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RECEIVED d 21 2 3 IIS ov, 4, 11 p ui °m Sustainable Lexington Committee TOWN CLERK Minutes of Meeting of September 28, 2021 LEXINGTON MA A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC)was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of seven was present throughout. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Paul Chernick, Archana Dayalu, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss (Chair), Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Celis Brisbin Staff Present: None Staff Absent: Stella Carr Other Attendees: Joe Pato (Select Board), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (LexCAN), Jeanne Krieger, Paul Gromer(Peregrine Energy), Charles Hornig (Planning Board), Tamara Lord (Master's candidate in engineering at UMass Amherst, looking at how towns are organized around sustainability), Marcia Gens, Daniel Koretz (Noise Advisory Committee), Lin Jensen The meeting was called to order at 6:03 pm. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members present responded that they could hear. Todd introduced Tamara, who introduced herself. Approval of minutes: The draft minutes of August 24, 2021, were approved as written. Comments from residents; New business: None. Update on Community Choice Aggregation program and anticipated increased savings to residents/participants relative to Eversource Basic Service rates: Todd noted that Eversource's anticipated announcement of their new winter rates in November, which are likely to be significantly higher than Community Choice, will create an opportunity to promote the latter. Paul Gromer reviewed the recent history of Eversource and CC prices, and also noted that DPU, which regulates aggregation programs, frowns on programs that promote themselves on price and encourages towns to be extremely cautious about predictions on savings. Concerns were expressed about Clean Choice as well, which continues its mail promotion campaign pitching 100%renewable, but at higher prices than Lexington for a product with less New England renewables. Paul reported that Lexington Community Choice market share is about 74%, with 15% competitive supply and 10% Eversource basic service.