ALBANY, NY (April 27, 2026) — A state-ordered evaluation of New York’s electric Community Choice Aggregation program is scheduled for delivery this week, nearly five months after the state’s final electric CCA program ceased operating on Dec. 1, 2025.
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) directed that the study be conducted in an order issued Nov. 19, 2024, calling for an evaluation of whether CCA programs were meeting their intended goals and whether the program should be improved, continued, or discontinued.
Records obtained through a Freedom of Information request show the study was not put out for bid until Oct. 30, 2025, when the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) issued a mini-bid solicitation to pre-qualified contractors to conduct the evaluation.
The solicitation required completion of a final report within six months of award and directed the selected contractor to analyze whether CCA programs delivered customer savings, increased municipal engagement, and contributed to the state’s clean energy goals.
A proposal submitted Dec. 3, 2025, by Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services outlined a plan to complete the evaluation using publicly available data and regulatory filings.
The contract was formally executed Feb. 5, 2026, through a Task Work Order issued by NYSERDA, with a fixed price of approximately $33,385.
Under the contract schedule, the consultant is required to deliver the final report on April 28, 2026.
The PSC has stated that staff will file recommendations following completion of the evaluation. The contract timeline specifies delivery of the consultant’s report on April 28, 2026, followed by a 60-day staff review period, placing the expected timing for recommendations at approximately June 28, 2026.
The evaluation includes analysis of CCA program pricing compared to utility default service, municipal engagement activities, and contributions to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act targets, based on filings and publicly available data.
The study was ordered after the PSC raised concerns that CCA programs may not have been meeting the objectives established when the program was authorized in 2016, including providing cost savings and meaningful consumer benefits.
By the time the contract was executed, however, New York’s electric CCA programs had already ended in practice. Westchester Power shut down on Nov. 30, 2025, and the state’s final electric CCA program ceased operating on Dec. 1, 2025. A separate gas CCA program remains in operation.
This article was prepared with the assistance of AI tools under the direction and editing of Robert Cox.
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