For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
ACT: The Illinois power agency act, 20 Illinois Compiled Statutes 3855/1-92, as may be amended from time to time.
CUSTOMER: Recipients of residential and small commercial retail electric loads as provided in the act.
ELECTRICITY AGGREGATION PROGRAM: A program pursuant to the act for the aggregation of residential and small commercial retail electric loads located within the corporate limits of the village that provides customers with the opportunity to opt out of participating in that program as provided in the act. (Ord. 12-04-05, 4-16-2012)
A. The corporate authorities of the village are authorized to operate an electricity aggregation program pursuant to the act and for that purpose may solicit bids, RFPs or RFQs and enter into service agreements to facilitate the sale and purchase of electricity and related services and equipment for those loads aggregated pursuant to the electricity aggregation program as provided in the act.
B. The corporate authorities of the village may exercise the authority to operate the electricity aggregation program jointly with any other municipality or county and, in combination with two (2) or more municipalities or counties, may initiate a process to jointly authorize the electricity aggregation program by a majority vote of each particular municipality or county as required by the act. (Ord. 12-04-05, 4-16-2012)
A. The electricity aggregation program shall operate as an opt out program whereby customers who do not wish to participate in the electricity aggregation program may opt out pursuant to the act.
B. The village administrator or his designee, on behalf of the village, shall fully inform customers in advance, as provided in the act, that customers have the right to opt out of the electricity aggregation program. The disclosure provided to the customers shall comply with the requirements of the act and shall prominently state all charges to be made and shall include full disclosure of the cost to obtain service pursuant to section 16-603 of the act, how to access service, and the fact that service under section 16-603 of the act is available to customers without penalty if they are currently receiving service under section 16-603 of the act.
C. Upon notification from any customer that the customer wishes to opt out of the electricity aggregation program, that customer shall be excluded from the electricity aggregation program.
D. Except for those customers who opt out of the electricity aggregation program pursuant to this section and the act, the electricity aggregation program shall automatically apply for each person owning, occupying, controlling, or using an electrical load center proposed to be aggregated in the corporate limits of the village. (Ord. 12-04-05, 4-16-2012)
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