1. (a)

   1. (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. (1A)

      1. (A) Repealed.
      2. (B) The Mayor may charge an administrative fee under any municipal aggregation contract entered into by the District.
   3. (2) The Mayor, in conjunction with the Commission, shall issue regulations governing a municipal aggregation program implemented under this section.

2. (a-1)

   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. (2) The funds collected under subsection (a)(1A)(B) of this section shall be deposited in the Fund.
   3. (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. (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.

3. (b)

   1. (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. (2) The Commission may adopt any reasonable regulations relating to customer-based aggregation programs that it determines to be in the public interest.
4. (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the development and implementation of aggregation programs during the implementation of pilot programs.

Short Title

Short title: Section 2021 of D.C. Law 17-20 provided that subtitle C of title II of the act may be cited as the “Municipal Aggregation Fund Amendment Act of 2007”.

Short title: Section 2081 of D.C. Law 16-192 provided that subtitle G of title II of the act may be cited as the “Municipal Aggregation Fund Amendment Act of 2006”.

History

May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-107, § 115, 47 DCR 1091

Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 2082, 53 DCR 6899

Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2022, 54 DCR 7052

Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55, § 7112

Delegation of Authority

Delegation of authority-Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, see Mayor’s Order 2007-56, February 9,

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2022 of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2082 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-1, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1165).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2082 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-499, October 23, 2006, 53 DCR 8845).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2082 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-477, August 8, 2006, 53 DCR 7068).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7112 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7112 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 17-20, in subsec. (a)(1A)(B), deleted “, not to exceed $85,000,” following “fee”.

D.C. Law 16-192 added subsec. (a)(1A).