Explanation
BACKGROUND: At the 2020 State of the City, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced the City’s intention to pursue Community Choice Aggregation, and committed the City of Columbus to an aggregation program with a 100% renewable energy supply by 2022. The primary goals of the City’s electric aggregation program are to 1) provide competitive retail energy supply costs for Columbus citizens; 2) support renewable energy development, especially local renewable energy generation, to advance Columbus’ sustainable economy; and 3) to ensure that supplier(s) provide quality, reliable service and first-rate customer service. The City is also committed to an aggregation program that supports sustainability efforts, energy efficiency, and other policy priorities of the City that benefit the Columbus community.
This Ordinance authorizes the City of Columbus, Finance and Management Director, to execute an amended and restated Government Aggregation Master Retail Electric Supply Agreement (“MSA”), which will replace the MSA entered into pursuant to authority granted by Ordinance 3214-2023.
Pursuant to Ordinance 1642-2020, the Finance and Management Director was authorized to perform all necessary actions to effect a Governmental Electricity Aggregation program for the City with opt-out provisions pursuant to Section 4928.20 of the Ohio Revised Code for the residents and small businesses in the incorporated areas of the City of Columbus.
Ordinance 3214-2023 amended and restated the original agreement to allow for contract price adjustments due to inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions, international wars, and legal delays. This amendment also included a stipulation stating a minimum of 60% of clean energy supply be sourced from Ohio-based clean energy projects.
On June 1, 2021, the Governmental Electricity Aggregation program, Clean Energy Columbus, began to provide a 100% renewable energy supply to participating Columbus residents and small businesses. C...
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