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NICOR ADVANCED ENERGY INTRODUCES NEW ENERGY PLANS
NAPERVILLE, Illinois (6/11/2007) - Nicor Advanced Energy has introduced PriceGuard and Flex Plan, convenient and budget-friendly gas plans that help customers manage their bills. Best known for the popular Lock 12 program, Nicor Advanced Energy is an innovator in developing energy billing choices for residential and small commercial customers.
“We’ve utilized extensive market research to develop and refine products that address customer concerns, especially in these volatile energy markets,” said Paul DeLacey, general manager for Nicor Advanced Energy. “Our new plans provide varying degrees of protection and risk so the customer can select the plan that best meets their needs.”
Customers who want security in their natural gas prices this winter will enjoy PriceGuard, offering protection from the ups and downs of market prices. Gas usage is billed at a fixed price so that customers pay the same per-therm price every month, no matter how many therms they use.
For a plan that’s more similar to traditional utility service, Nicor Advanced Energy offers Flex Plan. With its variable rate billing, Flex Plan follows the daily natural gas price per therm as it moves up and down with prevailing market conditions. Customers may switch from Flex Plan to one of Nicor Advanced Energy’s other price protection plans with a simple phone call, when market conditions are more favorable.
Customers can continue to enjoy Lock 12, the innovative plan that offers the ultimate protection by locking in their natural gas bill amount for 12 months, and enjoy peace of mind. The Lock 12 bill is guaranteed not to change for one year, due to gas price volatility or extreme weather conditions, protecting customers from fluctuating monthly gas prices and unwelcome surprises on gas bills.
Details about all of Nicor Advanced Energy’s gas billing plans can be found at www.nicoradvancedenergy.com. “Similar to our Lock 12 plan, we offer a full-service website with convenient online enrollment,” added DeLacey.
About Nicor Advanced Energy
Nicor Advanced Energy is a Nicor company offering budget-friendly energy plans and convenient billing choices to residential and small commercial customers. Approved as an alternative retail gas suppler by the Illinois Commerce Commission, Nicor Advanced Energy is able to offer more innovative natural gas programs and billing options than those offered by traditional utility companies. Nicor Advanced Energy’s parent company, Nicor Inc., (NYSE:GAS) has been part of the fabric of communities in northern Illinois and the Chicago suburbs for five decades. The largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, was founded in 1954 as Northern Illinois Gas and today is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in the country, serving more that two million customers in 641 communities.