PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the presentation from the Naperville Environment and Sustainability Task Force (NEST)
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Electric Utility Director
BACKGROUND:
The current power provider for Naperville’s Electric Utility, the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), has been providing administrative, legal, and regulatory services to the City since 2007 and has been supplying electricity to Naperville since 2011. The City’s contract with IMEA expires on Sept. 30, 2035. Planning to acquire adequate power to meet Naperville’s needs, as well as operational and administrative services beyond this timeframe, is a multi-year effort.
This work involves a substantial amount of information gathering and exploration of various power procurement options, as different possibilities necessitate a multi-year ramp-up of resources and strategic decisions to be made at the appropriate times.
DISCUSSION:
As part of the information-gathering process and in anticipation of providing an advisory board recommendation to the City Council on this topic, NEST was invited to make a presentation and be available for questions during the discussion at the March 6, 2025, PUAB meeting.
The presenters from NEST will be Cathy Clarkin, Dr. Paul Bloom, Paul Deffenbaugh, Fernando Arriola, Joe Hus, and Theresa Hus.
A copy of the presentation is attached.