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The Compact is also pleased to announce that the Department of Public Utilities issued a final order in Report of the May approving the Compact's revisions to its Cape Cod Regional 1Yansit Aggregation Plan,which was submitted in April 2014. Authority This order affirms the purposes,structure,and funding of the Compact,and has been used as a model for other municipalities seeking to form their own aggregations. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the While Cape Light Compact was the first municipal Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: aggregator in the state, there are now 72 communities in Massachusetts with approved Aggregation Plans Mashpee Representative-Tom Mayo Energy Efficiency-Saving Energy and Money The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA)has provided 41,737 one-way passenger trips Jan.-Dec. #of Customer kWh Rebates/Incentives in Mashpee from July 2014 through June 2015(FY 15). 2015 Participants Savings Saved Paid to Customers Low Income 44 $11,180.20 55,901 $110532.54 CCRTA provided 295 ADA and general public Residential 960 $286505.80 1,432,529 $867201.75 clients in Mashpee with DART (Dial-a-Ride Commercial 28 $212,907.00 1,064535 $251,720.77 Transportation) service during FY15. These clients Total 1,032 $510,593.00 2,552,965 $1,219,455.06 took a total of 11,966 one-way passenger trips during this time period. Total DART passenger trips in the Funding for the energy efficiency programs (i.e. fifteen towns of Cape Cod were 220,637 in FY14 energy audits for homes and businesses,rebates on the compared to 232,437 in FY 15. purchase of energy efficient appliances and energy education in our schools) comes from a monthly cus- CCRTA FY15 records for the Boston Hospital tomer "energy conservation" charge ($0.0025 cents Transportation service indicates 17 Mashpee residents multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used dur- took 61 one-way trips on this service. ing the month) and a portion of the "distribution charge" ($0.02349 for residential customers and The fixed route Sealine serves the towns of $0.01127 for commercial and industrial customers) Barnstable,Mashpee and Falmouth along Route 28. A that appears on each customer's electric bill. total of 28,357 one-way trips originated in Mashpee for the Sealine for the period July 2014 through June 2015; Other Cape Light Compact Efforts total ridership for the Sealine for this period was • Include 48 ENERGY STAR® qualified homes 155,611. were built in the Town of Mashpee. The fixed route Bourne Route serves the towns of Bourne,Falmouth and Mashpee. A total of 3,251 one- Cape Light Compact continues to support energy way trips originated in Mashpee for the Bourne Route education in Mashpee High School and Quashnet for the period July 2014 through June 2015; total School through classroom visits, teacher work- ridership for the Bourne Route for this period was shops, energy education curriculum and free 12,504. materials all aligned with the state NGSS and STEM initiatives. CCRTA supplied the Mashpee Council on Aging with one Mobility Assistance Program(MAP) vehicle • Worked with the Town and National Grid that provided 3,434 rides from July 2014 to June 2015. towards the successful implementation of various Energy Conservation Measures at the K.C. Route maps,schedules,fares,Google Transit Trip Coombs School. This project was also awarded Planner and the latest news about Cape Cod public Green Communities Grant Funding. transportation services are provided at www.cal2ecodrta.org, as well as links to many other transportation resources. 93