Energy Solutions for Housing Authorities

Energy Solutions That Lower Costs for Housing Authorities

PowerOptions helps housing authorities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island reduce energy expenses and improve efficiency through competitive procurement, renewable options, and expert guidance backed by over 20 years of experience.

• Largest energy buying consortium in New England.
• Best-in-class contracts with the strongest customer protections in the industry today.
• Tools and guidance to help your housing authority develop energy strategies and make informed buying decisions.

Is Your Housing Authority Maximizing Its Energy Savings?

Housing authorities face unique energy challenges—limited capital, strict federal and state funding requirements, complex procurement rules, and multiple buildings with varying energy needs. 

PowerOptions partners with housing authorities to reduce costs, streamline procurement, and support sustainability initiatives while protecting tenant affordability. We specialize in the competitive procurement of electricity and natural gas supply, solar power, and electric transportation. And we provide strategy and guidance on energy efficiency, demand management and energy analytics.

PowerOptions is the largest energy consortium in New England, serving nearly 75 housing authorities and more than 450 organizations total. We leverage the size of our group to negotiate extremely favorable prices and strong customer protections.

A nonprofit organization whose mission is to save other nonprofits and the public sector time and money on energy, PowerOptions has over two decades of experience. Our team includes experts in the utilities, renewables, efficiency, negotiation and competitive energy markets. And we are always available to help you with any and all of your energy needs.

Energy Solutions for Housing Authorities

Here’s how we work with housing authorities manage tight budgets, reduce energy costs across multiple buildings, and advance sustainability while protecting tenant affordability.

• Electricity and Natural Gas Supply – Our electricity and natural gas supply procurement offers pricing models that fit around any housing authority’s strategy. Using our own robust RFP process, we’re able to offer our members pre-negotiated contracts with strong customer protections. 
• Solar Procurement and Renewables – If you’re looking at solar for your housing authority, we can help. Our solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) allow you to benefit from all available state and federal incentives. With our program, there are no upfront capital costs and no responsibility for ongoing maintenance or operations.
• Fleet Electrification, Equipment & Services – PowerOptions offers electric vehicle chargers, group procurement of electric vehicles, placement analysis, fleet management and strategies to transition to clean fleets. 
• Energy Management and Procurement – Our energy experts help you develop procurement strategies, create paths to reach sustainability goals, achieve energy efficiency projects, and implement data analytics for optimizing energy use and savings.

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