{"id":4510,"date":"2014-03-12T21:49:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T01:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capelightcompact.org\/press-release\/cape-light-compact-board-approves-revised-aggregation-plan\/"},"modified":"2014-03-12T21:49:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T01:49:24","slug":"cape-light-compact-board-approves-revised-aggregation-plan","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.capelightcompact.org\/es\/press-release\/cape-light-compact-board-approves-revised-aggregation-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Light Compact Board Approves Revised Aggregation Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Immediate Release: March 12, 2014<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAPE LIGHT COMPACT APPROVES UPDATED AGGREGATION PLAN<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barnstable, MA – Cape Light Compact announced the approval of an updated Aggregation Plan by its governing board today.\u00a0 The approval follows a seven-week process of public comment and input from its member towns and counties.\u00a0 The Compact will now send the document to state regulators.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Compact and its Aggregation Plan have been viewed as a model program both within Massachusetts and across the nation.\u00a0 In 1997, as the electric industry was being restructured for competition, the Compact established programs to join towns and consumers together for energy efficiency, power supply and consumer advocacy.\u00a0 Known nationally as \u201cCommunity Choice\u201d, the program offers consumers an option to gain group protection and benefits.\u00a0 If consumers want to purchase their own power supply, the plan frees them to \u201copt-out\u201d of the program.\u00a0 Even if they opt-out, they can still benefit from energy efficiency and consumer protection programs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Consumers in hundreds of municipalities in states such as Ohio, Illinois and California have developed energy programs based on the Compact model.\u00a0 Among those municipalities are the cities of Chicago and San Francisco.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe have pioneered something here on Cape Cod and Martha\u2019s Vineyard that we can be very proud of,\u201d said Dr. Joyce Flynn, Cape Light Compact\u2019s Governing Board Chair.\u00a0 The Compact\u2019s presence ensures that over $125 million in energy efficiency money that has been collected from Cape and Vineyard consumers is kept and reinvested locally. The Compact has also saved consumers more than $161 million through its consumer advocacy efforts, since its inception.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has seen increasing interest in municipal aggregation among Massachusetts cities and towns as well, and has used the Compact as a model. \u00a0Last year the DPU asked the Compact to consider revising its original Aggregation Plan.\u00a0 \u201cThe electric industry has changed much in the last fifteen years,\u201d said Compact Administrator Margaret Downey. \u201cCompanies like Commonwealth Electric that served the region and are mentioned in our original plan no longer exist.\u00a0 Also specific board members who were involved in our original program are no longer with the organization, and we have adapted our operations as the industry has changed.\u201d\u00a0 The revisions are largely administrative and help to update and clarify the Compact\u2019s operations.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The revisions also address upcoming requirements from the DPU under a decision related to the City of Lowell.\u00a0 Each municipal aggregation program like the Compact will file an annual report with the agency, as well as future updates to their Aggregation Plan.\u00a0 The Compact has voluntarily filed all of its contracts with the DPU as a matter of course in the past.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been diligent about keeping state regulators informed on our program; this will help to formalize that process for us and other Massachusetts communities.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe have viewed this as a chance to help explain to people what we do, and to hear from them,\u201d Downey said.\u00a0\u00a0 The Compact held three informational sessions on the Aggregation Plan during a seven week period for public comments.\u00a0 \u201cWe listened to what people had to say and the updated plan is the result of that process.\u201d Proposed revisions were also sent to each Town Administrator\/Manager in December for their review. \u00a0The comments received from the towns have been very positive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt has been a very thorough process,\u201d Downey said.\u00a0 The Compact also received a total of 79 comment letters from individuals, with 65 in support and 14 objecting to the revisions. .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The DPU will now review the updated Aggregation Plan and provide additional opportunity for public comment. \u201cWe plan to remain a model program and look forward to the DPU\u2019s review,\u201d Compact Chair Flynn said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About Cape Light Compact<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Cape Light Compact is an intergovernmental organization consisting of the 21 towns and two counties on Cape Cod and Martha\u2019s Vineyard.\u00a0 The Compact\u2019s mission is to serve our 200,000 customers through the delivery of proven energy efficiency programs, effective consumer advocacy, competitive electricity supply and green power options.\u00a0 For more information, visit <\/span>www.capelightcompact.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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