District of Columbia Code Division V. Local Business Affairs § 34-1515. Aggregation programs.

(a)(1) The Mayor may develop and administer a municipal aggregation program for the purchase of electricity supply and electricity supply services by District of Columbia ratepayers.

(2) The Mayor, in conjunction with the Commission, shall issue regulations governing a municipal aggregation program implemented under this section.

(a-1)(1) There is established as a special fund the Municipal Aggregation Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(2) The funds collected under subsection (a)(1A)(B) of this section shall be deposited in the Fund.

(3) Money in the Fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of the formation and administration of municipal aggregation contracts of the District.

(4) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.

(b)(1) The Office of the People's Counsel shall assist any person seeking to implement a customer-based aggregation program. The assistance shall include help in understanding the technical and economic issues involved in purchasing electricity supply, electricity supply services, or any other service determined by the Commission to be a potentially competitive service.

(2) The Commission may adopt any reasonable regulations relating to customer-based aggregation programs that it determines to be in the public interest.