MODEL COMMUNITY CHOICE TOWN COUNCIL RESOLUTION
Used by the Barnstable County, Massachusetts Towns to form the Cape Light Compact

Contact: Matt Patrick, Cape and Islands Self-Reliance
PO Box 3203, Waquoit, MA 02536-3203
508-457-7679 or mpatrick@reliance.org

Whereas the [insert your state] is engaged in a process to establish a competitive market place through deregulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry, and;

Whereas citizens of [insert your town or city] have a substantial economic, environmental, and social interest at stake, and;

Whereas the town's [or city's]residential and business consumers are interested in lowering their electric rates and improving service;

Be it therefore resolved that Town [or City Council Members] of [insert your town or city] will negotiage and enter into a contract for power supply independently or in joint action with other cities or towns. If such contracts are effected individual consumers would retain the option not to participate and to choose any alternatives the desire.

[This is adapted from a town meeting resolution passed in Cape Cod towns to form the Cape Light Compact. New England towns that want the resolution for town meeting please contact me at the above address.]

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