How does that new Energy Co-Op in Phillips work? Is it similar to these thoughts of purchasing energy (natural gas/electricity/whatever) at reasonable rates by leveraging membership size in a group like an energy co- op?
Bob Velez Shingle Creek Ward 4-1 (still!) > 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. _______________________________________ 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
