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A Local Development Corporation
P.O. Box 88 • Ithaca, New York 14851
Phone: 1-518-465-1473
http://www.megaenergy.org
September 2015
TO: Municipal leaders
For years, municipal leaders participating in MEGA have asked if it was possible to extend our energy
aggregation program to residents of their city, town, village or county. Until now, the answer has been
“No, not yet.”
Now, that answer is changing. The New York State Public Service Commission is laying the groundwork
to initiate Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). CCA, which has worked successfully in other states, is
a concept that will allow municipalities to arrange energy supplies for all residential customers in their
jurisdiction through transparent, open, competitive bidding.
MEGA intends to organize a pioneering CCA program under PSC supervision. To help us make plans, and
to gain PSC support, we are asking a select number of our participants to provide us with expressions of
interest and support for such a program.
This letter is to ask you to please consider providing MEGA with a non-binding “expression of interest
and support” for Community Choice Aggregation. MEGA’s successful experience serving your
community and more than 270 other municipalities in the state gives us the ability to make CCA a reality
for our participants, and to extend our expertise and capability to benefit your residents. MEGA and its
consulting team are prepared, experienced and able to provide expert guidance every step of the way.
Based on experience elsewhere, here are some of the advantages we see in CCA programs:
•Better pricing for electricity and natural gas supplies due to “group buying.” Residential
customers will benefit from the ability to aggregate their requirements through a transparent,
competitive procurement for energy supplies, a great improvement over cold-call telemarketers’ offers.
•Consumer Choice. Any resident who wants to may choose to “opt out” of the aggregation.
•Community empowerment, planning and control of energy programs.
•Renewables and grid enhancement. Animate markets for distributed energy resources,
including options for renewable power, community grid enhancements and others.
The New York State Public Service Commission is preparing the rules and procedures for CCA now in
Case # 14-M-0224 (all records are accessible on the PSC’s web site).
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If you believe as we do that CCA may represent a means for your community to fulfill its goals for energy
pricing, supply and management, we ask you to please provide MEGA with a letter similar to the one
enclosed. Modifications, improvements and enhancements to the text are more than welcome!
If you have any questions about how CCA might work in your community or in New York generally,
please contact me, and we will respond immediately.
With best wishes,
Ron Feldstein, President & CEO
607-434-3333
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