Residents Having Their Say on Oak Park Power Plan
Feedback encouraged as village seeks cheaper, or cleaner, power sources.
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The first of two public hearings was conducted Monday night as the village continues to assess how to find a cheaper, and possibly, cleaner, power source as part of the community choice aggregation plan.
After a brief presentation of the plan, called CCA, by K.C. Poulos, Oak Park's sustainability manager, some in the audience were left with skepticism of the program.
Oak Parker Gary Barnes, wondered about the validity of the program. But others, like Jim Dickert, backed the totally green approach.
Another public hearing will be conducted at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 1 at Oak Park Village hall, 123 Madison St. Comments also can be made online.
The hearings are part of the requirements the community must meet in signing on to the process of community choice aggregation, which would allow Oak Park to bundle power accounts from households and commercial customers and then allow energy companies to bid on them.
Voters overwhelmingly approved that approach in April.
kuchairman
10:22 am on Saturday, July 23, 2011
What I want to know is whether people have experienced huge savings using IGS or Spark or any of the alternative power sources....when I hear them on the radio, advertising their power.....scares me a bit......any experiences?