Hudson Valley Community Power (HVCP), a community choice aggregation program (CCA) comprised of six communities in New York's Hudson Valley, launched on May 14th. The City of Beacon, Village of Cold Spring, Town of Fishkill, Town of Marbletown, Town of Philipstown, and City of Poughkeepsieformed, in partnership with Joule Community Power (Joule), HVCP to provide residents and business with more affordable, locally sourced, and renewable energy. Joule will serve as Program Administrator. The Town of Red Hook and the Town and Village of New Paltz will join the program in September.

HVCP enables participating communities to leverage the collective buying power of residents and small businesses at large enough scale to dictate the terms of how they buy electricity. The empowered communities have selected 100% renewable electricity as their default electricity supply at a fixed and lower price that is less than they otherwise would pay for standard (non-renewable or "dirty") supply. 

"This program is the result of a competitive procurement process," said Mike Gordon, Joule's Chief Executive Officer. "The partnership of communities selected Direct Energy as their default supplier because they were offered a unique combination of competitive pricing, consumer protection, and 100% renewable power."  

Bruce Stewart, President of Direct Energy stated, "When communities and consumers demand innovative products, we're pleased we can deliver for them. For the first time in New York State, power will be sourced directly from local hydroelectric facilities. This is a cutting-edge achievement."

Marbletown Supervisor Rich Parete said of the program, "We're excited to move forward. This is a win-win-win opportunity for our residents in that they get a price that is roughly half a penny per kWh less than what they paid Central Hudson over the last year, they're protected against a volatile market with fixed rates for the next two years, and they are buying electricity generated from only renewable power sources."

"This is an exciting moment for the City of Poughkeepsie," remarked Sarah Salem, Poughkeepsie Councilmember (D-2nd Ward). "The program represents a paradigm shift to a local consumer energy choice system that is ushering in a swift transition to 100% renewable energy for the City of Poughkeepsie and all of our partnering municipalities." 

Eligible residents and small businesses are automatically enrolled in the HVCP CCA program but may opt out with no penalty. Central Hudson remains responsible for delivery, repair, and billing services for all participants. SAVE MORE WITH SOLAR

HVCP | www.hudsonvalleycommunitypower

Joule Community Power | www.joulecommunity.com