Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing at the Grid Edge

2.5.5 Community Choice Aggregation

LPDD Recommendation: “States should assure that each community is entitled to act as an aggregator of energy and energy services provided by its citizens with the same rights to deliver wholesale energy and energy services as its citizens.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should assure that each community may purchase or generate energy on behalf of its citizens directly or through contractual arrangements with third parties.”

22 Resources Found, Displaying 1 thru 10

Columbus Community Aggregation Ballot Measure

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

2020 ballot measure to approve municipal Community Aggregation program with a goal of achieving 100% renewable energy supply by 2022.

Utah’s HB 411 (2019)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Orovides cities with mechanisms to establish and achieve a community goal to source net-100% of electric energy from renewable resources by 2030.

Virginia Community Choice Aggregation

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Virginia has permitted CCA since 1999, but no current programs are in operation. In 2003, the state passed legislation to spur the adoption of CCA programs through state-run pilots.

Ohio Community Choice Aggregation

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

More than 250 communities in Ohio have switched to municipal aggregation for both gas and electricity.

Westchester Power

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

CCA program for 41 of 44 Westchester municipalities in the county, the vast majority of which have opted into green power supply service.

New York Community Choice Aggregation

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions, States and State Governments

CCA in New York was authorized through the Public Service Commission in 2016.

New Jersey Community Choice Aggregation

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

NJ Stat. Ann. §48:3-92 through §48:3-95 establishes the rules for government energy aggregation programs.

Rhode Island Community Choice Aggregation

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

R.I. General Laws §96-H8124B established Rhode Island’s Community Choice Aggregation program.

Report, CCA in Massachusetts

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Analyzes case studies, the use of RECs for CCA, size and cost considerations, and the political tensions and process that animates the birth of a CCA program.

Melrose MA CCA Case Study

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Greater Boston’s MAPC published a 2017 community choice aggregation case study on the city of Melrose, which added the equivalent of a one-megawatt wind turbine while saving local customers $200,000 on their electricity bills.