A. Rates: The village will solicit bids from alternative retail electric suppliers certified by the Illinois commerce commission to provide electricity to aggregation programs. The bid documents shall require the suppliers to offer a generation charge for firm, full requirements supply. The prices to be charged to members in the program will be those of the supplier determined to be the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. Members will be notified of the rates and terms of the program through a direct mailing sent to each eligible resident and business within the village limits.
B. Charges: Neither the village nor the selected supplier will impose any terms, conditions, fees, or charges on any member served by the program unless the particular term, condition, fee, or charge is clearly disclosed to the member at the time the member chose not to opt out of the program.
ComEd will continue to bill for late payments, delivery charges and monthly service fees, etc. These charges apply whether or not a member switches to the program's supplier. Switching generation suppliers will not result in any new charges billed to the member.
C. Switching Fees: Should ComEd assess a switching fee for members voluntarily remaining in the aggregation program, the bid will be written to require the selected supplier to pay the switching fee without assessing a fee to the members.
D. Early Termination Fee: Members may terminate their agreement without penalty if they relocate outside of the village. Members that leave the program for other reasons may be assessed an early termination fee by the supplier. The village will negotiate with the supplier to ensure that any early termination fee assessed is reasonable and clearly stated in the opt out disclosure notice. (Ord. 2013-O-07)