[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Branchville 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 06-2018. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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 the approved vendor, Concord Engineering's dba Concord Energy Services, Reverse Energy Auction Platform, pursuant to the NJ E-Procurement Pilot Program (P.L. 2001, c. 30) under the NJ Department of Community Affairs, so long as said utilization and reverse auction are authorized by and comply with all statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, all public contract and bidding laws. The reverse energy auction will seek bids from licensed and appropriate third-party suppliers. If such winning bid is selected and an agreement executed, individual residential consumers would retain the option not to participate and to choose any alternatives they desire.
The Mayor and Borough Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute any documents necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.