2012-82 AUTHORIZING AGGREGATION OF ELECTRIC LOAD AND ADOPTING ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PLAN

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I. DEFINITIONS In order to clarify certain terminology, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: "Act" shall refer to the Municipal Aggregation enabling act set forth at 20 ILCS 3855/1-92; "Aggregation Program" or "Program" shall mean the program developed by the City of Decatur, as a Municipal Aggregator under the Act, to provide residential and small commercial customers in Decatur with retail electric supply as described in this document; "Aggregation Consultant" or "Consultant" shall refer to an independent consultant with demonstrated expertise in electric supply contracting licensed in accordance with Section 5/16- 115C of the Electric Service Customer Choice Act, 220 ILCS 5/16-115C. "Aggregation Member" or "Member" shall mean a residential or small commercial retail electric account enrolled in the City of Decatur's Municipal Electric Aggregation program; "Alternative Retail Electric Supplier" or"ARES" shall mean an entity certified by the ICC to offer electric power or energy for sale, lease or in exchange for other value received to one or more retail customers, or that engages in the delivery or furnishing of electric power or energy to such retail customers, and shall include, without limitation, resellers, aggregators and power marketers but shall not include the Electric Utility or the City of Decatur. For purposes of this document, the definition of Alternative Retail Electric Supplier is more completely set forth in 220 ILCS 5/16-102; "Ancillary Services" shall mean the necessary services that must be provided in the generation and delivery of electricity. As defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, they include: coordination and scheduling services (load following, energy imbalance service, control of transmission congestion); automatic generation control (load frequency control and the economic dispatch of plants); contractual agreements (loss compensation service); and support of system integrity and security (reactive power, or spinning and operating reserves); "Default Tariffed Service" shall mean the electricity supply services available to eligible retail customers of the Utility; "Electric Utility" or "Utilities" shall mean Ameren IP as the entity that has a franchise, license, permit or right to distribute, furnish or sell electricity to retail customers within Decatur; "Eligible Retail Customer" shall mean the residential and small commercial retail customers of the Utility; IPA shall mean the Illinois Power Agency established by Public Act 95-0481, (20 ILCS 3855/1-1 et.seq.); "Load" shall mean the total demand for electric energy required to serve the City of Decatur's residential and small commercial members in the Aggregation; "LIHEAP" shall mean Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide a bill payment assistance program for low-income residential customers Page 3 of 21