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What is Community Choice Aggregation?
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) or Municipal Aggregation, is a powerful tool that communities can use to reduce energy cost to their residents while taking steps to achieve their economic and environmental goals. These programs leverage local purchasing power and decision-making to secure electricity from specific sources, at a specific price. These programs can help communities with greenhouse gas reduction goals by choosing renewable energy as their source of electricity.
What Steps has Gahanna Taken Towards CCA?
City Council and Administration engaged in extensive meetings and informational sessions on municipal aggregation and other sustainability efforts. These discussions led to Council passing a resolution authorizing participation in Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO), demonstrating Gahanna leadership’s commitment to reducing pollution and carbon emissions and to pursuing best practices on revitalizing the municipal aggregation program.
To further the pursuit of establishing a Community Choice Aggregation Program the City released a Request for Information to a variety of energy aggregators. Following a review of four responses to the RFI, City Council passed a resolution pledging to become members of Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC) with the intention of joining 29 Ohio communities that partner with SOPEC for Community Choice Aggregation programing.
What is an Opt-out Community Choice Aggregation Program?
In an Opt-out Community Choice Aggregation Program, authorized by Gahanna voters in 2000, all eligible AEP Ohio customers will automatically be opted into the CCA program. At any time during the contract period, residents can choose to opt-out of the program and be returned to AEP Ohio's base energy supply offering. Residents who are already enrolled in an aggregation plan with their own energy provider, will not be automatically enrolled in the CCA program. Residents can join the City initiated program at anytime after the initial offering at no charge. Please see the complete CCA Frequently Asked Questions below for additional details.