Community Choice Power Supply Program

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Community Choice Power Supply Program

• Marlborough Rotary Club Meeting
• January 5, 2006

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Goals For This Luncheon

• Introduce Community Choice Power Supply
• Appreciate the potential benefits for residents
  and businesses of Marlborough
• Ask questions

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Colonial Power Group, Inc.

• Who are we?
• Local residents
• Seeking to lower or stabilize our fellow
  citizens energy costs
• Contracted by the City of Marlborough to oversee
  the development of the program
• NOT engaged in buying or selling energy

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Understanding Community Choice Power Supply

• Electricity Restructuring Act of 1997
• Competition
• Choice of Supplier only
• Community Choice (Municipal Aggregation) Option
• Analogies
• Telephone Service
• Catalog Shopping/Shipping
• Role of National Grid (Massachusetts Electric)
• The UPS of energy delivery
• Rates change every May 1 and November 1

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Open to Competition and Savings
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Understanding Community Choice Power Supply

• Why is Marlborough starting this program?
• Competition has been beneficial for big
  businesses
• Do the same for all consumers in Marlborough
• Promote Marlborough as a better place to live and
  do business
• Make Marlborough a trailblazer in the defining
  issue of the 21st Century ENERGY

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Understanding Community Choice Power Supply

• Cape Light Compact
• A Model Program
• First of its kind
• 21 towns on Cape and Marthas Vineyard
• Successes
• 5,000,000 in savings in 3 years
• Challenges
• Consumer Awareness

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Timeline

• January-February 2006 Public Review of Plan
• February 2006 Approval of Plan by City Council
  and Mayor
• February 2006 Submission of Plan to Department
  of Telecommunications and Energy (DTE) for
  Approval
• March 2006 Plan Review by DTE

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Timeline

• April 2006 Issue RFP for Electricity Supply
  bids
• May 2006 Select Best Supplier
• June 2006 Community Choice Power Supply Program
  begins delivering benefits of competition

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QuestionsQ. How much will this cost the city
government?A. All costs associated with the
development of the program will be borne by
Colonial Power Group, Inc. and the chosen
Competitive Supplier. Our plan calls for NO
additions to the Citys operating budget.  Q.
What if I do not want to be part of the plan?A.
Anyone can opt out of the plan within 6 months of
its start date. 
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Questions

• Q. What if power goes out in my neighborhood?
• A. Customers will still call National Grid
  because they still control the Distribution,
  Metering, and Billing of the customers.
• Q. How will we know if our supplier is complying
  with the latest environmental regulations?
• A. Every supplier that is eligible to serve
  customers in Massachusetts must be licensed by
  the DTE. They ensure that the suppliers conform
  to all state laws.
•  .

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Key Benefits

• Reliability of Supply
• Universal access for ALL consumers
• Price stability option
• Group buying power
• Equitable treatment of ALL customers

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What can The Rotary Club do?

• Spread the word
• Call or e-mail CPG
• Talk to your City Council and Mayor
• Come to meetings
• Write or testify in support of the Community
  Choice Power Supply program

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Thank YouBrian Murphy Colonial Power Group,
Inc.508-485-5858www.colonialpowergroup.com