Local Communities Collaborate to Offer Residents and Small Businesses Electric and Natural Gas Aggregation Options

20 local Miami Valley communities are working with the Miami Valley Technology and Communications Group (MVTCG), formally MVCC, on electric and natural gas aggregation programs for residential and small business customers.

MVCC has had an electric aggregation program since the fall of 2023 and just recently, 18 of the 20 communities unanimously agreed to begin offering a natural gas aggregation program this fall. The other two communities, Clayton and Lewisburg, have natural gas aggregation as a November 2025 ballot measure.

“Aggregating energy supplies for our citizens and small businesses by taking advantage of increased buying power provides opportunities to potentially secure a lower price than an individual or small business shopping on their own,” Kettering City Manager Matt Greeson said.

Since the inception of the MVCC Electric Aggregation Program in 2023, participating residents and small businesses have saved nearly $30 million on energy costs.

Ohio law permits communities to form aggregated buying groups to negotiate electricity and natural gas prices on behalf of their citizens and small businesses.

“Unlike electric aggregation, which results in quantifiable savings, the objective with natural gas aggregation is competitive pricing, budget stability, and an established price ceiling,” noted Centerville Mayor Brooks Compton.

Residents and small businesses in the voluntary aggregation programs continue to receive monthly invoices and distribution services from AES Ohio and CenterPoint Energy. If they have a power outage or gas leak, those customers will still call the local utility company that is providing distribution services. By participating in the aggregation program, residents and business owners are simply choosing an alternative supplier.   Participants can opt out of the program at any time with no penalty fee.

Participating communities in both electric and natural gas aggregation include Brookville, Centerville, Eaton, Englewood, Fairborn, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Monroe, Moraine, New Lebanon, Oakwood, Trotwood, Troy, Union, Vandalia and West Carrollton. Clayton and Lewisburg are participating in electric aggregation only, and Huber Heights is in the natural gas program only.

Additional information on opportunities to participate in the electric and natural gas aggregation programs will be forthcoming later this year.

MVCC Electric and Natural Gas Aggregation Programs In 2022, the MVCC Board adopted a resolution authorizing the creation of electric and natural gas aggregation programs for MVCC members and affiliate communities. As part of the legislation Palmer Energy was selected to provide consulting services and assistance with organizing the programs.

In June 2023, the aggregation governing Board, which included representatives from the participating communities of Brookville, Centerville, Clayton, Eaton, Englewood, Fairborn, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Trotwood, Union, Vandalia and West Carrolton, voted unanimously to award a 28-month electric supplier agreement to Energy Harbor for residential and small business customers effective with the September billing period The rate for customers who did not choose to opt-out of the program was 6.57cents/kWh - significantly less than the AES rate of 10.81 cents/kWh. By participating in the MVCC Aggregation Program, the average residential customer saved more than $325.00 over 12 months. Small businesses saved more than $600 over that same period of time. The 6.57 cents/kWh rate expires at the end of 2025.

During 2023 and again in 2024, rate proposals were solicited from natural gas suppliers but in each case, the quoted rate was non-competitive given existing market conditions, so in both instances the governing Board decided not to move forward with natural gas aggregation.

In 2024, the cities of Troy, New Lebanon, Monroe, and Oakwood joined the MVCC Electric Aggregation Program. The City of Oakwood offers an electric aggregation program that requires its residents and small businesses to opt-in.

Dynegy Energy Services acquired Energy Harbor in the fall of 2024 and is now the current electric supplier. By contract, Dynegy is required to honor the rate and terms originally agreed to by Energy Harbor.

In April 2025, a third natural gas RFP resulted in the submission of a single quote by Archer Energy. The governing Board is currently considering that proposal. If the decision is made to move forward, natural gas aggregation for 19 local communities will be available this fall.

Electric aggregation price quotes are currently being solicited for 2026. Additional information regarding both the gas and electric aggregation programs will be available in early June.

More than 20 cities are involved in a program in which MVCC solicits completive bids for vendors to provide electrical supply services to municipally-owned facilities within the participating jurisdictions.