Finger Lakes Community Choice is a combined effort among the participating communities, program administrator, local organizer, electricity suppliers, and solar farm owners.
Partnering Communities
Communities in New York’s Finger Lakes region have partnered with Joule Community Power, a division of Joule Assets, Inc. to establish Finger Lakes Community Choice in order to provide residents with access to renewable electricity supply at competitive rates and community solar.
Participating Communities
The participating communities include the Town of Geneva, and Villages of Brockport, and Lima.
Prospective or Previously Active Communities
The prospective communities include the City of Geneva, and the Village of Honeoye Falls.
Joule Community Power
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
Joule Community Power is developing a clean energy future by bringing the power of choice to municipalities across New York State, empowering local decision-making, enabling access to renewable electricity, and making it easier for New Yorkers to transition to renewable electricity.
Joule’s innovative renewable energy strategy in New York is driving new regulation and encouraging the Public Service Commission to rapidly advance innovative solutions.
Joule Community Power is a division of Joule Assets.
Direct Energy Services, LLC
ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER
Town of Geneva (effective 7.1.23).
Direct Energy is one of North America's largest retail providers of electricity, natural gas, and home and business energy-related services with nearly four million customers.
NextEra Energy Resources
SOLAR FARM OWNER
NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune's 2021 list of "World's Most Admired Companies" and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance.
Bluebird Community Solar
SOLAR FARM OWNER
Bluebird’s community solar farms are owned by 38 Degrees North , a private investment firm specializing in renewable energy infrastructure with a primary focus on solar energy and battery storage. The firm invests in high-quality distributed, community solar and battery storage portfolios. Its portfolio includes: 240 megawatts in operation and development across 70 projects in five states that serve more than 6,000 community solar subscribers.
Delaware River Solar
SOLAR FARM OWNER
Delaware River Solar (DRS) is a solar company that develops, constructs, and manages community solar farms throughout Upstate New York. Since 2016 DRS has developed over 50 operating community solar farms in the NYSEG, RGE, National Grid, Orange & Rockland, and Central Hudson service territories. Currently DRS manages 44 solar farms, serving 20,000 residential, business, and municipal electric customers in New York State.
