Beachwood City of merle S. GorDen 216.292.1901 maYor voters to decide on nopec Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council Natural Gas Program FreD GooDman preSIDent 216.464.6624 Beachwood City Council recently voted to place an issue on the City’s November ballot to enroll our city residents in a natural gas program offered by the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC). NOPEC is an energy "aggregator" that uses bulk buying practices to buy gas at attractive rates. NOPEC then passes those rates on to their customers. There are 174 communities in 10 Northeast Ohio counties that are served by NOPEC. Beachwood has been enrolled in NOPEC’s electricity program for years and has experienced no problems. NOPEC officials estimate that NOPEC saves Beachwood electric customers as much as $250,000 annually citywide by offering discounted electricity. Beachwood’s voters must approve this measure before it can be enacted. If voters defeat the measure, residents will continue to buy natural gas as they do now and NOPEC will not be an option. The decision will be determined by the voters. If it is approved by voters in November, all residents will have the option to "opt out" of NOPEC – meaning they would still be free to contract with natural gas providers other than NOPEC. If the NOPEC measure is approved by the voters of Beachwood, there will be two public hearings conducted to further discuss this issue. These hearings would likely be held in December. The first delivery of NOPEC gas would arrive as early as March 2015. Beachwood voters are urged to be informed about this issue. More information can be found at www.nopecinfo.org. martIn S. horwItz 216.464.6560 aleC ISaaCSon 216.291.2797 melvIn jaCobS 216.464.1541 mark mIntz 216.360.0330 jameS paSCh 216.630.9671 City Contact Information City of BeaChwood 25325 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio 44122 216.464.1070 www.beachwoodohio.com like us on faCeBook www.facebook.com/ BeachwoodOH follow us on twitter twitter.com/ BeachwoodOH follow BeaChwood poliCe on twitter twitter.com/BeachwoodPolice tv programming time warner - Ch. 96.20 at&t u-verse - Ch. 99 emergenCy Dial 9-1-1 Clerk of CounCil 216.595.5493 mark I. waChter 216.765.1921