Garden State Community Energy Cooperative

Town Center

Welcome to the residential Government Energy Aggregation (GEA) webpage for the Garden State Community Energy Cooperative (GSCEC). The cooperative was formed in 2023 to pool purchasing and negotiating power for better electricity pricing for residential customers. Participating members include the Borough of Lincoln Park (Lead Agency), Jefferson Township, Mount Olive Township, and the City of Summit.

During the most recent auction on October 3, 2025, bids received were lower than the JCP&L and PSE&G Basic Generation Service (BGS) price-to-compare, and an award was made to Direct Energy Services, LLC. The program begins with eligible customers' March 2026 meter reads and ends with September 2027 meter reads.

Eligible customers are residents of a participating town whose electricity supply is not already under contract with a third-party supplier, who do not have a net meter for solar, who do not have a time-of-day meter, and who did not permanently opt-out under a prior contract term.

Program Details

What is energy aggregation?

Government Energy Aggregation (GEA) is a program created by the Government Energy Aggregation Act of 2003. It lets municipalities and counties pool the energy usage of residential and non-residential ratepayers to conduct a bulk bid for the lowest possible electricity supply price.

How does the program work?

This program covers only the supply portion of your electric bill. Delivery and distribution continue through your regulated utility (JCP&L or PSE&G), which still handles outages and account service. All eligible residents are automatically included unless they have a third-party supplier or choose to opt out.