Local governments and groups may save money on energy bills Consumers in Ohio will have the opportunity to choose their electric supplier beginning January 1, 2001. As an individual, you can shop for an electric supplier, but you could possibly save more money on your energy bills if you are part of a larger aggregated group.
Aggregation allows consumers to pool together utility usage or load and form a buying group.
Group purchasing, or aggregation, may allow consumers to secure greater buying power in a competitive market. Aggregation reduces a suppliers' marketing and administrative costs as they are marketing to a group rather than to individuals. These reduced costs can be passed on to the individual consumers in the buying group as savings on their energy bills. The Ohio electric restructuring law, Am. SB 3, permits aggregation of electricity consumers by any entity and these groups can enter the competitive electric market on January 1, 2001.