Please see the informational release that the City of Clinton was provided this morning.
Municipal aggregation was voted on by the Citizens of Clinton and approved by a public referendum in April 2013.
Clinton Release Sept. 2025
The City of Clintons current municipal aggregation contract with Homefield Energy expires following the November 2025 meter read, effectively December 1, 2025. Currently, the program’s fixed rate is $0.11928/kWh. Good Energy, working on behalf of the City of Clinton and several other local area communities, has secured a new 17-month contract with Homefield. The new contract has a total fixed energy supply rate of $0.11880/kWh. This new rate will not change regardless of Ameren’s rate changes and is a fixed rate from December 2025 through May 2027.
The current Ameren residential electric supply rate is $0.1218/kWh. Ameren will be adjusting from their summer rate to a non-summer rate which will be released October 1, 2025. Although the Ameren non-summer rate may readjust to a lower rate, based on market predictions the rate is expected to increase again during the summer rate period in 2026. That expected increase will not affect those account holders in the aggregation program. It is important to note, account holders who decide to leave the program and return to Ameren must choose a new supplier within 60 days, if not, they must remain with Ameren for an additional 10 months (1-year total), exposing them to potentially higher rates and volatile spikes in the market next summer. This is not a program rule, this is a utility rule known as “utility hold”. Residents that do nothing will remain with the City’s municipal aggregation program.
Residential and small business accounts inside the City of Clinton have an average participation rate of approximately 80-85% with the program.
In September, residents will receive an opt-out letter notifying them of this new electric supply rate with Homefield and providing them notice of a 21-day opt-out period. Residents have the ability to opt-out of the program online, by mail or by phone during this opt-out period. It is important not to call the City to opt out of this program. They cannot opt accounts out of the program. Please keep in mind, that account holders, even after the opt out date listed on the letter, are still able to leave the program at any time without penalty. As directed by Illinois law, the opt outs are a requirement each time there is a rate change, supplier change, or term change. The opt out notices are a requirement and must be sent to each eligible account holder even if they have previously opted out of the program.
Account holders on average, who have consistently stayed in the aggregation program since the inception of the program, have showed savings over the Ameren rate. Not to mention the Ameren rate has changed nearly 30 times since 2013, while the aggregation rate has changed 8 times, bringing much needed stability in this unstable energy market.
Account holders wishing to opt out of the program can do so by:
·Yo-You may opt out online (preferred and fastest) at homefieldenergy.com/optout enter the opt out code from the opt out notice.
· - Returning the pre-paid postage opt out coupon attached to the opt out notice from Homefield.
· - You may call Homefield direct at 1-833-200-9834