Bloomington voting on Good Energy contract

Posted on February 23, 2015

Bloomington has been working with Good Energy to help reduce the cost of electricity in the city. (Photo courtesy Flickr/Vaxomatic)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington's city council will vote Monday night on extending a contract with Good Energy.

Assistant City Manager Steve Rasmussen said Good Energy is a consulting company which acts on Bloomington's behalf to get electricity for the city at a bulk rate. He said doing this saves the city and residents money.

"Just as an example, last year the amount that we saved for all of the customers in the city was about $300,000," said Rasmussen. "That amounts to about 17 dollars per year, per residential customer."

Rasmussen said the new agreement would be for two years.

"It cost us about $114,000 to get this service and we end up saving about $500,000. So it's a win-win for everybody," he said.

The council will also vote Monday on the intergovernmental agreement between the city, Normal, and McLean County to share the cost of electronics recycling.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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