This blog is maintained for the sole purpose of allowing the people of Peru and those interested in the cities of the Illinois Valley to express their views.
“It doesn’t take a majority to win, just a tireless minority that will keep starting brush fires in the mind and hearts of their fellow men.” Samuel Adams
Before anyone jumps on this bandwagon, note that you must combine distribution, wheeling costs, etc to get your final billing total. The kw rate is just a portion of the entire bill.
Wheeling Costs? Really? Is that the huge surge in electric usage in Peru when 80% of house-holds and the mulititudes of Baby-Boomers in this town fire up the old Philco and tune in to Pat and Vanna at 6:30 every evening? That happens right after they have spent the previous two hours hunkered down in the Recliner soaking up every inaccurate and overstated excuse for a news story in the local Fish-Wrapper hoping and praying that nothing in Peru will ever be subject to any form of change. Change is scary and very very bad. The crew at the Deli and the Coffee and Burger shop tell them that change must be feared in Peru. "The Don" says so, and that is all they need to know. How sad it is that this city has no clue how to help itself!
I am not anywhere near a baby boomer and take great offense at 5:36 and 6:35 insinuating that this age group is the only one to vote. There are plenty of younger people that take great interest in this city. They eat at the "Deli and the Coffee and Burger shop", and certainly not all of us are "Don" supporters. (Quite honestly I couldn't wait to see that man voted out of office.) Some of us aren't very vocal on this blog as many posts on here appear to be personal vendettas, pure ignorance, or just plain stupidity. I for one am not afraid of change, I welcome it. However I would like the change to be led by someone a little less hypocritical and judgmental. Sorry for posting on a thread/column that has nothing to do with Peru City politics but these 2 comments really ticked me off.
3:38 And when you do look at the bill, and take the total KWH rate with delivery... What do you get? Very , very little difference to our rate. We are not saving much on the bill, and Industries are now paying much more. yet, there's more...
But each household in Peru must also pay for the overhead, infrastructure, debt load, and operating costs of the plant. They don't see that on the bill.
That does not include reinvestment risk, futures risk, disaster risk. Nor line and distribution maintenance. Nor lagging cable installation.
To 7:00 pm, If you are not of the Baby Boomer generation then you have no reason to be offended. I am a Peru resident of that Generation and I found that comment very clever and accurately sarcastic. After all, it's actually pretty accurate and quite funny. To 9:57 pm, Vile? Not hardly. As I said, the comment from 5:36 is quite funny and I fit the description except for the part about change. I'm pushing 60 and I see myself as a free thinking, enlightened, AARP Card carrying resident of Peru who embraces change when it is warranted. I wish there were more of me in Peru because we need new leadership and we need it asap. You two should spending time and effort taking offense to clever blogs and open your minds to ways to move your city forward. That's what I'm trying to do because the current mayor and aldermen are being led instead of leading.
Anon 9:57 and all other bloggers: Yes, I also agree that Lois is providing a needed public service enabling all to express themselves in a free, open means of communication. Although you as I often times disagree with Lois or others it provides all of us a opportunity to be feed with the opinion of interested others and to express our own. The one great fault I find in all blogs, although it is not the fault of the owner, is that some comments would have a increased meaning if they had a personal name attached to them. The increasing use of Anon in a blog decreases interest and only provides some with a method of insulting others personally or insulting others beliefs. Please do feel that at times Anon. is a useful and proper method of identification and is fully correct. But other times a name attached to a comment would add so much more meaning.
338 a third grader can compare apples to apples, Its not so complicated to figure what a resident pays for there electric bill and to convert it over to a kilo watt hour cost. Add all the cost together and divide by the kilowatts used for the billing cycle that's your kilo watt per hour cost. My city of Peru electric bill was eleven cents per kilo watt for Feburary!
Before being too critical of either side of the electric usage issue, please contact one of your friends from a city that has used the aggregate program and get their opinion. There are pro's and con's and a person really needs to compare apples to apples on this issue. These programs are sold by very well trained salesman that make a living on getting those conversions. Be very wise and informed of your decisions.
The site I posted has many pages and one of them is a list of the companies and their ratings by complaint. Good number seem to be doing very well and an equal number doing a poor job.
Thank you Lois, justin and art; even if we don't pursue this route it's nice to see people using their heads to pursue options that make us Peruvians better off.
Anon 7:01 As a side thought to some of the technical problems that confront all cities in the United States isn't it great to know that in Peru we have a large group with various backgrounds, education and experiences, different chronological ages, and both genders of all nationalities and races participating and becoming more willing to express themselves. Thank you 7:01 for mentioning me in your very kind comment. Peru will grow as a team and with teamwork, and all Peruvians will be better off. This is a goal that we as a City are working for and can achieve.
Yes Art. Just like every other city of about this size.
I do not understand why we always have make Peru out to be great, the leader, special, home of this ballplayer or that ball player. It's this false civic pride that has blinded us for so long. Let's just fix the problems and dump the deadwood.
You can't blow sunshine up everyone's butt when leaders like this are pulling they crap they are. Optimism is only rewarded when coupled with character and selfless work. Teamwork requires a team. The leadership walled themselves off long ago.
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Before anyone jumps on this bandwagon, note that you must combine distribution, wheeling costs, etc to get your final billing total. The kw rate is just a portion of the entire bill.
Wheeling Costs? Really?
Is that the huge surge in electric usage in Peru when 80% of house-holds and the mulititudes of Baby-Boomers in this town fire up the old Philco and tune in to Pat and Vanna at 6:30 every evening?
That happens right after they have spent the previous two hours hunkered down in the Recliner soaking up every inaccurate and overstated excuse for a news story in the local Fish-Wrapper hoping and praying that nothing in Peru will ever be subject to any form of change. Change is scary and very very bad. The crew at the Deli and the Coffee and Burger shop tell them that change must be feared in Peru. "The Don" says so, and that is all they need to know.
How sad it is that this city has no clue how to help itself!
Here is some good advice for our babyboomer Vana fans that hold sway in the politics of the City of Peru:
“Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.”
I am not anywhere near a baby boomer and take great offense at 5:36 and 6:35 insinuating that this age group is the only one to vote. There are plenty of younger people that take great interest in this city. They eat at the "Deli and the Coffee and Burger shop", and certainly not all of us are "Don" supporters. (Quite honestly I couldn't wait to see that man voted out of office.) Some of us aren't very vocal on this blog as many posts on here appear to be personal vendettas, pure ignorance, or just plain stupidity. I for one am not afraid of change, I welcome it. However I would like the change to be led by someone a little less hypocritical and judgmental. Sorry for posting on a thread/column that has nothing to do with Peru City politics but these 2 comments really ticked me off.
3:38 And when you do look at the bill, and take the total KWH rate with delivery... What do you get? Very , very little difference to our rate. We are not saving much on the bill, and Industries are now paying much more.
yet, there's more...
But each household in Peru must also pay for the overhead, infrastructure, debt load, and operating costs of the plant. They don't see that on the bill.
That does not include reinvestment risk, futures risk, disaster risk. Nor line and distribution maintenance. Nor lagging cable installation.
Sell this plant while it is still possible!
Vile comments on here as usual. Great public service you provide here Lois. You are truly making the world a better place.
To 7:00 pm, If you are not of the Baby Boomer generation then you have no reason to be offended.
I am a Peru resident of that Generation and I found that comment very clever and accurately sarcastic. After all, it's actually pretty accurate and quite funny.
To 9:57 pm, Vile? Not hardly. As I said, the comment from 5:36 is quite funny and I fit the description except for the part about change. I'm pushing 60 and I see myself as a free thinking, enlightened, AARP Card carrying resident of Peru who embraces change when it is warranted. I wish there were more of me in Peru because we need new leadership and we need it asap. You two should spending time and effort taking offense to clever blogs and open your minds to ways to move your city forward. That's what I'm trying to do because the current mayor and aldermen are being led instead of leading.
Anon 9:57 and all other bloggers:
Yes, I also agree that Lois is providing a needed public service enabling all to express themselves in a free, open means of communication. Although you as I often times disagree with Lois or others it provides all of us a opportunity to be feed with the opinion of interested others and to express our own.
The one great fault I find in all blogs, although it is not the fault of the owner, is that some comments would have a increased meaning if they had a personal name attached to them.
The increasing use of Anon in a blog decreases interest and only provides some with a method of insulting others personally or insulting others beliefs.
Please do feel that at times Anon. is a useful and proper method of identification and is fully correct. But other times a name attached to a comment would add so much more meaning.
338 a third grader can compare apples to apples, Its not so complicated to figure what a resident pays for there electric bill and to convert it over to a kilo watt hour cost. Add all the cost together and divide by the kilowatts used for the billing cycle that's your kilo watt per hour cost. My city of Peru electric bill was eleven cents per kilo watt for Feburary!
8:12 PM
Ours is the same!
Before being too critical of either side of the electric usage issue, please contact one of your friends from a city that has used the aggregate program and get their opinion. There are pro's and con's and a person really needs to compare apples to apples on this issue. These programs are sold by very well trained salesman that make a living on getting those conversions. Be very wise and informed of your decisions.
9:19 PM
The site I posted has many pages and one of them is a list of the companies and their ratings by complaint. Good number seem to be doing very well and an equal number doing a poor job.
Thank you Lois, justin and art; even if we don't pursue this route it's nice to see people using their heads to pursue options that make us Peruvians better off.
Anon 7:01 As a side thought to some of the technical problems that confront all cities in the United States isn't it great to know that in Peru we have a large group with various backgrounds, education and experiences, different chronological ages, and both genders of all nationalities and races participating and becoming more willing to express themselves.
Thank you 7:01 for mentioning me in your very kind comment. Peru will grow as a team and with teamwork, and all Peruvians will be better off. This is a goal that we as a City are working for and can achieve.
Yes Art. Just like every other city of about this size.
I do not understand why we always have make Peru out to be great, the leader, special, home of this ballplayer or that ball player. It's this false civic pride that has blinded us for so long. Let's just fix the problems and dump the deadwood.
You can't blow sunshine up everyone's butt when leaders like this are pulling they crap they are. Optimism is only rewarded when coupled with character and selfless work. Teamwork requires a team. The leadership walled themselves off long ago.
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