Deerfield Could Opt Out of Electricity Program

The supply of an alternative source of electricity may soon be a thing of the past in Deerfield.

The Deerfield Review reports that the Village Board of Trustees learned during its Monday meeting that at this time there are no plans for renewing a three-year contract set to expire in May between the village and MC2, electrical contractors that had been supplying Deerfield and seven other North Shore communities with electricity at a significant discount. The North Shore Aggregation Consortium includes Deerfield, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Glencoe, Northbrook, Skokie and Park Ridge.

“The ComEd rate and the aggregation rate have been converging,” Andrew Lichterman, the assistant to the village manager, said at the meeting. “We knew this could happen three years ago.”

Lichterman informed the board it is still uncertain “if there will be a benefit for the village to continue to aggregate electricity.”

During the time of the contract, residents have saved more than $3 million, he added.

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