Mount Vernon council adopts electric-aggregation amendments, residents ask for clearer cost disclosure

Mount Vernon City Council adopted two resolutions on Sept. 29 to let the city participate in a multi-jurisdictional electric aggregation program and to amend the city's electric aggregation plan of operation and governance. The council approved Resolution 2025-93, authorizing the safety-service director to enter a governmental aggregation program participation agreement, and Resolution 2025-99, which updates the city's aggregation plan and is intended to permit simultaneous contracting with nearby Fredericktown to lock in supplier rates.

The action followed a public comment from Jennifer Shoman, who said she lives at 200 North Edgewood Road and asked the city to provide greater transparency about the amendments and to post the updated plan on the next agenda. "I would like to request greater transparency on resolution 25 99 and clarification on what specific changes were made," Shoman said. She specifically flagged section E of…