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San Benito CISD hears pitch for Education Energy Initiative purchasing cooperative
Summary
A vendor group presented an electricity purchasing cooperative that would offer discounted residential rates for district residents and employees, a district affinity program, and a low-rate financing option for facility upgrades; board members asked questions but took no immediate action.
Buck Gilchrist, a representative for the Education Energy Initiative purchasing cooperative, presented the program to the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on March 26, outlining a bundled electricity purchase plan and related services that the group says are tailored to school districts.
The program pairs a purchasing cooperative (Mo Casey/Casey cooperative), Valiant Energy, Jexa Energy and NextEra to offer district-level electricity procurement, an “affinity” residents-and-employees sign-up for discounted residential rates, and a financing component for facility upgrades. "Right now we're coming in as the lowest rate in the state," Gilchrist told the board, describing the residential…
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