Energy Solutions for Municipalities

• 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 public school develop energy strategies and make informed buying decisions.

Is your town maximizing its energy savings potential?

PowerOptions provides comprehensive energy solutions to cities and towns in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. 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 150 municipalities 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 cities and towns

Whatever your energy goals, we help you develop a strategy to achieve them. 

• Electricity and Natural Gas Supply – Our electricity and natural gas supply procurement offers pricing models that fit around any town’s strategy. Using our own robust RFP process, we’re able to offer our members pre-negotiated contracts with strong customer protections. 
• Solar and Renewables – If you’re looking at solar for your city, 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.
• Clean Transportation – 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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