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About Us NIMEC is the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative, a consultancy formed in 2006 as an outgrowth of the Glenview Consulting Group. NIMEC was formed to address the issues brought about by deregulation of the electric power supply market in the State of Illinois. NIMEC Founder and Executive Director David Hoover lobbied on behalf of municipalities at the Illinois legislature as the ability to source power from multiple options was opened to commercial users and then the residential market. To date, NIMEC and its partners have aided 15 of the 19 Northern Illinois communities who have passed referenda allowing Municipal Aggregation of electric power contracts for their residents and small businesses, saving real dollars for over 100,000 residents: A 20 to 25 percent savings translates to several hundred dollars in annual savings for every household (that does not choose to opt out of the program). NIMEC is committed to helping its members purchase power from suppliers at rates lower than that offered by ComEd. David Hoover Mike Mudge Sharon Durling Maribeth Shover Larry Shover Gary Grossman
David Hoover is NIMEC’s Founder and Executive Director. He has consulted in the energy industry since 1992, having owned and managed Glenview Consulting Group through 2006. David formed NIMEC in 2006 to help his municipal clients take advantage of the savings opportunities presented through Illinois utility deregulation and buy power more effectively. David has an MBA from Arizona State University and an undergraduate degree with concentration in Business from the University of Colorado (cum laude graduate). David was employed with multinational banks in Chicago (now JP Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank) in Corporate Lending. As Senior Vice President and Branch Manager, David oversaw a staff of 30. In 1992, David Hoover formed the Glenview Consulting Group. From 1992 to 2007, Glenview provided utility consulting services to 200 corporate and municipal clients, achieving an annual recurring cumulative savings of $1,000,000.
Mike Mudge, Advisor: Mike has an undergraduate degree in Business from Northern Illinois University. Mike has 35 years of experience with Commonwealth Edison. He also served time in the Army in Vietnam. Mike worked in the Sales-Marketing and Energy Services during his last 15 years at ComEd. In this position, Mike gained valuable experience working with many types of customers with all types of issues and needs. He gained an elemental understanding of ComEd’s rates and riders, applications, and power issues. Mike retired from ComEd in 2003. In 2003, Mike formed Rock River Energy. His former customers wanted him to continue to provide expertise on how they can more effectively purchase power and save money in the Illinois marketplace, how to advantage of demand response/curtailment programs and more recently how to take advantage of energy conservation and rebates. Sharon Durling, Director of Marketing: Sharon has an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She was a Risk Management Consultant and Project Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to that, Sharon was Vice President, sales and trading at Fuji Bank from 1984 to 1996. Maribeth Shover, Director of Client Services and Operations. Maribeth is an MBA and a founder and owner of MTA Renovations, LLC, a general construction company. Prior to that, she was a Commodities Trader at Chicago Research and Trading from 1983 to 1996. |