[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Brooklawn as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-16-2018 as Ord. No. 7-2018]
The Borough publicly declares its intent to become an aggregator of electric power on behalf of its residential users of electricity pursuant to the Government Energy Act of 2003, N.J.S.A. 48:3-91.3 to 48:3-98, and implementing regulations.
The Borough will utilize approved vendors, Commercial Utility Consultants, Inc., and Concord Energy Services, pursuant to the NJ E-PROCUREMENT Pilot program (P.L. 2001, c. 30) under the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The reverse energy auction will seek bids from licensed and appropriate third-party suppliers. If such winning bid is selected and agreement executed, individual residential consumers would retain the option not to participate and to choose any alternatives they desire.
The Mayor and Municipal Clerk/CFO are hereby authorized and directed to execute any documents necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
[Adopted 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 4-2021]
The Council of the Borough of Brooklawn is authorized to become a government aggregator of electric generation service and electric service for residential and nonresidential customers' electric power on behalf of its residential and nonresidential citizens.
The Borough of Brooklawn will follow the Government-Private Aggregator Option Two of the BPU Government-Private Aggregator Program pursuant to the rules and regulations of the New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities.
The Mayor and Chief of Staff are hereby authorized to take any and all steps to submit the necessary documentation to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and to provide any and all notices to residential customers to opt out of the program and to nonresidential customers to opt in to the program.
The Borough of Brooklawn is a member of the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey and they have followed the fair and open process to select an energy service provider, Good Energy, L.P. ,to perform the New Jersey BPU Aggregation Program adopted by N.J.A.C. 14:4-6 et seq.
The term of the agreement shall require the Borough of Brooklawn Council to approve by resolution the extension of the service agreement annually up to no more than five renewals.