Self-Help Gas Program
If your district is served by Columbia Gas and not in a self-help program, please contact MEC for information.

Energy USA - TPC
Utilities Audit
Currently, MEC has 96 member districts participating in this Program.  The Program consists of single bill payment process that is paid on a projected budget over seven months.  This Program continues to save local districts significant dollars.

Electric Deregulation
In January, taking advantage of the electric deregulation statutes, the Metropolitan Educational Council (MEC) along with Columbus City Schools, Stark County Schools and the Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Educational Services Agency, jointly sponsored a request for proposal for electricity. Requests were sent to every licensed retail electricity provider in Ohio. Twelve potential providers signed up to bid and four qualifying bids were submitted. On March 2 the bids were reviewed and a contract was awarded to AEP Retail to supply some 50 school districts, including 26 from MEC. AEP Retail, Inc. offered a flat rate of 5.507 cents per kWh for every kWh. This flat rate will be fixed through December of 2013. The winning bid price per kWh for all classes of service is roughly 15% less than what school districts in the aggregate are currently paying for electricity. Further, that rate will not be subject to increase for the next 33 months. 

For districts unable to participate in this initial electric bid, please contact MEC if you would be interested in having us pursue a second round bid. If a district wishes to be an ‘add on’ to the current bid, they would be added based on current market price, but would agree to the same bid contract length, thus being on schedule for the renewal bid for January, 2014.