Council to Hold Two Joint Committee Hearings on Community Choice Aggregation Plan Following Passage of Issue 1
Who:
Councilmember Rob Dorans
Councilmember Emmanuel V. Remy
When:
Tuesday, November 17
5pm
Attend via WebEx
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By Phone: 1-650-479-3207
Access code: 172 036 8655
AND
Thursday, November 19
4pm
Attend via WebEx
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By Phone: 1-650-479-3207
Access Code: 172 839 3323
Watch both hearings live on Facebook at
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What:
Following the passage of Issue 1, Councilmembers Rob Dorans, Chair of the Public Utilities Committee and Councilmember Emmanuel V. Remy, Chair of the Environment Committee will convene a joint public hearing on the City of Columbus’ community choice aggregation program as part of the process required by Ohio law and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s (PUCO) rules for forming an opt-out governmental aggregation.
The hearing will review the City of Columbus’ Electric Aggregation Program Operation and Governance Plan to be filed with the PUCO, which will include the services to be provided under the aggregation as well as the customers’ rights and obligations. Further, updates will also be shared on the process and timeline to implement the City’s clean energy community choice aggregation program.
Questions about these two public hearings may be directed to Trebel LLC, City of Columbus Consultant, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at 877-861-2772.
Any resident seeking to submit written testimony should forward it to the office of Councilmember Dorans. Written testimony must be received by 4PM on the day of the hearing and emailed to Kevin McCain at [email protected].
Residents who want to provide testimony via WebEx during the virtual hearing must email Kevin McCain at [email protected] by noon on the day of the hearing to request a WebEx speaker link. Each speaker's remarks are limited to three minutes or less.
This hearing is available live stream on City Council’s Facebook and YouTube pages, the CTV website and broadcast on Spectrum, Channel 1024; WOW, Channel 3 and AT&T U-verse, Channel 99. The video will also be posted on the City of Columbus YouTube channel following the event.
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