(2) an opt-in program, which shall include only those
eligible consumers who choose to participate in the program.
"Municipal aggregator of electricity." A municipality,
licensed by the commission, that acts as a broker or marketer on
behalf of the eligible consumers within the municipality's
geographic boundaries under municipal aggregation.
"Municipality." A county, city, township, town or borough.
The term shall include a municipality subject to the former act
of April 13, 1972 (P.L.184, No.62), known as the Home Rule
Charter and Optional Plans Law.
"Price-to-compare." A line item that appears on a retail
customer's monthly bill for default service. The price-to-
compare is equal to the sum of all unbundled generation-related
and transmission-related charges to a default service customer
for that month of service. The price-to-compare is a customer-
specific price for a given month of service reflecting all cost
components that the customer avoids when choosing to take
electric generation service from an electric generation
supplier.
"Reliability." Includes adequacy and security. As used in
this definition, "adequacy" means the provision of sufficient
generation, transmission and distribution capacity so as to
supply the aggregate electric power and energy requirements of
consumers, taking into account scheduled and unscheduled outages
of system facilities; and "security" means designing,
maintaining and operating a system so that it can handle
emergencies safely while continuing to operate.
"Renewable resource." Includes technologies such as solar
photovoltaic energy, solar thermal energy, wind power, low-head
hydropower, geothermal energy, landfill and mine-based methane
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