News for March, 2009

Power Smart Pricing in the News

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

CNT Energy’s Power Smart Pricing program received some notable attention from the media this week. Stories about the program appeared on the local news on both the ABC and NBC affiliates in Peoria on March 2. The ABC affiliate in Champaign featured Power Smart Pricing in the March 3 local news program. The news stories provided a good introduction to the program, including possible savings and tips on who can benefit from hourly electricity pricing.

View the story from the Champaign station. Also, read a recent Press Release, “Downstate Illinois Households Get Power Smart to Cut Costs”.


Downstate Illinois Households Get Power Smart to Cut Costs

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

For more information contact:
Stephanie Folk, CNT Energy
Phone: (773) 269-4085
E-mail: sfolk@cntenergy.org

Households across Illinois are looking for ways to cut costs, and thousands of Ameren Illinois Utilities customers have found a new way save on electricity. Nearly 4,000 households have signed up for the Power Smart Pricing program, an hourly electricity pricing option offered by the Ameren Illinois Utilities. The program helps participants cut costs both by being smart about both how much electricity they use and when they use it. Since Power Smart Pricing launched in early 2007, participants have saved an average of 10 percent compared with what they would have paid on the standard fixed rate (based on billing results for May 2007 through December 2008).
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