JOEL GINGOLD GUEST EDITORIAL, THE CROTON CHRONICLE: IS SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER'S COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGRATION PROGRAM THE BEST DEAL FOR RESIDENTS....

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GUEST EDITIORIAL, THE CROTON CHRONICLE
Is Sustainable Westchester’s Community Choice Aggregation program the best deal for residents? And is Croton’s Board of Trustees doing its best to keep villagers informed about their choices?

BY JOEL GINGOLD

Jul 17, 2025

Among the principal obligations of any governing body are to represent, and fight for, the best interests of its constituents, and to protect them from harm, financial and otherwise. Unfortunately, the Croton Board of Trustees has chosen not to follow these tenets and, rather, pursues its own agenda and, often, perhaps, acts principally to burnish its “progressive” credentials.

On March 20 of this year, the Journal-News published an article reporting that electric ratepayers in the 23 communities (including Croton) who were members of Sustainable Westchester’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, over the preceding 16 months, had paid about $48 million more in electric Supply Charges than they would have if they had paid Con Edison’s normal monthly rates. While there are many positive things that can be said about the CCA program, each individual should be apprised of the option to participate or not. Despite being informed of this discrepancy over a year ago, the Croton Board of Trustees has chosen not to inform its constituents of the additional costs they were incurring and their ability to opt out of the program to save money if they so chose.

Early in 2024, as a subscriber to the CCA, I first realized that my electric rates under the program were well above those charged by Con Edison to customers not so enrolled.  MORE AT Guest Editorial: Croton's CCA ratepayers are being kept in the dark.