Folder Arlington Community Electricity (ACE) Documents Search for documents Find by title or description… Search Reset default Arlington Community Electricty (Arlington, MA) Published on 05 October 2021 Modified on 04 January 2022 Download A program offered by the Town to provide residents and businesses more electricity supply options by pooling the electricity use of thousands of users in Arlington. The program is a Town-vetted alternative to Eversource’s default supply and other third party electricity suppliers. https://ace.arlingtonma.gov/ Our renewable energy sources: https://ace.arlingtonma.gov/clean-energy/ Calculate your costs with ACE: https://ace.arlingtonma.gov/bill-calculator/ Learn more, get a yard sign: https://ace.arlingtonma.gov/resources/ default Green Municipal Aggregation Published on 31 January 2022 Modified on 31 January 2022 Download Also called community choice electricity (CCE), this model allows MA & RI communities to take climate action by affordably greening up residents' electricity supply. default How RECs Work To Clean New England’s Grid Published on 04 January 2022 Modified on 31 January 2022 Download From Green Energy Consumers Alliance, a long-established and trusted source. How do we know if the electricity we’re using came from renewable energy or not? The answer: Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). But in order to understand how RECs work and how they do their part to clean our grid, we must first understand how the grid brings electricity to our homes and businesses, and how it operates as a whole. Read more: https://blog.greenenergyconsumers.org/blog/how-recs-work-to-clean-new-englands-grid default MA Residents Lost $426 Million Through Competitive Electric Supply Contracts in Last 5 Years Published on 31 January 2022 Modified on 31 January 2022 Download 4.1.21. Study Shows Low-Income Residents and Communities of Color Are Disproportionately Harmed; AG Urges Passage of Legislation to Ban Suppliers from Signing Up New Residential Customers This is the third report from the AG’s Office that shows that residents who enroll with these companies continue to overpay for electricity by tens of millions of dollars each year. Image Mass Map CCAs by Class 1 content Published on 14 July 2021 Modified on 14 July 2021 Download (jpg, 405 KB) Mass-Map.CCAs.by.Class.1.content.jpg default Municipal aggregation savings ‘shattering expectations’ in Massachusetts Published on 31 January 2022 Download Sarah Shemkus February 28, 2020, Energy News Network. "The growing number of Massachusetts cities and towns that have negotiated community-wide rates for green energy have saved millions of dollars while also shrinking their carbon footprints, according to a new report released last week. " pdf Slide Presentation to Arlington Select Board: Community Choice for Arlington (2016) Published on 07 July 2021 Modified on 31 January 2022 Download (pdf, 553 KB) Community Choice for Arlington 10-slide PP for Selectman 1 2 16 ET - AW edits.pdf PDF version of the Community Choice Aggregation PowerPoint Presentation to the Select Board - 1/2/16