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CGE Renewable Energy Fact Sheet
Community Choice Electricity Aggregation (CCEA)
June 2012
Citizens Greener Evanston works to make Evanston a more
sustainable community environmentally, economically and sociallyand
to addressclimate change by dramatically reducing our greenhouse
gas emissions.greenerevanston.org
100%RenewableEnergyforEvanston!
TheEvanstonCityCouncilvotedunanimouslyfor100%renewableenergywith
CommunityChoiceElectricityAggregationonApril30,2012.
EnvironmentalBenefitsof100%RenewableEnergy
CO2emissionsreductionof284,000metrictons,equivalenttoremoving56,000carsfromtheroad.
Reducedacidrainemission(SOx,NOx),reducedmercuryemissions,andreducedparticulateemissions
Reducedwaterusage(coalplantsuse~530Lpermo.foranaveragehouse,nuclearmorethandouble).
ExceedstheEvanstonClimateActionPlanscarbonfootprintreductiontargetof13%by2012.
FinancialBenefitsofAggregationwith100%RenewableEnergy
38%reductioninelectricitysupplyprice:4.797cents/kWhwithCCA,7.733cents/kWhwithComEd.
Electricitysupplyisonlyaportionofthebill.Deliveryandfeesremainunchanged.
Theaveragehouseholdwillsavemorethan$250ayear;collectivelywellsavemorethan$7million.
Savingsundertheaggregationprogramsissignificantlybetterthanindividualchoiceoptions.
RenewableEnergySupply
Wewontbehookeddirectlytoawindorsolarfarm,sowedonthavetoworryaboutthewindstoppingandwellstillhavepowerinthemiddleofthenight.
Wellclaimcreditforrenewableelectricityasitgoes
onthegridbypurchasingRenewableEnergyCredits(RECs).ThisisthesamemechanismthatutilitiesusetomeettherenewableenergytargetsrequiredbytheStateofIllinois.
OtherBenefits
100%renewableenergymakesEvanstonstandoutasaprogressivecommunity
Localsmallbusinessbenefitfromlowerpriceandmarketingadvantagesofusingrenewableenergy
Onlyahandfulofothercommunitiesarecurrentlyusing100%renewableenergy.
Process
YOUDONTHAVETODOANYTHING!
Opt-outnoticesfromComEdwentoutinMay.Justignorethemifyouwanttowanttostayin.
AggregationsavingsandenergysupplywillstartwithJulybill.
IGNOREANYSALESPITCHESFROMINDPENDENTENERGYMARKETERS.Independentenergyprovidersarescramblingto
signupEvanstonresidentsbeforeAggregationgoesintoeffect.Mostofthesebusinessesarereputablecompanies,
althoughsomebrokersareusingdoor-to-doorandrobocalltacticswithincorrectormisleadinginformation.
LookingAhead
TheAggregationcontractfor4.797cents/kWhwith100%renewableenergyisvalidfor12months.
TheCitywillberenegotiatingatthattime.CGEwillagainbeadvocatingfor100%renewableenergyandweneedyour
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