BROOKVILLE — City manager Sonja Keaton informed council Brookville residents and small business owners currently receiving electricity from AES can receive cheaper electrical rates from Energy Harbor, of Akron, Ohio, if they join the city’s electric aggregate program.
“I learned that representatives from the electric aggregation communities met to review the results of the request for proposals responses,” Keaton said.
“The legislative body of the Utility Aggregation Committee awarded a 28-month supplier contract to Energy Harbor for residential and small commercial customers,” Keaton continued.
Keaton noted a proposal was also submitted by Dynegy of Houston, Tex.
Keaton indicated the rate from Energy Harbor is .0657 cents per kilowatt hour.
“For comparison purposes, the AES rate is currently 10.8 cents per kilowatt hour,” Keaton said.
“So over the course of the first year an average residential customer enrolled in the Miami Valley Communications Council electric aggregation program will realize a savings of approximately $350 over what they would have paid had they remained with AES,” Keaton noted.
Keaton said the pricing will be effective beginning Sept. 1 and continue through December of 2025 for Brookville residents and small commercial customers if they currently have AES as their supplier.
Keaton advised that notification letters will soon be sent to residents and small business owners who receive electricity service from AES.
Amy Hoffman, Palmer Energy customer service manager, the firm working with the MVCC in securing the best electric and natural gas rates, said at an earlier public hearing residents who are serviced by AES will receive an opt-out letter.
Hoffman said residents and small business owners who receive the opt-out letter have 21 days to decide if they want to participate in the aggregate program.
Hoffman said if residents or business owners decide to participate in the electric aggregate program, after the 21 days have passed, AES will send a letter indicating their supplier is changing.
Hoffman said after receiving the letter from the utilities, residents or small business owners have seven days to inform AES they plan to continue receiving service from the utility company.
Hoffman said if residents or business owners don’t respond to the letter within seven days, they will be enrolled in the aggregate program.
AES will still deliver electricity to homes and businesses. AES will also continue to read the electric meter and restore power after an outage.
Brookville is one of several Miami Valley communities partnering with the MVCC to secure lower natural gas and electric rates.
The other communities in the program are Centerville, Clayton, Englewood, Fairborn, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Trotwood, Troy, Vandalia, West Carrollton, Eaton and Union.
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