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Naperville against coal?

Some of you may have received a text message from a group named Naperville Against Coal featuring misinformation stating that the six Naperville City Council members voting to pause negotiation with the IMEA were in fact voting to keep our coal contract in place.

That statement is false.

The six Council members voted in favor of pausing the negotiations, which pauses any movement towards extending the IMEA contract beyond the terms of the current contract, which ends in 2035. The IMEA proposal would have extended the contract an additional 20 years to 2055.

Say No to Coal is not affiliated in any way with the message sent or any of the individuals behind that campaign.

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The Truth: IMEA Has Been More Expensive Than Market Power

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Naperville’s current electricity provider is less expensive than what other communities are paying.In all but one year in the past 10, the price Naperville paid IMEA, Naperville’s current electricity provider, was higher than the wholesale price our grid provider, PJM, charged. Naperville could have saved $300 million over the past 10 years if it hadn’t been locked into the IMEA contract.

The IMEA costs are available in the IMEA presentation to the Naperville Public Utility Advisory Board https://naperville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7148664&GUID=5D7E505D-6C2B-4B9D-8BA5-EB892D848089&Options=&Search= on slide 4.

The PJM costs are available from the NEST presentation to the Naperville Public Utility Advisory Board at https://naperville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7290411&GUID=2A7E2951-A1F9-4CDF-81E0-4B64974B4D18&Options=&Search= in the presentation on slide 32 of their presentation. You can compare live PJM prices to the prices IMEA provided via this link: https://www.gridstatus.io/live/pjm

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Naperville’s Long Term Energy Options

On Monday, July 28, the City of Naperville is hosting a workshop to review and discuss various priorities, key considerations and strategies for our city’s long term energy options.

The workshop is open to the public.

The Mayor, City Council and key members of the City Leadership team will receive presentations from:

  • Consultants Townsend, Pruitt and CES
  • Naperville Environment and Sustainability Task Force
  • The Public Utilities Advisory Board

We encourage you to attend so that your voice is heard.

NEST has requested that the city employ a process that engages with residents, promotes freedom of choice and flexibility, and prioritizes fiscal responsibility in the city’s energy procurement process.

No final action can be taken at the workshop.  The City Council will vote on the IMEA extension at the August 19 City Council Meeting.

Monday July 28 at 6:00PM
Council Chambers
400 S. Eagle Street

RSVP Here

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This City Is Funding One of America’s Dirtiest Coal Plants

We need to speak up now. It doesn’t matter if you are in Naperville, Detroit, or the Solomon Islands, this issue affects all of us. This issue will not affect the people who make it, rather it will affect young people. We are abetting some of the worst carbon pollution in Illinois, and it is time to take a stand.

Share this video to everyone you can, we need to make a change NOW.

Directors: Adi Julka, Adithya Karthik

Editor: Adi Julka

Researchers: Adi Julka, Adithya Kathrik

Narrators: Adi Julka, Adithya Karthik

Sources:
– https://coal.sierraclub.org/deadly-impact-of-coal-pollution
– https://images.app.goo.gl/yKW4CfW8qoHgcLR98
– https://www.utilitydive.com/news/renewables-cheaper-energy-than-99-percent-of-us-coal-plants-just-energy-transition/642393/
– https://www.sierraclub.org/illinois/blog/2023/02/prairie-state-makes-list-deadliest-coal-plants
– https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2021/07/prairie-state-coal-plant-debunked/
– https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Prairie-State-Replacement-Cost-Fact-Check-1.pdf
– https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/prairie-state-coal-plant/
– https://rmi.org/insight/transition-opportunities-for-prairie-state-energy-campus/, https://naperville.granicus.com/player/clip/1695?view_id=4&redirect=true
– https://utilitytransitionhub.rmi.org/economic-dispatch/

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Come to the Naperville City Council meeting on July 15 at 7:00PM and wear red!

Fossil fuel interests are following their well practiced playbook of spreading half-truths and cherry-picking data to garner support for extending the IMEA contract all the way until 2055. Our Council members are hearing from these pro-fossil fuel voices and we anticipate that they will be showing up to the City Council meeting this coming Tuesday, July 15. We need to make sure that Council knows that those of us who support a responsible transition to clean energy and who oppose the irresponsible commitment to a coal-heavy contract that extends 30 years in the future are the strong majority of Naperville residents.

If you want to make a public comment, the deadline is 6:30PM Tuesday.  You can sign up here:

https://www.naperville.il.us/government/board-and-commissions/city-council-meetings-and-workshops/city-council-speaker-sign-up/speaker

RSVP here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-C3WYgMVwW5KdUHJpge2mc2h4J8tdacH4TquG3jiGUnv_tA/viewform