Revision date: Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Projected time line for the Community Choice (Energy) Aggregation Program

Sustainable Westchester Inc projects the following time line for the Community Choice (Energy) Aggregation (CCA) Program for Electric Service. These dates and elapsed time periods are estimates based on the terms and conditions of Public Service Commission Order Case Number 14-M-0564

Table 1 Projected time line

Step / Projected Date / Elapsed time
Issue Request for proposals for Energy (Electric) Procurement for the Participating Municipalities. / January 5, 2016
Proposal responses (bids) due / January 19, 2016 / 10 business days
Bid awarded to winning ESCo supplier/s. Municipalities sign tri-party Electric Service Agreement subject to creditworthiness of winning bidder/s and compliance of bid with terms and conditions of the Agreement. / January 19, 2016 / 0 days
Obtain mailing information from ConEd/NYSEG for each eligible account in each Participating Municipality (See list below in Table 2) / January 26, 2016 / 5 business days
Notification to all eligible accounts is printed and mailed; Public web portal for CCA goes live (collaboration between Sustainable Westchester and Bedford2020). / February 2, 2016 / 5 business days
Opt out period (per Public Service Commission Order) / February 22, 2016 / 20 calendar days
Rescission period; / February 25, 2016 / 3 business days
Account level information transferred from ConEdison/NYSEG to winning ESCo/s. / March 4, 2016 / 5 business days
Supply service under new Agreement begins / March 4, 2016

In Table 2 we indicate the aggregated number of customer accounts, residential and commercial, for each Participating Municipality. Customers are eligible if they currently use the default utility (ConEdison or NYSEG) for electric supply. On average, 76% of customers will be eligible. An eligible customer need not take any action in order to enter the CCA program with the winning ESCO.

Table 2 also indicates the number of customers who are currently already using an ESCO for supply or have blocked an ESCO from their account. These customers will need to take affirmative action to enter the CCA program by notifying their existing ESCO or ConEdison/NYSEG of their desire to move to the new ESCO or unblock their account.

Table 2 Projected Eligible Accounts by Participating Municipality

CCA participants (as of 12/5/2015) / Default Customers for CCA (using ConEd or NYSEG as default supplier) / Other Customers who must opt into CCA (with existing ESCO or an ESCO blocked account)
Bedford T / 5,984 / 1,004
Cortlandt T / 9,108 / 2,696
Croton-on-Hudson V / 2,621 / 861
Eastchester T* / 5,907 / tbd
Greenburgh T / 12,791 / 3,771
Hastings-on-Hudson V / 2,525 / 877
Irvington V / 1,969 / 566
Larchmont V / 1,506 / 404
Lewisboro T / 4,308 / 782
Mamaroneck T / 4,089 / 1,009
Mamaroneck V* / 5,250 / tbd
Mount Kisco V / 3,247 / 1,301
New Castle T / 4,971 / 1,402
New Rochelle C / 20,764 / 7,407
North Salem / 2,014 / 308
Ossining T / 1,675 / 562
Ossining V / 6,551 / 2,358
Pelham V* / 1,770 / tbd
Pleasantville V / 2,384 / 777
Pound Ridge T / 2,078 / 389
Rye Brook V / 2,810 / 807
Somers T / 7,460 / 1,186
Tarrytown V / 3,984 / 1,168
Tuckahoe V / 2,289 / 491
White Plains C / 16,920 / 5,622
TOTAL / 134,975 / 35,748
*Estimated data, pending utility's delivery of actual data.

Information about the Community Choice (Energy) Aggregation Program is posted at the following webpage:

PS: To assist with informing the public, Sustainable Westchester is partnering with Bedford2020, a local nonprofit, to launch and maintain a new public, county-wide web portal devoted explicitly to the Community Choice (Energy) Aggregation Program. The purpose of the web portal will be to provide the public and participating municipalities with information about the program. The web portal will also seek to maximize the opportunity for customers who wish to “opt up”to the 100% renewable energy electric supply option to do so.

Sincerely,

Leo Wiegman, Executive Director

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