Norridge Village Board reached out recently to the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative to get lower electric rates for the village’s street lights.
Skupien said the contract rates will be bid in May through NIMEC and are available to any agency that is a member of the collaborative. “We try to get the lowest rate possible for our residents, so that’s why we’re in the consortium,” Bielak said.“I don’t know offhand, but that’s obviously why we’re going through this process – to get the best rate we can,” he said. “For us, we’re always trying to find the best deals possible for our residents. We want to make sure that we’re not having to spend more money than we have to.”