Source Power, the electricity supplier the town contracted with for the initiative, was recently booted out of the state’s competitive energy market.
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Rochester wants renewable power for the people
Community choice aggregation means cheaper electricity and more green power
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Geneva first in region to launch energy program
The Town of Geneva will be the first community in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region to go live with a program that will switch households and small businesses over to a fully renewable electricity supply, unless those customers say that don’t want it. The change will happen on July 1. Geneva was able to secure the […]
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More suburbs partner on renewable energy
The towns of Irondequoit, Brighton, and Pittsford, as well as the Village of Pittsford, will likely join the growing ranks of New York communities using community choice aggregation to bring clean, renewable energy to their residents and small businesses en masse. Under a CCA program, local governments contract with energy suppliers on behalf of their […]
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Local solar options grow
Renewable energy advocates have long said community solar could help make renewable energy more accessible to renters and homeowners who can’t afford rooftop solar panels. And now, with some state regulatory obstacles cleared, more community solar projects are coming online in the Rochester region.
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State approves energy-buying arrangement for Brockport and others
A power-purchasing initiative backed by local climate activists received an important state approval today. The State Public Service Commission approved Joule Assets’ plan to administer a community choice aggregation program for the Village of Brockport, the Village of Lima, the Town of Geneva, and three other communities across the state, if those local governments decide […]
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Climate activists wary of new energy offering
The state gives local governments a pretty powerful tool for helping their residents and businesses buy renewable energy, and Brighton resident Sue Hughes-Smith has campaigned hard to get local elected officials to use it. But now Smith is worried that a new initiative may undercut those efforts. The state’s mechanism, called community choice aggregation (CCA), […]
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Group asks city to lead clean-energy ‘buyers club’
Hydropower, wind, solar, and other renewables are providing more and more of New York’s energy, a trend that government officials and environmental advocates want to continue. But for that to happen, the companies building new wind and solar farms need New York residents, businesses, and governments to buy their carbon-free power. Governments and business can […]
