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Developing an Opt-In Municipal Aggregation Program to Serve Residents of Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park: Electricity Aggregation

What is Electricity Aggregation?

 Purchasing authority for local governments

 The option for the Village to negotiate lower electricity prices on

their behalf of residential and small commercial consumers

 Residents can “opt-in” to the contract negotiated by the Village  Participation is not required

 Used in other large states

 California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, and Rhode Island

 Successful in 200+ Illinois communities

 Chicago, Oak Park, Franklin Park, Evanston…

 A simple way to capture lower electricity prices

and maintain consumer protections

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Aggregation keeps ComEd service

Aggregation egation

Retail Electricity Suppliers secure electricity from power plants Village negotiates a rate for all residential and small commercial ratepayers ComEd delivers your electricity and handles the billing

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One / S Severa ral Alternativ rnative Re Retail Electric tric Suppli pplier ers Village’s Aggregation Contra tract ct

Supplier lier A Supplier lier B Supplier lier C Supplier lier D

Draft Timeline for Electricity Aggregation

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Februar ary

Opt-In In Process ss Residents ents can Opt-In In to the Program am at no cost

Febru ruar ary - March

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Elmwood Park Municipal Aggregation Plan of Governance

 Establishes Roles

 The Village  The Supplier  Consultant

 Establishes Policies

 Supply types  Consumer Protections  Management and Processes

 Status

 Draft is under review

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Elmwood Park Municipal Aggregation Plan of Governance

 The Village’s Role

 Coordinate planning, vendor selection, executing a final agreement

and monitoring supplier performance

 The Suppliers’ Role

 Deliver electricity supplies and meet customer service standards

 The Consultant’s Role

 Advise Village on pricing, selection and program design

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Elmwood Park Municipal Aggregation Plan of Governance

 Supply Types

 Residents will be provided at least the levels of renewable energy

resources that ComEd provides

 Consumer Protections

 Consumers will not pay more than the ComEd rate  Consumers can Opt In or Out of the program at any time  Consumers will not be charged a fee to join or leave the Program  Selected vendor will not solicit door-to-door  No municipal contribution

 Management Processes

 Consumers will NOT be automatically enrolled into the Program  Potential vendors will be pre-qualified.  Will conduct a competitive bid process awarding to the lowest qualified

bidder

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Elmwood Park Municipal Aggregation Plan of Governance

 Confidentiality

 All consumer information is protected

 Communications

 The supplier will be have a call-center and website

 Billing

 Consumers will continue to receive one monthly ComEd bill  Consumers will continue to have budget billing and automatic

payment options

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Elmwood Park Municipal Aggregation Plan of Governance

 Draft Plan will be available to the public on the

Village web-site

 Plan of Governance will be approved by the

Village Board

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What will change on your ComEd Bill?

Curren ent ComE mEd d Elec ectr trici icity ty Supply ly Char arges es

• 1. Elec

lectr tricity icity Supply ly Char arges es

• 2. Trans

ansmiss missio ion Ser ervi vices s Char arge

• 3. Purchas

hased ed Elec ectr tricit icity Char arge

What will change on your ComEd Bill?

Opt-In In Customer

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Elec ectr trici icity ty Supply ly Char arges es

• 1. Single

le (lower) ) Elec ectr tric icity ity Supply ly Char arge

For more information on the Municipal Aggregation Program

Com Ed’s website: www.comed.com Illinois Commerce Commission website: www.pluginillinois.org ICCAN e-mail: mpruitt@ilccan.com

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