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Poughkeepsie approves nonbinding MOU to seek community energy contract with 50% New York renewable default
Summary
The Common Council approved a nonbinding memorandum of understanding allowing the city's consultant to solicit supplier bids for a community choice aggregation (CCA) electricity contract and set the municipality's default product at a 50% New York renewable blend; final award remains contingent on returned pricing.
The Poughkeepsie Common Council on Feb. 5 approved a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MOU) authorizing the city's CCA consultant to solicit supplier bids and establishing a 50% New York renewable supply as the city's default product.
The action follows a presentation by Glenn Monberg of Jewel Community Power, who outlined the CCA process, the January RFP, and indicative pricing. Monberg said the MOU is a "preapproval of certain pricing benchmarks or caps" and is not binding: the city can decline to proceed if returned bids fail to meet the benchmarks when final pricing is received on Feb. 19.
Why it matters: the CCA program lets municipalities select a default energy supplier and offer fixed-rate options to residential and small-business customers as an alternative to Central Hudson's variable basic service. Councilors cited competing goals: lowering bills for…
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