[Green] Marietta new Government Aggregation Electric Rates

[Jonathan Brier]

I thought the Green Sanctuary might be interested in the upcoming rate
increase for electricity in Marietta. The decision to accept this contract
was passed at the first city council meeting in June, but the aggregation
rate is increasing to $0.06899 / kWh from $0.0437 a 36.65749% increase for
the generation rate of the electric bill.

2023 opt-out letter -
https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.aspx?CMID=A1001001A23G28A82924D02662

Upcoming 2024 opt-out letter -
https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.aspx?CMID=A1001001A24H13B00132F01429

These letters fail to disclose the generation type and focus on the cost
alone. There is no mention of the energy mix in these letters, last year at
least had a link to energy harbor's disclosure statement which has a
generation mix pie chart.

The details of the Marietta aggregation are not yet online, but we could
ask for the city to include the energy mix and generation as part of these
letters for more complete transparency and equal footing for energy choice
comparison https://energychoice.ohio.gov/ApplesToApplesComparision.aspx?
<https://energychoice.ohio.gov/ApplesToApplesComparision.aspx?>

The energy choice site has a few 100% renewable matched electric options
with
RECs at a lower rate than the aggregation rate, but it would start today vs
Oct 1. It is unclear if there will be an opt-in for REC matching in the
contract, but the holding page for constellation energy shows they do
support that as an opt-in call on top of the aggregation's default.

Example
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Snapshot of energy choice on 16 Aug 2024
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I hope you might be interested in calling on the city to ensure that the
renewable energy mix is disclosed in the letter to help residents make an
informed decision if the aggregation is in their and the communities best
interest. We don't know unless we can easily see how the power is generated
and clicking through to a website I believe is an unnecessary barrier if it
is disclosed there at all. (the new Marietta Aggregation Website currently
only has placeholder text and does not yet reflect our actual details).

I wonder if anyone else is frustrated that we don't have the choice to
opt-in to renewable energy as part of our government aggregation rate.

Cheers,
Jonathan Brier

P.S. I've left a public comment on the Marietta Aggregation page noting the
lack of Apples to Apples comparison from the letter and emailed my council
rep. I encourage you to do so as well.
Link to PUCO aggregation case page for Marietta's Aggregation:
https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=11-3562-EL-GAG&x=0&y=0

Washington County similarly doesn't disclose the energy mix or renewable
energy in their aggregation letters, the county case page is:
https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=23-0759-EL-GAG&x=0&y=0
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