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City aggregation program remains 100% renewable and cost-saving, consultant says; market headwinds slow new projects
Summary
Trebel Energy told council that Columbus' Community Choice Aggregation program remains 100% renewable and is saving participants an average of about $120 per household per year; escalating PPA and capacity costs and longer approval queues mean new in-state projects are harder to bring online quickly.
The city's clean-energy aggregation program is meeting its two founding goals — being 100% renewable and saving money for participating households — but market dynamics and policy changes are making new in-state projects harder and slower to develop, Trebel Energy told the Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee.
"An average household is going to save about $120 a year," Erin Schmerschneider, managing director with Trebel Energy, told the committee. Schmerschneider said the program is currently 100% renewable and…
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