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Council extends municipal electricity supply contract through 2028 to avoid near-term capacity surcharges

3554209 · May 28, 2025
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Council adopted an ordinance amending the city’s municipal electricity supply contract, adding one year to extend it through Dec. 31, 2028, to avoid an immediate capacity surcharge triggered by recent state legislation; the extension applies only to city-owned facilities, not the community aggregation program.

Defiance City Council approved an amendment to the city’s electricity supply contract for 16 municipal facilities, extending the contract through Dec. 31, 2028, after staff said electricity suppliers sought to invoke a contract clause following recent action by the Ohio General Assembly.

City legal/contract staff explained that the existing contract with Constellation New Energy included a change-in-law clause that suppliers could…

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