Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, who in 2003 served as the consultant to the Board of Public Utilities in the drafting of the Government Energy Aggregation Rules, and is now President of Utility Advantage, was “pleased to see that the program design was able to achieve its intended goal of widespread participation, ease of implementation and of course, energy cost savings. I hope that other municipalities will be encouraged to implement aggregations for the purchase of energy commodity and other energy services for their constituents to promote cleaner, greener cities across New Jersey.” Some say it’s not good to be a pioneer— high death rate. But the pioneering days are done. Governmental aggregation works; it makes folks happy by saving them money without effort. And when you make your constituents happy—well, you know. So let’s get to it—aggregate.

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