Greenburgh Seeks Savings with New Energy Program

Greenburgh is working with Sustainable Westchester on a plan to help reduce residents’ utility bills by buying energy in bulk, officials announced this week.

Called Community Choice Aggregation, the plan would allow municipalities to “pool resources and procure energy supplies from an ESCO [energy savings company],” according to Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. In February, state officials agreed to give Sustainable Westchester the authority to create CCA’s in the county, wrote Capital New York.

By buying energy in bulk, Feiner estimates that people can shave $300 or $600 off their utility bills annually.

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The Town Board approved an agreement with Sustainable Westchester earlier this week, underwhich all residences and businesses would participate in the initiative. However, a homeowner or business could opt-out of the program at anytime, and Feiner will hold a future meeting to give residents a chance to hear more about the benefits of the program.

“The program has some benefits: Price stability for a fixed contract term, better terms than a typical resident could get acting alone (since we’re purchasing in bulk) and the ability to design a program that reflects local goals like cleaner power sources,” Feiner wrote to residents, businesses and officials.