It's Electric! Medway Joins Aggregation Club

DPU Chair Jamie Van Nostrand

Yesterday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) approved Medway’s municipal aggregation plan.

Municipal aggregation, first established in the state in 1997, allows a municipality to solicit bids for and purchase electricity supply on behalf of its residents and businesses. State law requires municipalities to submit municipal aggregation plans to the DPU for review and approval. There are over 211 approved municipal aggregation plans since approval of the first plan in August 2000. As of January 2024, there are over 1.27 million customers enrolled in a municipal aggregation program in Massachusetts.

Franklin has had a municipal aggregation plan since 2016 and it has been generally popular with residents.

“Municipal aggregation is an important tool for communities to utilize clean energy, provide ratepayers with more flexibility, and help cities and towns pursue our collective clean energy and climate goals,” said DPU Chair Jamie Van Nostrand. “We’ve made significant progress to date, including issuing approvals for 22 municipal aggregation plans this year. The Department is committed to providing additional options for ratepayers within these cities and towns,” Van Nostrand added.

Over the summer, the DPU issued an order that adopted uniform guidelines to streamline the DPU’s approval of future municipal aggregation plans. These guidelines provide municipalities with flexibility in the development and operation of their plans along with enhanced access to useful information for prospective customers.

Medway's aggregation plan can be found here.