Cheaper energy is a shared goal.(Business)

Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer

Temperatures have fallen. Oil and electricity prices have risen. But Ted Taylor isn't worried.

Taylor, managing partner of Ballston manufacturer Specialty Silicone Products Inc., has signed up for another year of electrical power from the Energy Alliance, a 5-year-old buying consortium offered through several chambers of commerce in the region.

Specialty Silicone - which makes caps, seals, wiper blades and other products out of silicone - is locked in at a rate of about 8 cents per kilowatt hour, which Taylor said could save his company about $6,000 this year.

"I'm looking for the lowest price on power, …