Upper Nyack is proud to be a founding member of the Rockland Community Power clean energy program. Through this program, six Rockland communities came together in 2020 to create a large aggregate or buying group, through which residents may purchase 100% renewable energy or standard energy at competitive, fixed rates. Since November 2020, this program has helped over 21,000 Rockland residents make the transition to clean energy at a fixed rate.
Through this program, Rockland residents and small businesses have also saved over $5.58 million relative to Orange & Rockland (O&R) rates. O&R rates are for “standard” energy, largely based on fossil fuels.
Through a period of high energy rates, the fixed rates in the program have protected participants from rate spikes. While the variable utility rates (in the graph below in blue) have been unusually high over the last eight months in particular, the program rates (renewable in green, standard energy in red) just keep on going at the same flat rate. Similarly, over the summer, one can expect peak rates for the utility, but the program rate will stay unchanged.