On Fri, 3 May 2002, Michael Hohmann wrote: > The city of Minneapolis could investigate purchasing gas or > electricity directly from competing producers on behalf of all > residential customers located within the city.
I like this idea. I doubt that, as a residential customer who uses a small amount of energy per month, I would ever be able to negotiate a deal as favorable as would a large consumer of electricity, such as a manufacturing plant. It is my fear that residential customers will be ignored by the energy suppliers as they compete with each other for large energy consumers. The City of Minneapolis, with its thousands of residential households, would have more influence in negotiations with energy suppliers than any residential customer could ever expect and could negotiate a better deal for its citizens than we could individually. Are there any legal obstacles to the City of Minneapolis entering into an agreement to purchase energy on behalf of all residential customers? Have any other municipalities undertaken such an endeavor? Scott McGerik Hawthorne/Ward 3/Minneapolis http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
