On Wednesday, May 16th, the Village signed a contract with FirstEnergy Solutions of Ohio (FES) which awarded the Village's electrical aggregation bid to FES. Under this contract, FES will provide power to all residences and small businesses participating in the program at a rate 4.4 cents per kilowatt hour for a twelve month period beginning this summer. This rate is approximately 48.2% lower than Commonwealth Edison's (ComEd's) projected rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt hour, which will take effect on June 1st, 2012. The Village estimates that a typical Gurnee h
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