Listening and Learning to Serve You Better

In 1998, MEGA was created by Tompkins and Tioga counties to serve the electricity and natural gas needs of New York’s local governments and school districts. The energy market, and everything around energy, has changed dramatically in the past several years. With an increase in severe weather, a departure from average season weather, and NY's aggressive new carbon reduction goals, the energy needs of our municipal leaders are changing, and MEGA is changing with them.

This month, MEGA is kicking off a series of listening sessions to learn more about the energy information and procurement needs of NY’s local governments as we work to better serve our member municipalities in 2024 and into the future. If you are unable to attend one of our sessions or visit with us at an upcoming conference (see below), you can still participate by filling out this:

MEGA's Mutually Supportive Outreach

The core of MEGA’s mission is to support the local leaders who serve New Yorkers in their communities. Our focus is on getting the most competitive and stable pricing for electricity and natural gas supply, but it extends to providing vetted and credible data to help municipal leaders make better-informed energy decisions.

We also want to support the associations that support our member local governments and their elected and appointed leaders. That’s why MEGA sponsors and exhibits at many of the association conferences that cater to our member local leaders.

We just returned from the successful NYCOM Winter Legislative Meeting in Albany and are looking forward to seeing you at these and other upcoming conferences:

• NYSAC Legislative Conference, February 26-27 at the Crowne Plaza in Albany - be sure to stop by our Exploring Renewable Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainable Energy Options session on Tuesday, February 27 at 10:45 am
• NYS GFOA Conference, April 17-19 at the Marriott in Albany
• County Finance School – May 1-3 at Turning Stone in Oneida County
• Tug Hill Commission – May 2 at the Turning Stone in Oneida County

For more information, to book a consultation, invite us to a meeting, or to get pricing, email [email protected] or call Mark LaVigne at 518-429-0189 or Aleks Urosevic at 847-274-2283. 

At the beginning of each year, the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) holds two meetings to set its annual budget, agenda, and organizational structure. The first will happen this week when the members of MEGA’s corporate board will convene to adopt a budget, elect a board of directors, and hear a state of the market from experts from our technical consultant Energy Next.

The next meeting will be the first quarter meeting of the MEGA Board of Directors. The Board will elect our officers, discuss the latest competitive bidding process, and renew its strategic plan for most effectively serving MEGA’s more than 270 local governments and school districts. This board meeting will take place in conjunction with the NYSAC Legislative Conference in Albany.