Politics & Government
Glenview Residents to Vote on Electrical Referendum
A question regarding the electrical referendum will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot for Glenview voters.
Glenview could be on its way to lower electrical rates.
The Village Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to put an electrical aggregation referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot, according to a press release.
The referendum, if approved, would allow the village to "to seek competitive pricing from electricity suppliers by combining the electricity supply needs of residents and small retailers as a pool."
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More: What is electrical aggregation, what would it mean for Glenview?
“If we control the bids through an aggregation process we think we can get savings,” Deputy Village Manager Don Owen . “However, as time goes on, that savings is likely to reduce.”
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Communities that have aggregated their electricity have experienced 18 to 44 percent savings, according to Director of Public Works Jerry Burke.
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