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`Northeast O/iio Public Energy Co~uicil 1.3.5 Publish notice of public hearing on Plan of Operation and Governance once a week for two consecutive weeks before the first public hearing on Plan (providing summary of Plan and the date, time, and location of each hearing); 1.3.6 Hold two public hearings on Plan of Operation and Governance 1.3.7 Adopt Plan of Operation and Governance; 1.3.8 Notify eligible consumers of automatic enrollment tan he rates,tcharges,pand other terms under the Aggregation Program (notification is to sta and conditions of enrollment); 1.3.9 Any enrolled consumer participating in the Aggregation Program will have the opportunity to opt-out of the Program every two years, without paying a switching fee. 1.4 Practical Steps and Requirements of the Competitive Market Practical steps and requirements of acquiring power supply in the competitive market include the following activities to be undertaken by NOPEC acting as agent for member communities, and the contracted NOPEC Aggregation Program supplier(s): 1.4.1 NOPEC development and release of Request for Proposals; 1.4.2 Proposals submitted by Suppliers and negotiations undertaken with Suppliers by NOPEC and legal and technical advisors; 1.4.3 NOPEC selection of Supplier(s) and execution of Supply Contract(s); 1.4.4 Acquisition of electronic list of eligible customers in member communities from First Energy; 1.4.5 Notification of opt-out process noted in section 1.3.8. undertaken by NOPEC and selected Supplier(s) via U.S. mail and utilizing electronic customer list addresses; 1.4.6 Electronic customer list revised by NOPEC Supplier(s) who remove responding opt-out customers from the list; 1.4.7 Revised electronic customer list transmitted back to First Energy for customer transfer; 1.4.8 First Energy completes administrative transfer of participating customers (via revised electronic list) to NOPEC Supplier(s); 1.4.9 Firm all-requirements retail electric supply service initiated to participating consumers based on terms and conditions of Supply Contract(s); 1.4.10 NOPEC and legal and technical advisors monitor contract for compliance; 1.4.11 NOPEC acts to protect interests of participating consumers in member communities. 2.0 Description of Aggregation Program Goals and Operation 2.1 Aggregation Program Goals The NOPEC member community goals for the Aggregation Program are stated below. These goals guide the decisions of the NOPEC Assembly and Board of Directors: • To provide an option for aggregation of all eligible consumers on anon-discriminatory basis; • To allow those eligible consumers who choose not to participate to opt-out; • To acquire the best market rate available for electricity supply; 5