Clinton Journal | New agency wins county’s electrical contract

Vitality Harbor gained the public sale this yr to produce electrical energy to the county’s residents residing in unincorporated areas served by Ameren.  The bidding course of this yr resulted in a set charge of $0.1210 cents for a 22-month time period, which can begin in February.

That is an “opt-out” program, so prospects didn’t must do something except they needed to stay with or return to Ameren or contract with one other provider.  Ameren’s charge by means of Might 2023 is $0.12263 cents per kilowatt hour.

Electrical charges normally have elevated considerably over previous yr.  Good Vitality represents the county within the aggregation public sale.  Good additionally represents the Metropolis of Clinton.

DeWitt County put the electrical aggregation query on the poll in 2016 for voters residing in unincorporated elements of the county served by Ameren.  Ameren prospects in Clinton had permitted aggregation a number of years earlier.

Jerod McMorris, consultant for Good Vitality, an electrical brokerage and consulting agency, spoke to the county board in July 2016 about this system.

Some board members at the moment questioned if there was a degree to together with a poll query on the difficulty, since Corn Belt Vitality served many of the unincorporated areas of the county.  Clients of Corn Belt couldn’t vote on the referendum. 

The board, nonetheless, permitted putting the query on the November poll.

Good Vitality’s providers are finally paid for by the profitable bidder within the electrical energy public sale. 

About 90 % of residents in areas which have electrical energy aggregation packages take part within the packages.