Rochester residents automatically enrolled in new Rochester Community Power program
Written by Site Hub on July 14, 2021
Rochester will be launching a new Community Choice Aggregation, Rochester Community Power. This new program’s aim is to move the city’s energy supply toward renewable energy.
Some steps that will be taken include, adding electric charging stations and clean energy programs for residents.
Rochester First gave some background and stated:
“Currently, electricity comes from RG&E, with a varying Supply Charge. Looking at this year alone, the daily supply charge has ranged from about 3.2 cents per kWh to 6.6 cents per kWh. With the Renewable energy program, the price will be fixed at 5.8 cents per kWh for 24 months.”
Shalini Beath, Energy & Sustainability Manager, expanded on this and stated:
“The previous rate is through your utility, which in our case is RG&E, and that’s a variable rate. So, some months it’s higher, some months it’s lower and you really don’t know what to expect in the next month. So that’s really the major benefit with the CCA program is that it’s fixed.”
