Governmental Aggregation Services

The Aggregation Program is designed to reduce the amount participating consumers pay for electric energy, and to gain other favorable economic and non-economic benefits from Ohio's competitive retail electric market. The Aggregation Program achieves the favorable benefits by combining the electric loads of residential customers and small commercial consumers into a buying group ("Aggregation Group"). MVCC will not buy and resell power but will represent consumers interests as a purchasing agent ("Purchasing Agent") for the Aggregation Group. This means that MVCC will be a Governmental Aggregator, as defined by Ohio law and the rules established by the PUCO, and shall act on behalf of eligible residential and small commercial consumers in the MVCC municipalities to: 1) select a Retail Electric Generation Provider ("Provider") to supply the Aggregation Group; 2) negotiate the terms of supply between the Provider and each Aggregation participant; and 3) oversee the enrollment procedures administered by the Provider.

Provider

MVCC will use its Provider to perform and manage aggregation services for its Members. The Provider shall provide adequate, accurate, and understandable pricing terms and conditions of service, including any switching fees and the conditions under which a Member may rescind a contract without penalty. The Provider must provide MVCC or its authorized consultant, if requested, an electronic file containing the Members usage, and charges. Upon request this information shall be sent to MVCC or its authorized consultant within 30 days. The Provider must have local and/or a toll-free number for Members to call.

Database

The MVCC will provide a letter to the Provider authorizing the Provider to obtain the list of eligible customers from the local utility and will be relying on the EDU to provide an accurate list of eligible customers. The consultant and Provider will use that list and remove customer records that have returned opt-out forms, are Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers or are ineligible due to being a mercantile customer.

The Provider will build and maintain a database of all Members. The database will include all necessary information for the Provider and MVCC to serve the Aggregation. This information includes but is not limited to the name, address, account number or other EDU identifying number(s), and Retail Electric Generation Provider's account number of the Member, and other pertinent information such as rate code, rider code (if applicable), most recent 12 months of usage and demand, and meter read cycle. This database will be updated