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

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commercial retail customers in the aggregate area that are reflected in the electric utility's records at the time of the request in an electronic format. B. Ameren will provide a monthly billing statement to each Program participant which shall include ARES charges. The ARES will not charge any additional administrative fee(s). C. Ameren will continue to provide customer service for all the customers in the aggregation program. ROLE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR A. After the adoption of this POG, the City Manager shall submit to Ameren IP, in writing, a warrant demonstrating the passage of the City's municipal aggregation ordinance, the adoption of this Plan by the corporate authorities, and requesting the identification of retail and small commercial electric customer account information and generic load profiles. B. The City will maintain the customer information it receives in a confidential manner as required by law and will use that information only for purposes of its Municipal Aggregation. Customer account information will be considered confidential and will not be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act. C. The City review the customer list to remove ineligible customers, provided however, that the City shall have no responsibility to potential aggregation members or the ARES for the accuracy of the customer account information provided. D. The City, in cooperation with the Aggregation Consultant, will develop the RFP in accordance with the terms set forth in this document. E. The City will inform the potential bidders in the RFP document of the City's generic load profile information as provided by Ameren IP. F. The City is under no obligation to enter into any service agreement with any ARES and may, in its discretion, chose to have the aggregation members remain on Ameren IP's default tariffed service, or to re-bid the electric service under the same or amended terms of this Plan. G. The City, as the facilitator of this bidding process, is not responsible for providing electricity to the members of the Aggregation, or for billing or collecting for electricity provided under any ARES power supply agreement, and has no responsibility beyond the duties described herein. Ameren IP will continue to provide a single bill to Aggregation Members for all electrical charges. H. Demand Management and Energy Efficiency Initiative: City of Decatur is committed to achieve a sustainable community. Reduced energy costs should in no way be considered a license for increased usage. For that reason, no energy plan is complete without balancing reduced supply cost for end-users with some method(s) for demand side management and reduction. The City will work closely with the Consultant, the ARES and Ameren to educated the community on efficient ways of utilizing energy. City will promote the energy efficiency initiative offered byAmeren. ROLE OF THE AGGREGATION CONSULTANT, GOOD ENERGY A. Licensure and Code of Conduct. The Aggregation Consultant will be duly licensed as required by the Electric Service Customer Choice and Relief Act, 220 ILCS 5/16- 115C and will comply with the code of conduct requirements there under. B. Duties. The Aggregation Consultant shall advise the City and assist the City with the development and implementation of its Municipal Aggregation Program, including Page 7 of 21