MVCC Natural Gas & Electric Aggregation Program Overview

• The City of Trotwood participates in the Miami Valley Communications Council (MVCC) natural gas and electric aggregation programs.
• 18 communities throughout the Dayton metropolitan area participate in the natural gas program (soon to be 20 communities) while 19 communities participate in the electric program.
• Under governmental aggregation, Trotwood residents voted to approve both a natural gas and electric aggregation program. Ohio law allows for communities to form aggregated buying groups to purchase natural gas and/or electricity supply on behalf of its citizens. By pooling residential and small business loads, communities gain greater purchasing power and can typically negotiate a more competitive supply price than each aggregation program participant could have negotiated individually. The community(s) select a retail supplier for the program through a competitive bid process.
• The current MVCC natural gas aggregation program offers a fixed rate at $6.625 per MCF ($0.6625 per CCF) from November 2025-May 2027 billing.
• The current MVCC electric aggregation program offers a fixed rate at $0.09049 per kWh from January 2026-December 2026 billing.

Aggregation Program Benefits

• A ceiling for participants’ natural gas and electricity supply pricing.
• Budget stability with a known rate.
• Competitive pricing with a reasonable chance to be below the regulated utility’s default-service pricing.
• Flexible contract terms should a constituent move out of the area.
• Protection against customers entering into risky supply agreements via door-to-door solicitations or random mailers.
• Option for program participants to leave the program for no termination fee at any point, per their discretion, if they find an alternative supply deal of their choice.
• Option for prospective eligible customers to join the program during the contract term at any time, per their discretion, at the same rate and term end date as the rest of the program’s participants.

Regulated Utility Supply Pricing vs. Aggregation Program Pricing

• Trotwood’s residents receive and are billed for regulated natural gas distribution services from CenterPoint Energy (CPE) and regulated electricity transmission & distribution services from AES Ohio.
• CPE’s standard choice offer (SCO) for customers receiving default-service gas supplies varies monthly based on market movement and an “adder” price established through an annual auction.
  • CPE’s SCO for February 2026 was $10.182 per MCF ($1.0182 per CCF).
  • CPE’s SCO for March 2026 was $5.377 per MCF ($0.5377 per CCF).
• AES Ohio’s price to compare (PTC) for customers receiving default-service power supplies is established for June-May each year through an auction process.
  • AES’s PTC for residential customers from June 2025-May 2026 is $0.0945 per kWh.
• The MVCC’s natural gas & electric aggregation programs establish a fixed price throughout the selected term.
  • The fixed price established for both programs is insulated from market movement, higher or lower.
• As energy consumption increases, the regulated side of consumers’ monthly invoices (i.e., distribution billed by your local utility) move higher as well due to volumetric tariff charges.
• Fluctuations in natural gas and electricity consumption, largely due to weather, remain the major driver of all customers’ monthly energy bills, whether you are an MVCC aggregation program participant or are served at the default-service supply rate by CPE or AES Ohio.