Starting April 1, all residents and businesses within the city of Wildomar will begin receiving their energy from a Community Choice Aggregation program called Western Community Energy, which will provide energy for six area cities. Residents and business owners can opt-out of the program, but city officials anticipate it will save residents up to 2% on their energy bill each year. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Jeff Pack
Staff WriterIf you’re a resident or business owner in the city of Wildomar, you may not notice much when you receive a bill for electricity from Southern California Edison in early May. But something will be different according to the city and representatives from the Western Riverside Council of Governments – you’ll be paying less. “Residents should be excited for the simple fact that there is a cost-saving that they’ll see immediately on their bill,” Mayor Dustin Nigg said. “Not a whole lot, maybe five bucks, but it’s something.”Wildomar has joined up with Western Community Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation program that gives local governments the opportunity to buy electricity directly from its source and offers it to the community at