What is Community Choice Electricity Supply?
Community choice aggregation (“CCA” or “community choice”) enables municipalities to join together to aggregate the buying power of residents and dictate the terms of how they buy electricity. By pooling local demand, municipalities can negotiate more favorable terms, designate preferred generation sources, and select a default energy service company for the community.
Benefits
CHOICE
The local authority designates the default energy supplier and chooses the mix of renewable versus standard supply.
COMPETITIVE RATES & BETTER TERMS
Competitive bids from electricity suppliers.
PRICE STABILITY
No monthly price fluctuations.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Fully-vetted supply contract held at the municipal level. No individual contracts. Opt in or out at any time without penalty.
How It Works
A program administrator works with participating municipalities and local organizers to identify program priorities and solicit proposals from qualified energy supply companies on behalf of community residents and small businesses. A community choice program will only launch when an energy supply proposal meets requirements identified by the program administrator and participating communities.
Why NY State is Promoting Community Choice
- Potential to save consumers money
- Expansion of the use of clean energy throughout NY State
- Support of the generation of clean energy within NY State
- Empowerment of local decision-making
- Increase in consumer protections