New York Staff "May Make" Municipal Aggregation Proposal in Future

In the New York PSC Staff straw proposal concerning Track One of the Reforming the Energy Visions proceeding (click here for related story), Staff said that they, "may make a proposal," concerning opt-out municipal aggregation, or community choice aggregation, in the future.

Staff describes CCAs thusly:

"Another non-traditional option – seen in various forms in other jurisdictions – and which received substantial attention in the CEC working group is Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). CCA programs offer the opportunity to vastly expand the number of customers receiving energy supply from ESCOs while also providing those customers with more stable fixed rates and the potential for development of community-owned distributed energy resources."

"Facilitation of CCA may require changes to the Commission’s Uniform Business Practices. CCA interactions with DSP may merit special rules to bound the DSP and incorporate the unique characteristics of CCAs. Staff is reviewing how CCA may be facilitated and may make a proposal in the future," Staff said.