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 will be 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 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. The City will add this program to the ballot on November 3, 2020 to be approved by electors, as required by law (the "Aggregation Program").
Pursuant to Ordinance 1111-2020, the Finance and Management Director was authorized to enter into a contract with Trebel LLC to assist the City with developing a Sustainable Columbus Community Choice Aggregation program. The purpose of this project is to implement a program that provides City of Columbus residents and small commercial retail companies a means to pool their aggregate demand for electric, so that economies of scale can be used to purchase energy at a competitive cost and increase use of renewable energy sources.
The Ohio Legislature enacted electric deregulation legislation (“Am. Sub. S.B. No. 3”), which authorized the legislative authorities of municipal corporations, townships, and unincorpo...
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