Greenville council severs tie with Priority Power after debate over communication and savings; Treybell approved as replacement

The Greenville City Council voted to terminate its agreement with Priority Power Management LLC for energy aggregation representation and authorized the safety service director to seek a consulting agreement with Treybell LLC, following a public exchange between Priority Power and competing consultants.

Jordan Harmon of Priority Power told council that electric aggregation bids are currently out to suppliers and that results of an impending capacity auction will affect supplier bids. Harmon acknowledged his firm did not send letters to residents in a prior market episode and said, "we did not...hindsight that was the wrong decision," and recommended a fixed-rate approach for gas aggregation going forward to guard against winter price spikes.

Representatives from TBO Energy and Treybell — including a speaker identified as Joe G — disputed parts of Priority Power's presentation and emphasized their firms' outreach and historical savings. Joe G stated, "Treybell manages a total of 188 electric and natural gas programs in the state of Ohio. Last year we saved those communities over $98 million," and described methodologies for comparing program prices to utility rates. Council members asked follow-up questions about how savings are measured and whether residents were adequately informed when market conditions changed.

Council then moved to terminate Priority Power's contract and authorized the safety service director to send notice of termination; the termination resolution passed by roll call. Council immediately authorized the safety service director to enter into an agreement with Treybell LLC for aggregation consulting services; that resolution was also adopted.

The motions recorded in the meeting transfer the city's authority to engage consulting services for energy aggregation from Priority Power to Treybell. The council directed staff to execute the termination notice and to finalize an agreement with the newly authorized consultant; staff implementation steps were not detailed in the meeting record.

Council members and the firms in attendance framed the discussion around tradeoffs between fixed-rate protection, variable-rate savings opportunities, and the importance of timely resident communication rather than asserting any legal wrongdoing. The council's action shifts the city's vendor relationship; residents enrolled in the city's opt-out aggregation program should expect staff follow-up with procedural details.