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Whitehouse secures lower electric aggregation rate; residents will be auto-enrolled unless they opt out
Summary
Municipal Administrator Jordan Daugherty told council Whitehouse executed an electricity aggregation pricing agreement providing a roughly one-cent-per-kWh savings on a 10-month contract; staff will start enrollment with the August 2026 meter read and mail opt-out notices under negative consent.
Municipal Administrator Jordan Daugherty told the council that Whitehouse "did execute pricing last week," securing an aggregation offer that reduces the standard rate. He said the standard offering was 11.1¢/kWh and the 10-month contract Whitehouse locked in was "just over 10.1¢/kWh," roughly a full point lower than the standard rate.
Daugherty said staff plans to begin the program with the August 2026 meter read and will notify all eligible residents by mail with an opportunity to opt out. Council members said the program uses negative consent — residents are enrolled unless they opt out — and that the municipality will run an information campaign via social media and the municipal app. "All who are eligible will get a letter giving them an opportunity to opt out," Councilman Steve Fine said. The administrator said staff will send education materials to residents before enrollment begins.
