Dive Summary:
- With 98% of precincts reporting, Chicago voted 56% to 44% in favor of municipal aggregation.
- Municipal aggregation allows the city to seek out an alternate supplier of electricity, which is currently ComEd.
- The measure will likely be enacted in the suburbs of Rosemont, Schaumburg, Glenview and Calumet but not in Lynwood or Alsip, where the measure seems to have been rejected.
From the article:
"... Communities that approve aggregation seek competitors who can provide a lower energy supply rate. The delivery charge continues to go to ComEd, which still controls the lines that deliver electricity. ComEd also still handles billing.
In some communities, this power to bulk-purchase energy has resulted in smaller bills. In Wilmette, for example, officials were able to negotiate a supply rate of 4.035 per kilowatt-hour, versus the 8.32 that ComEd charges. ..."