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Municipal leaders and consultants push for municipal aggregation as affordability tool; consumer groups urge safeguards
Summary
Supporters including CCM and municipal consultants told the committee municipal aggregation (HB 5245) can lower supply costs for residents if paired with strong consumer protections; AARP and the Office of Consumer Counsel stressed opt‑out risks and urged safeguards for hardship customers and standard‑service impacts.
Municipal officials, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), consumer advocates and procurement consultants debated municipal aggregation (HB 5245) at the Energy and Technology Committee hearing.
Representatives of CCM and municipal aggregation consultants (Good Energy, Titan) described how municipal aggregation — where a city or town competitively procures electricity supply on behalf of its residents — has…
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