 residential households under Illinois’ residential [...]
In an unprecedented new effort, Chambers of Commerce in Carbondale, Carterville, Centralia, Herrin, Jefferson County, Lawrence County, Marion, Murphysboro, Salem and West Frankfort all are joining efforts with Mount Vernon-based Affordable Gas & Electric, LLC (AGE), along with exclusive pricing retail energy supplier Ameren Energy Marketing in a group electricity buying group for members of the respective Chambers.