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Palmer Energy updates Hocking County on aggregation program; recommends pooling county facilities
Summary
Phil Geiser of Palmer Energy briefed Hocking County commissioners Feb. 27 on the county's electric aggregation and facilities purchasing programs, reporting nearly $1 million in savings last year for Falls and Marion townships and outlining plans to fold county facilities into a statewide purchasing pool when contracts expire.
Phil Geiser, an independent energy consultant with Palmer Energy working with the County Commissioners Association of Ohio, told Hocking County commissioners at their Feb. 27 meeting that the county's electric aggregation program has produced substantial savings for participating residents and small businesses and described plans to move the county's facilities purchasing into a large statewide purchasing pool.
Geiser said Hocking County has participated in CCAO programs since 2012, beginning with electric aggregation and later adding facilities purchasing and natural gas meters. He said the aggregation program produced nearly $1 million in savings last year for residents and small businesses in Falls and Marion townships, where the aggregation is in effect, and that the program currently covers a little under 2,000 meters in those townships. He estimated the average residential…
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