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Berlin council approves multi‑year energy procurement authority; AMP warns higher wholesale costs and January bill impacts
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2025‑07 to authorize multi‑year purchases of a requirements power contract after hearing from American Municipal Power that wholesale energy and capacity costs have risen; staff said residents should expect rate impacts beginning in January and council asked for proactive customer messaging.
The Berlin Mayor and Council voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2025‑07, giving town officials authority to enter multi‑year wholesale power purchases to replace contracts that expire at the end of the year.
Craig Kleinmans, assistant vice president of power supply for American Municipal Power, told the council the town's portfolio includes a wind power purchase agreement and a separate "requirements" contract that currently covers the town's balance of needs. He said two contract positions are expiring and that replacing the requirements portion will likely cost more than the deals purchased earlier in the decade.
"We bought that back in 2020...we almost hit the bottom of the market perfectly," Kleinmans…
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