CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees approved NOPEC for electric aggregation for 2025 into 2026 at their meeting last week

The plan is for one year after which the hope is electric prices will begin dropping.

The electric aggregation plan will take effect June 1 and will be set at 8.49 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour). The present rate township residents pay on the aggregate program is 4.92 cents per kWh. The rate is expected to double this summer.

“We always try to find the best fixed rate we can,” said Canfield Township Administrator Keith Rogers. “Fixed rates better help residents plan a budget.”

NOPEC (Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council) offered the best fixed rate deal for Canfield. The electric program was with Independent Energy Consultants, which also handles the township’s gas aggregation program.

“We are still under the gas contract with Independent Energy,” Rogers said. “NOPEC just came in cheaper on the electric program, so we left Independent.”

The Independent Energy gas plan will still be in effect for township residents, but under a split basis. Those on Enbridge, the former Dominion service area, are under an aggregate program that will end in September 2026, while those in the Columbia Gas service area are in an aggregation program that ends in September.

“One of the Columbia suppliers went bankrupt and a new deal had to be brokered,” Rogers said. “That is why there are different end dates.”

In other business, trustees:

● Agreed to accept Cross Brothers Landscaping to handle the Township Community Park’s fertilization contract for 2025 at $1,745 per treatment for three treatments not to exceed $5,235.

● Agreed to accept Easton Lawn Service for lawn mowing at Township Park at $215 per cut, not to exceed 30 cuts per year or $6,450.