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Timestamp: 2018-08-20 12:31:31
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 10']

Village of Brockport, NY Community Choice Aggregation Program
§ 13A-1 Legislative findings; intent and purpose; authority.
§ 13A-2 Definitions.
§ 13A-3 Authorization of community choice aggregation program.
§ 13A-4 Eligibility.
§ 13A-5 Opt-out process.
§ 13A-6 Data protection requirements.
§ 13A-7 Administration fee.
§ 13A-8 Reporting.
Chapter 13A: Community Choice Aggregation Program
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Brockport 10-2-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Chapter 13A : Community Choice Aggregation Program
It is the policy of both the Village of Brockport ("Municipality") and the State of New York to reduce costs and provide price certainty for the purpose of consumer protection and economic development, to expand access and opportunities for consumers in retail energy markets, as well as to promote the sustainability and resilience of energy systems through the proliferation of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resources (DER, as defined below). Among the initiatives that may advance these objectives in New York is community choice aggregation (CCA), a policy that empowers local governments to determine the source of electricity and/or natural gas supply on behalf of its residents and small businesses, reflecting local resources, priorities, and challenges. Energy delivery remains the responsibility of the distribution utility.
This chapter establishes the authority for the Village of Brockport, in connection with the implementation of a CCA program, to acquire utility data, to select, through competitive solicitation, energy supplier(s) on behalf of default consumers within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Village, and to maximize value for participating consumers through enhanced services related to DER. The municipality may choose to collaborate with other local governments to form an intermunicipal program. As a result, consumers will have the opportunity to lower and stabilize their energy costs, to spur local clean energy innovation and investment, and to reduce their environmental impact; thereby fulfilling the purposes of this chapter and fulfilling an important public purpose.
The Village of Brockport is authorized to implement this Community Choice Aggregation Program pursuant to § 10(l)(ii)(a)(l2) of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law; and consistent with State of New York Public Service Commission Case No. 14-M-0224, Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Enable Community Choice Aggregation Programs (issued April 21, 2016) as may be amended, including subsequent orders of the Public Service Commission issued in connection with or related to Case No. 14-M-0224, to the extent that orders related to Case No. 14-M-0224 enable actions by the municipality.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Choice Aggregation Program Law of the Village of Brockport."
The third party duly authorized to request aggregated and customer-specific data, competitively solicit suppliers for the aggregated demand for electricity and/or natural gas on behalf of default consumers, and to offer participating consumers additional opportunities to participate or enroll in programs or projects related to distributed energy resources. CCA administrator is responsible for program organization, administration, procurement, communications, and for meeting all requirements for program implementation specified in the PSC CCA order, unless otherwise specified.
Customers of electricity and/or natural gas within opt-out eligible service classes (as delineated in the PSC CCA order), who receive supply service from the distribution utility as of the date the supply contract goes into effect, or consumers within these service classes that subsequently become eligible to participate in the program including those that have terminated a supply contract with an ESCO, removed a freeze or block on their account, have voluntarily suspended service pursuant to a special rate, or are new residents of the municipality. Consumers within opt-out eligible service classes, as of the date the supply contract goes into effect, taking service from an ESCO, those that have placed a freeze or block on their account, and those for whom enrollment in the CCA program would interfere with a choice they have already made to take service pursuant to a special rate are not considered default consumers and will not be enrolled on an opt-out basis. For the avoidance of doubt, all default consumers must reside or be otherwise located at one or more locations within the geographic boundaries of the municipality, as such boundaries exist as of the date the supply contract with the goes into effect.
Local renewable energy projects, community-distributed generation (e.g., shared solar), peak demand management, energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, community resilience microgrid projects, and other innovative Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiatives that further engage and/or reduce cost of service for participating consumers, optimize system benefits, and/or address infrastructure and demand challenges within geography of the CCA.
CCA administrator, on behalf of the Village of Brockport, shall issue one or more requests for proposals to suppliers to provide energy to participants and may then award a contract in accordance with the CCA program.