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Community Choice Aggregation

MCLI 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.”

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Example States and State Governments

Rhode Island Community Choice Aggregation

R.I. General Laws §96-H8124B established Rhode Island’s Community Choice Aggregation program. The Act was amended in 2002 by House Bill 7786 to give municipalities the ability to set up “opt out” prog...
Example Local Governments

Scituate, MA Municipal Aggregation Plan

The town of Scituate, MA submitted a 2019 petition to DOER for approval of their municipal aggregation plan, with the goals of providing long term price stability, lower cost power and more renewable ...
Example Local Governments

Model Community Choice Aggregation Ordinances

MCE, a California-based Community Choice Aggregator, has compiled a number of ordinances establishing CCA from among its member communities.
Example Local Governments

Ohio Community Choice Aggregation

Ohio was among the first states to authorize CCA (called Governmental Electricity Aggregation there) as part the Energy Choice Act of 1999 (SB3). More than 250 communities in Ohio have switched to mun...
Example States and State Governments

Illinois Community Choice Aggregation

Illinois’ Power Agency Act established community choice aggregation in the state.
Resource Private Entities

Clean Power Exchange

CPX serves as a California-focused hub of information, resources, and conversation for communities interested in or considering a Community Choice Energy program, and those already serving customers.
Example States and State Governments

Virginia Community Choice Aggregation

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.
Resource Private Entities

LEAN Energy US

The Local Energy Aggregation Network is a broad network of CCA and energy market experts dedicated to the accelerated expansion and competitive success of clean energy CCA nationwide. They work in par...
Resource Private Entities

CAL-CCA

The California Community Choice Association is an organization that a represents the interests of California’s community choice electricity providers in the legislature and at state regulatory agencie...
Example States and State Governments

Utah’s HB 411 (2019)

Utah’s HB 0411 (2019) provides cities with mechanisms to establish and achieve a community goal to source net-100% of electric energy from renewable resources by 2030. Through this legislation, cities...
Example Local Governments

Cape Light Compact

The oldest and largest CCA example in Massachusetts is the Cape Light Compact, which buys electricity and runs energy efficiency programs for all the towns on Cape Cod plus Martha’s Vineyard. The Comp...
Resource Local Governments

Illinois Community Choice Aggregation Network

The Illinois Community Choice Aggregation Network provides member communities with access to independent, experienced and affordable resources that place local governments and their residents and busi...
Example States and State Governments

New York Community Choice Aggregation

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

Report, CCA in Massachusetts

The UNH Sustainability Institute’s report, CCA in Massachusetts, analyzes case studies, the use of RECs for CCA, size and cost considerations, and the political tensions and process that animates the ...
Example Local Governments

Medford, MA CCA

The Medford Community Electricity Aggregation program for residents and businesses begins in December 2019 and will go through December 2022. It allows Medford customers to “opt-up” into a 100% renewa...
Example Private Entities

Marin Energy Authority’s establishing documents

In furtherance of establishing community choice aggregation, the Marin Energy Authority executed a Joint Powers Agreement among a number of localities. The full text is available as a model. It has al...
Example States and State Governments

California Community Choice Aggregation

Established by 2002’s AB 117, California’s community choice aggregation program allows for communities to join together to purchase electricity on behalf of their community members. Community choice p...
Example Local Governments

Westchester Power

Westchester Power is a CCA program initiated and implemented by Sustainable Westchester Inc. on behalf of member municipalities that have chosen to participate in the program (including 41 of 44 munic...
Example States and State Governments

New Hampshire’s Community Aggregation Law

Authorizes municipalities to procure power on their own, using the collective buying power of all of their residents and businesses to secure competitive prices.
Example States and State Governments

Massachusetts’ Community Choice Aggregation

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164 §134 contains provisions for community choice aggregation in the state, adopting language from the enabling Utility Restructuring Act of 1997. The Department of Energy Resource...
Example Local Governments

Columbus Community Aggregation Ballot Measure

In November 2020, Columbus, Ohio voted on the ballot measure Issue 1, which would start a citywide community choice aggregation program, giving officials the right to purchase energy in bulk from loca...
Example States and State Governments

New Jersey Community Choice Aggregation

NJ Stat. Ann. §48:3-92 through §48:3-95 establishes the rules for government energy aggregation programs. Community Choice in the Garden State came into being in 1999 as part of the electricity deregu...
Example Local Governments

Melrose MA CCA Case Study

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 o...