Thursday, December 15, 2011
La Grange Park trustees approve referendum on electrical aggregation for March ballot on Tuesday night.
Despite hesitancy on the part of some trustees in La Grange Park, the Village Board passed an ordinance on Tuesday night to put a referendum on the ballot in La Grange Park that will ask voters to allow the village to enter into a opt-out electrical aggregation deal, with the hope of saving resident's money on their electric bills. Trustee Rimas Kozica said the board was in a "precarious situation" of having to move forward quickly with the plan, but also not wanting to miss the opportunity to save residents money. The board first heard a proposal for the plan at their Nov. 22 board meeting when representatives of the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative (NIMEC) presented an opportunity for La Grange Park to enter in a joint-…
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
According to the village officials in La Grange and La Grange Park, residents can expect their power turned back on by midnight on Thursday, though some will still need to wait until Saturday.
In updates released today, officials from La Grange and La Grange Park said some residents might have to wait as long as Saturday to get their power back. About 1,100 ComEd customers in La Grange Park and about 1,800 customers in La Grange are still without power tonight, according to village officials. In the Chicagoland area, about 340,000 are still without power. In both villages, ComEd has said that about 90 percent of residents should have power again by midnight on Thursday. Additionally, 99 percent should be back on the grid by Saturday morning. Village officials also said that ComEd is warning residents that even after power is back on brief outages may continue as crews keep working. The outages, ComEd said, generally last about …
With power out and the temperature up, village officials are asking residents to check on neighbors.
With temperatures in the high 80s today and with many residents of La Grange and La Grange Park still without power, officials from both villages are asking for resident's help. In separate newsletters, village officials asked that residents lend a hand by checking up on neighbors without power—especially older residents for whom the high temperatures can be especially dangerous. In addition, both La Grange and La Grange Park have set up special cooling centers. Residents can go to the Village Hall in La Grange Park 24 hours a day to get out of the heat. La Grange officials are telling residents to go to La Grange Memorial Hospital for a cooling center set up there. As of 4 p.m. yesterday, over 2,500 La Grange Park residents were still …
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Janet Barrett
9:45 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
If it is savings upon savings with the village getting a volume discount, maybe go with the village's chosen provider. I think this Patch article goes into a little more detail, re: Hinsdale doing same. http://hinsdale.patch.com/articles/electricity-aggregation-question-to-go-on-march-ballot more ›