"A small but growing number of cities and towns are negotiating new electric contracts for their residents to boost renewable energy use in Massachusetts, bypassing the basic service offered by utilities such as National Grid and Eversource.
The practice is called municipal aggregation.
“Traditionally, it’s been much more used as a practice to achieve savings and provide much more price stability,” said Cammy Peterson, director of clean energy at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. “The innovation is that piece where they’re also using it as a tool to advance renewable energy in a supply.”
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http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170505/massachusetts-towns-ditch-standard-electric-service-to-embrace-green-power
Franklin's plan was released in Feb 2016
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/02/municipal-aggregation-program.html
The aggregation plan is ready to go as of Nov 2016
Municipal aggregation is ready but the pricing is not expected to produce sufficient savings to execute it right now. The Town is ready to do so, all the approvals have been received.They will continue to watch the market pricing to see when to make the move.http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/11/no-change-in-town-council-leadership.html
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/11/in-news-legislative-delegation-reports.html
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