Advisory committee urges Narberth to endorse Community Choice Aggregation legislation, citing potential savings
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Summary
The Environmental Advisory Committee asked the borough to sign a resolution supporting Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) legislation in Pennsylvania, citing an estimated 10% electricity cost savings in jurisdictions that have adopted CCA; committee members raised data-privacy and utility-revenue concerns and requested staff bring the resolution to council for April 20 consideration.
An Environmental Advisory Committee representative asked the committee to forward a resolution encouraging state lawmakers to authorize Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) in Pennsylvania and to have the borough indicate support by signing an endorsement. EAC presenters said the CCA team estimates roughly a 10% savings for participating residents in places where CCA programs have been implemented.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about whether the group could guarantee savings (staff said no), how customer data would be handled, and whether PECO would remain the transmission owner and default provider. Staff and presenters explained that CCA is a purchasing model: the community would select a supplier through a competitive process while PECO would continue to operate transmission and distribution infrastructure and remain the default opt-out provider.
One member summarized trade-offs: proponents point to potential cost savings; opponents raise customer-data concerns and possible commercial impacts on PECO’s revenues and local operations. The EAC asked that the resolution and accompanying memo be submitted to the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs and placed on the borough council agenda by April 20 for consideration.
No formal committee vote to endorse the resolution was recorded in the transcript; the committee agreed to put the item on the upcoming council agenda and to request the resolution be sent to the association as part of a legislative push.
