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2. 2
• “Consumer Choice Act” - de-regulates
energy in Illinois
– Delivery: provided by ComEd
– Supply: consumers can choose alternate
retail electricity suppliers (ARES)
• “Illinois Power Agency Act” – Municipality
to aggregate residential and small retail
business customers
– Goals: cost savings and specify energy mix
Electricity Aggregation Introduction
3. 3
Aggregation Process
March 20, 2012
Referendum
Competitive
Proposal Process
Select Alternate
Retail Supplier
New Energy
Supply Begins
Referendum
Passes with 73%
Option for customers to
opt-out of aggregation
Proceed If Proposals are
Favorable
4. 4
Competitive Selection Process
Phase 1
Pre-Qualify
Suppliers
Phase 2
Develop
Aggregation
Plan and
Policy
Phase 3
Request
Proposals &
Select
Supplier
Two Public
Meetings to
obtain input
5. 5
• Required under Illinois Public Act 096-0176
• Legal notice published in Evanston Roundtable
• Requires public hearing for comment on Plan of
Governance (POG) document
• Public Hearing Schedule
– Tuesday, April 3rd
Civic Center, City Council Chamber
– Wednesday, April 4th
Levy Senior Center, Linden
Room
– Monday, April 9th
Civic Center, Room 2200
Public Hearing
6. 6
• Required for electrical aggregation
• Developed by city staff and Utilities
Commission in compliance with State
Statute 20 ILCS 3855/1-92
• Draft posted on city website March 21st
• Allows for any residents to opt-out and
choose their own supplier
Plan of Operation and Governance
7. 7
1. Purpose of Electricity Aggregation Program and Services
2. Bidding/Contract Procedures
3. Determination of Rates and Other Charges
4. Contents of the Bid
5. Determination of Eligible Customer Pool
6. Opt-Out Process
7. Customer Classes Included
8. Billing Procedures
9. Credit/Deposit Requirements
10. Procedures for Handling Customer Complaints and Dispute
Resolution
11. Moving Into the City
12. Moving Within the City and Maintaining the Same Account
Number
13. Joining the Aggregation Group after Opting-Out
14. Reliability of Power Supply
15. Supplier Qualification Process
16. Miscellaneous
Plan Table of Contents
8. 8
• Goal - reduce cost for electric supply and
gain favorable terms
• City can accept or reject any bid
• ComEd continues to deliver electricity
• All rates, charges and terms will be
disclosed at start of program
• Opt out process
• Rescission period
Plan Overview
9. 9
• Plan specifies energy mix and contract
term
• Staff recommends prices requested for
several energy supply mixes:
– Lowest Price Mix
– 75% Renewable – REC supported mix
– 100% Renewable – REC supported mix
• Staff recommends prices requested for 12
and 24-month terms
Energy Supply Mix and Term
10. 10
• Moving
– Retain electric service under same rate if
moving within the City
– Option to join program if moving into the city,
same rate not guaranteed
• Early Termination fee
– None if relocate outside the City
– None if switching back to ComEd
– City to negotiate on early termination fee if
member switches to another ARES
Plan Rates and Fees
11. 11
• Agreement with ARES will terminate at
end of the term or if one party terminates
early
• At the termination of the contract, options
include:
– City to conduct competitive process to select
ARES for another fixed term OR
– City to end aggregation program
• Members to go back to ComEd or choose another
supplier
Supply Agreement Termination
12. 12
Members of the public are welcome to
make comments on the Plan of Operation
and Governance.
Public Feedback
16. 16
Indicative Pricing Results
Summary of Average Price Differential: Energy Mix
Renewable Energy Option
% Difference from
IL RPS Compliant (7%)
25% 0.80%
50% 1.64%
75% 2.49%
100% 3.31%
Editor's Notes
Good evening everyone.
My name is Catherine Hurley and I am the Sustainable Programs Coordinator for the City of Evanston.
Tonight we will be having a public hearing on the Plan of Operation and Governance for an Electricity Aggregation program in Evanston.
First, a brief introduction on Electricity Aggregation.
In 1997 the State of Illinois enacted the “Consumer Choice Act” which implements their plan to de-regulate the energy industry in Illinois. Delivery of power is still provided by ComEd, but customers can choose their electricity supplier. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) regulates the alternate suppliers, which there are currently 23 in Illinois. ComEd purchases electricity for those customers who do not select an alternate supplier.
In 2009, the Illinois Power Agency Act was passed which allows municipalities the option to bundle together or aggregate residential and small commercial retail electric accounts. Referred to as “Community Choice Electricity Aggregation” the goal of these efforts is to secure lower energy rates for the residential and small commercial accounts, most of which have not yet taken advantage of Consumer Choice.
This slide outlines the general process required for a community to implement a Community Choice Electricity Aggregation program.
First, the voters of Evanston are presented with a binding referendum question asking whether they grant the municipality the authority to solicit competitive proposals for electricity. The binding referendum must pass by a simple majority in the March General Primary election on March 20th. On March 20th, the voters of Evanston passed the referendum by 73%.
The next step is a competitive proposal process to select an alternate retail electric supplier. If the City finds one or more proposals to meet their criteria, then the City would select one supplier to enter into a contract to supply electricity for residential and small commercial accounts. If no proposals meet the city’s criteria, then the city can reject all bids and can stop the process.
If a proposal is favorable, then city would select a supplier, contract duration and price for electricity. After this price and contract duration is published, all customers have the option to opt-out of the aggregation program. Customers that do not opt-out will start to receive their energy supply from the new supplier. Based on a hypothetical schedule if the process makes it thru each decision point, the supply from the new supplier would start sometime over the summer.
This slide is intended to provide a little more information about the competitive selection process.
The City has already been working on the pre-qualification phase and presented this information to City Council at the March 26th meeting. The next step is to develop a plan of operation and governance and establish criteria by which City Council will evaluate and select the bids. Tonight is the first of a total of 3 public hearings on the Plan.
The Plan of Operation and Governance will be presented to City Council on April 10th for their approval. Then the City will move forward with requesting proposals for firm bids and selecting a supplier.
The Illinois Power Agency Act – 096-0176 requires that the municipality hold at least 2 public hearings on the plan of operation and governance to obtain public comment. In accordance with the Act, the hearings were published in the local paper. Three hearings are scheduled. The one tonight plus one tomorrow night at the Levy Center and one next Monday night at the Civic Center.
The Plan of Operation and Governance is required for electric aggregation under the Illinois Power Agency Act. The draft plan was developed
