Politics & Government

Village Board Hears Updates on Electrical Aggregation Savings

The Village Board learns that electrical aggregation saved the average single-family home owner more than anticipated.

As the Village of New Lenox nears the end of its electrical aggregation contract, a Northern Illinois Municipal Electrical Collaborative spokesperson reports that residents village-wide saved close to $3 million in the past 18 months. For the average single-family home, the savings was about $500.

At the regular Monday village board meeting, Dave Hooper, NIMEC spokesperson said in the first eight months of the program, between October 2011 and May 2012, the village saved $850,000 for residents village-wide. The average savings for a single-family home was $147 during that period. In the last year, village-wide savings total $2,048,000, meaning the average single-family home saved $344.

The savings realized in New Lenox were more than anticipated. Initial expectations indicated that the average single-family home would save about $125 a year.

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Bids for electrical aggregation are due by June 1. The current pricing ends in August, according to Hoover.  

The Village of New Lenox was among the first 20 communities in Illinois to sign on with electrical aggregation. A referendum was approved by the voters in April 2011.     

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In Hoover's presentation to the board, he said since New Lenox began its program, municipal electrical aggregation programs have been approved by another 350-400 municipalities in Illinois.

In other business, the board approved a request for a Will County Special Use permit for sports and recreation in the industrial area at 1036 S. Cedar Road, just south of Illinois Highway. The owner currently rents out 2.5 acres of the grassy plot to the New Lenox Girls Softball team.

The village approved the permit contingent on the owner's willingness to level the gravel area around the property where parents drop-off and pick-up the girls.

Robin Ellis, community development director, said the area gets busy with cars pulling in and out of the lot.  Regular parking accommodations are needed.   

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