What is CCA?
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is an alternative energy procurement model that allows counties, cities, and municipalities to aggregate electrical energy load of residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers within their boundaries. By aggregating the electricity demand CCA can negotiate lower rates and choose a greater percentage of renewable energy.
CCA programs are operating in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, authorized in New Hampshire and Virginia, and are under consideration in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Oregon.
CCA has the potential to deliver electricity at lower costs and provide cleaner and renewable energy for residents and businesses.
CCA programs are operating in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, authorized in New Hampshire and Virginia, and are under consideration in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Oregon.
CCA has the potential to deliver electricity at lower costs and provide cleaner and renewable energy for residents and businesses.
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REDUCE
Greenhouse gas emissions PROVIDE A choice to residents and businesses SECURE Electricity at competitive rates PROCURE More renewable energy |
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Stimulates economic development and job creation
Attract companies to invest in renewable energy while creating local green jobs |
Supports energy
and environmental goals Cities can lead the transition toward more sustainable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emission in a big way. |
Offers new approaches to financing clean energy initiatives
Net position from procuring and selling electricity can be reinvested locally to support the development of renewable energy and the promotion of energy efficiency. |
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Benefits of Community Choice Aggregation
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Common benefits of Community Choice Aggregation programs include:
Provide lower and stable electricity rates Create competition in the retail market Offer automatic enrollment, with the possibility to opt out Increase renewable energy in the power mix (e.g. 30%, 50%) Give customers a choice to opt-in for 100% renewable energy Save residents and businesses money on electricity bills Foster the economic development Promote energy efficiency Support the creation of green jobs Stimulate technological innovation Increase energy security and resiliency Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions In 2016, community choice aggregations sold about 8.7 billion kilowatt-hours of green power to about 3.3 million customers.[i] |
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Higher percentage of renewable energy at competitive prices
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Existing CCAs in California offer a higher percentage of renewable energy (30%, 50%, 100%) in their electric service at competitive prices, and in only a few years have contributed, among other benefits, to local and regional renewable development, GHG emissions reduction, and local clean energy jobs creation
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Marin Clean Energy has supported 5,000 green jobs, saved customer over $68M since 2010, committed over $2.1B to build new CA renewable projects, with 49 MW of new renewable projects built in their service area, and eliminated 700,000 metric tons of GHGs.[ii] Sonoma Clean Power has saved customers $14M in only one year (2014), contributed to 90MW of renewable energy development, and reduced GHG emissions by 54,000 metric tons (2014).[iii] |
Creation of new green jobs, renewable energy development, and reduction of GHG emission
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Save $M to residents |
The New York pilot program in Westchester has saved residents ~$8M and is responsible for the largest purchase of renewable energy New York history. And as of March 2018, CCAs can include and incentivize the development of local renewable generation.[iv]
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Several CCAs have successfully promoted technology innovation such as cost-effective distributed generation systems, energy efficiency programs, demand-side management and demand response programs to offset annual capacity requirements, Automated Demand Response (ADR) pilot programs for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, smart grid connected home devices, energy storage solutions, and new platforms for aggregating and scheduling load.
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Promotion of technology innovation |
Download our CCA factsheet:
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