Speaking Up for the Taxpayers and Ratepayers of Naperville
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  • Naperville's Electricity Supply Decision
  • Naperville’s City Council is deciding whether to raise your monthly power bills with zero benefits.
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  • Background Since 2011, Naperville has obtained all its power from IMEA. IMEA is a not-for-profit Joint Action Agency which includes Naperville and 31 other municipal utilities in Illinois.
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  • Naperville’s contract and membership in IMEA expires in 10 years. IMEA has offered a contract proposal for an additional 20-year term. IMEA owns and procures power from thermal generators, solar farms, and wind farms. It assesses short and long-term electricity requirements and provides reliable electricity to Naperville at low cost.
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  • Unfortunately, a small but noisy environmental activists want Naperville to leave IMEA and buy power from some unknown profit driven supplier at a much higher cost. This will drive up your electricity bills with absolutely zero benefits to you or the environment.
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  • Why You Should Want Naperville to Stay With IMEA IMEA energy prices have been flat since 2014. Its modern highly efficient thermal generators produce power at prices much lower than alternative sources. What else have you bought lately that hasn't gone up in price in 10 years?
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  • Currently all of Naperville’s neighboring communities that receive power from ComEd are paying 20-30% more for their electricity.
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  • Current trends in the electricity markets and public policies point to far higher future power prices for Naperville if it leaves IMEA. It is conservatively estimated that if Naperville leaves IMEA, Naperville ratepayers will pay $40 million per year more for electricity.
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  • Naperville’s own Public Utility Advisory Board and an international energy consulting firm hired by the city (CES) have extensively reviewed the IMEA contract situation. Both recommended renewing the IMEA contract. Additionally, Twenty-nine member communities have already agreed to renew with IMEA.
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  • Since 2011, part of your Naperville utility bill has been used to pay off construction bonds for two generating plants. These bonds will be paid off in 2035, resulting in an immediate $27 million per year rate reduction for Naperville ratepayers. Leaving IMEA after paying the bonds all these years will forfeit the future benefits of debt-free assets; the equivalent of paying off a home mortgage then abandoning the house.
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  • What About Environmental Impacts?
  • If Naperville renews with IMEA and takes advantage of options in the contract, the city’s electricity supply would be ~50% carbon free by 2027 and rise to 100% carbon free by 2050.
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  • Regardless of Naperville’s decision, the thermal plants will continue operations until state law requires their shut down or they reach end-of-life. Therefore, there is zero environmental benefit to leaving IMEA.
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  • Is This Urgent? On February 3, 2026, six members of the Naperville City Council voted to suspend negotiations with Naperville’s low cost and reliable electricity supplier of 15 years. This was a pocket veto. The City Council members who effectively voted to increase your power supply costs were: Ian Holzhauer, Supna Jain, Patrick Kelly, Mary Gibson, Ashfaq Syed, & Benny White
  • These council members will need to be convinced their actions do not represent the will of the majority of Napervillians.
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  • What Can I Do?
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  • Contact Your City Council Members
  • Let them you know you favor Naperville renewing its electricity contract with IMEA
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