Another County Joins MEGA for Cheaper Electric Costs

May 10th, 2010

On Wednesday May 5, Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced that Rockland, in partnership with NYSAC, has joined the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) to save over $2.5 million on electricity costs in the next two years.

Counties continue to realize savings by joining MEGA, a county-based organization designed to help local governments control their energy costs. In Rockland County, the Sewer District, the Community College and the Solid Waste Management facility joined together to realize savings.   

As the economy worsens, more counties are joining MEGA to help them save money on their utility costs. The MEGA program through NYSAC has provided increased savings to its members over the past year. One of the reasons for the additional savings is the growth of the alliance.
In the past 18 months, 15 additional counties (now totaling 28 counties) have joined the 8 cities, 15 towns and villages and many school districts enrolled in MEGA.

MEGA is an aggregator that combines the power load of customers and goes to the open market to seek prices that are lower than individual customers could achieve by purchasing electricity on their own. For more information on joining MEGA, please call the NYSAC offices or contact Katy Vescio at kvescio@nysac.org.