Reg Ankrom
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to have an ordinance drafted to end the city’s electrical aggregation program. Several aldermen noted during the Sept. 3 meeting that they were receiving complaints from customers who were automatically enrolled in the aggregation program, having their electric supply service switched to Constellation. City officials said…
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QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth, recently announced the fall return of the popular History Happy Hour program series at the museum. “John Wood and His Fight Against Slavery” is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum. The speaker will be historian Reg Ankrom, the author…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s consulting agreement with SIMEC, LLC, was amended during Monday night’s meeting. SIMEC President Reg Ankrom sent a letter to the city last week explaining how the competitive market in electricity has been volatile during the last three years. “In our two recent requests for proposals (RFPs), we invited electricity…
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QUINCY — People who recently moved in Quincy or are new to living in Quincy have until March 7 to opt out of the city’s Municipal Aggregation Electricity Program. People who do not opt out before that date will have been deemed to have authorized and agreed to be enrolled in the program. All residents of…
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QUINCY – The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth, will have its first talk in its upcoming program series, “History Happy Hour,” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. A reception for the inaugural talk, titled “Stephen A. Douglas: American Apostle or Apostate?”, will have a reception at 5 p.m. The museum will remain open until…
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QUINCY — The Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy will recognize Veterans Day with a program beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 in Lippincott Hall. The program will have a keynote address by Navy veteran and author/speaker Reg Ankrom, patriotic music by the Quincy Notre Dame High School Band and Concert Chorale, a wreath-laying honoring…
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QUINCY — Ameren recently announced an adjustment in its residential electric supply costs that will extend from October 2023 through May 2024. Ameren’s base rate for usage of up to 800 kilowatthours will be 8.104 cents per kilowatthour and 7.904 cents for each additional kilowatthour, according to Reg Ankrom, president of SIMEC Energy, a consultant…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Ameren Illinois’ adjusted electric supply rate for residential customers was posted Tuesday at 8.04 cents per kilowatthour, 4.025 cents less than the City of Quincy’s electric aggregation rate of 12.065 cents per kilowatthour. Consumers can opt out to get the lower rate. Reg Ankrom, president of SIMEC Energy, spoke to the Quincy City…
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Bob Gough talks to energy consultant Reg Ankrom about the City of Quincy’s aggregation policy and what those “opt-out” letters that residents recently received mean. FROM A NEWS RELEASE: The City of Quincy’s municipal electric aggregation program, paused since March 2022, will resume in April under a new contract with Constellation NewEnergy for electric supply…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County is kicking off its 2022 program schedule with presentations by historian and artist A.K. Fielding and local historian Reg Ankrom at 2 p.m. Sunday at the History Museum, 332 Maine. Fielding will discuss her new book, “Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s Forgotten Son.” The focus of Fielding’s presentation…
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