City Council meets tomorrow night. A couple of major items on the agenda: contract for the new fire station and a vote authorizing the mayor and city manager to enter into a contract for electric aggrigation. The entric aggrigation vote does not actaully choose an electric provider, since the city's negotiatior, Select Energy Providers, will not supmit the list of suppliers until January 9. At the end of tomorrow night's meeting, the time and place of a follow up meeting to discuss and vote upon the city's chosen supplier.
There are a number of communities represented in the neogiations by Select Energy Partners:
There are a number of communities represented in the neogiations by Select Energy Partners:
Chester, Coulterville, Elkville, Marion, Sparta, Steeleville, Tamaroa, West Frankfort and Unincorporated Perry County. All of these will participate in the aggregation and all must vote to select the same energy supplier. However, each community may select the level of "green energy", ranging from a base rate of 9%, required by state law, up to 100%
From what I have heard, Carbondale is the only community in the aggregation leaning heavily towards any appreciable level of green energy, with other communities leaning heavily towards coal fueled providers as a show of support towards southern Illinois' coal mining industry.
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