Municipal aggregation has widespread support throughout Massachusetts, and in the last few months, the pace of new approvals has started to pick up. That’s heartening for people like Barrett who hope this legislative session brings about the end of the residential competitive supply market and a boom in municipal aggregation.
Municipal aggregation is a great compromise, he said. It keeps these companies in business, while introducing a middleman to protect individual residents.
“I mean, that’s why God invented municipal aggregation,” he said.
As Barrett heads into negotiations this spring on a new climate bill, he expects this issue — whether to reform or ban the industry — to be among the biggest sticking points.
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