A community-wide approach to energy efficiency.

Our Mission

Energize Your Town is an initiative designed to be a resource for a community we serve to help customers reduce their energy usage and empower a brighter future. Through dedicated time with Program staff, support, education and financial incentives, Energize Your Town ensures that energy efficiency is made easy for residents and businesses.

Energize Your Town collaborates with local leadership and organizations to identify opportunities, challenges and specific energy efficiency projects for the community. Through the Program, Energize Your Town will deliver tailored energy efficiency improvements that maximize energy savings, comfort, and health and safety benefits for residential and business customers.

Energize Your Town has selected Taylorville, Illinois as the community for 2026!

Stats at a Glance

Over 550 projects completed in Taylorville since 2024.

Since 2024, Taylorville residential customers received over $470,000 in incentive dollars to reduce project costs.

Christian County YMCA in Taylorville is projected to save roughly $2,200 annually in energy costs.

The Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program has helped Illinois residents and businesses save over $3 billion in energy costs since 2008.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

Twilight Taylorville Holiday Parade

News Articles

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Community Highlights

Taylorville Food Pantry – Feeding Hunger with Heart

  • 30 customers engaged at the Food Pantry
  • 30 Ameren Illinois insulated cooler bags provided to customers

Business Customers

Request a FREE Energy Assessment for your business or organization to get started with Energize Your Town.

Residential Customers

Use the Residential Eligibility Tool and find out how you can start saving energy and improving your home’s comfort and safety.

Business Customers

Request a FREE Energy Assessment for your business or organization to get started with Energize Your Town.

Residential Customers

Use the Residential Eligibility Tool and find out how you can start saving energy and improving your home’s comfort and safety.

The Program Ally has completed the weatherization work on my home here in Taylorville and they did a very good job in all that they completed. The house feels a lot warmer and more quiet after the insulation they completed. They even did a good job of clean up which is always appreciated. I highly recommend them. – Ameren Illinois Taylorville Residential Customer