Bruce Wallace, long-time Director for the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce, announced today that he will be leaving his position with the chamber to join Affordable Gas & Electric (AGE) as an Energy Consultant. Wallace has been the chamber’s director for the past 5 years and has led the chamber in marketing, branding and technology utilization [...]
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 [...]
On November 3, 2015, residents of Sidney, Russia, Botkins, Fort Loramie and Bradford will head to the ballot box with an opportunity to vote on electricity and natural gas aggregation initiatives aimed at securing a bulk negotiated rate for all eligible residents and small business owners in the group of communities. A draft of the [...]
Sidney, Russia, Botkins, Fort Loramie and Bradford residents will soon be able to vote to approve another form of “electricity and natural gas choice” known as community choice aggregation. Community choice aggregation has proven to deliver the lowest electricity rates in the competitive market due to the bulk nature of the competitive bidding process. “When [...]
Mt. Vernon, IL – Voters in twenty-seven Illinois communities recently approved electricity aggregation referendums and have secured a winning bidder and rate for their electricity supply. Homefield Energy was chosen by the communities of Addieville, Albion, Alma, Bridgeport, Cisne, Coalton, Edinburg, East Gillespie, Farina, Farmersville, Irvington, Kell, Lawrence County, Mulberry Grove, St. Francisville, Sigel, Richview, [...]
The Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce is looking to help its members lower their utility bills. The chamber has partnered with Affordable Gas & Electric, an Illinois-based utility broker and consulting firm with a Dayton office, to offer chamber members the option to pool together to buy bulk bulk electricity and natural gas.
Dayton, OH – On May 6, 2014, three Ohio communities , Coldwater, Fort Recovery and Jeffersonville, will have the opportunity to approve municipal electricity and natural gas aggregation ballot questions allowing their communities to be combined to shop for lower, city-wide, electricity and natural gas rates. Top Ohio based and US suppliers have already responded [...]
Grove City, OH – Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce members will now have the ability to pool their electricity and natural gas usage into a “bulk electricity and natural gas buying group” and negotiate for lower rates. Affordable Gas & Electric will be coordinating the program on behalf of the members of the Grove [...]
Mt. Vernon, IL – A draft version of the Rules of Operation and Governance for Municipal Electricity Aggregation is now available for public viewing and input. A series of public meetings will also be held in the upcoming weeks to present the proposed Rules to the public and allow for questions and input. A schedule [...]