The Bucks County partnership with surrounding counties aims to keep the power on in an efficient and cost-reductive way, writes Peg Quan for the Bucks County Courier Times.

Bucks and Montgomery counties are joining Chester and Delaware counties to purchase electricity wholesale in 2025.

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission has been working with the counties since 2020 to finalize the deal. 

The electricity will power government buildings, as well as municipalities, school districts, and other agencies.  

Bucks County’s electric bill is $1.2 million this year, according to sustainability director Neale Dougherty. Buying wholesale would allow the county to have savings of 5.1 percent.  

“We know electricity is going to go up but with this managed portfolio, we can slow the rate of cost increases,” Dougherty said.  

Bucks County’s purpose in entering the partnership is to be using 100 percent renewable energy by 2035, as well as having stable pricing and saving taxpayers money.  

Read more about Bucks County’s efforts to go green and save taxpayer money in The Bucks County Courier Times.  

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