A - Aggregation allows consumers to pool together utility usage or load and form a buying group. Group purchasing may allow consumers to secure greater buying power in a competitive market.
Aggregation reduces a supplier's marketing and administrative costs.
These reduced costs can be passed on to the individual consumers in the buyers' group as savings on their energy bills. A - An aggregator acts as an agent for a buying group by reviewing options, negotiating offers and making decisions about purchasing reliable energy services on behalf of the buying group. The contract is between the individual consumer and the supplier at the price negotiated by the aggregator. A - The Ohio electric restructuring law Am. SB3, permits aggregation of electricity consumers by any entity on January 1, 2001.