February 07, 2011|By Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer As confusing as the new deregulated electricity market is for Peco Energy Co. residential customers, it’s worse for commercial customers. While homeowners can compare published residential electric rates, owners of small businesses have no similar resource. Alternative suppliers rarely post their commercial rates, which are often negotiated [...]
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New Parameters For Small Pennsylvania Firms Seeking Deregulated Energy – 866-572-2274
April 23rd, 2011
Consumer Advocates Battle ComEd Rate Hikes – 866-572-2274
April 5th, 2011
by: Sally Ho Wednesday March 30th, 2011, 4:04pm The battle over how electric utilities are regulated is heating up in Springfield, even as state regulators consider a $326 million rate increase ComEd requested last year. Consumer advocates say the Energy Infrastructure and Modernization Act (HB 14), sponsored by State Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-Orland Park), would [...]
Editorial: Texas State Electric Grid Operator Needs Accountability – 866-572-2274
March 25th, 2011
Published 23 March 2011 12:34 PM Frustrated lawmakers and consumer groups have complained for years that the power industry wields too much influence over the state’s electric grid manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. There’s good reason for that perspective. While it may sound like a regulatory agency, ERCOT is a private council led [...]
Electricity Supply Choice Can Put Dollars Into Consumers Pocket – 866-572-2274
January 29th, 2011
WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — For years now, TV news shows, magazines, and financial gurus have been suggesting ways for consumers to cut back on purchases to save money. At the top of the money saving lists are “cut out your morning coffee” and “brown bag your lunch.” Now, thanks to continuing deregulation [...]
Texas Cities Which Are Deregulated – 866-572-2274
January 23rd, 2011
Houston, TX Dallas Fort Worth Arlington Corpus Christi Plano Garland Lubbock Irving Laredo Pasadena Brownsville Grand Prairie Mesquite, TX Abilene Beaumont Waco Carrollton McAllen Wichita Falls Midland Richardson Odessa San Angelo Killeen Tyler Dento Lewisville, TX Longview College Station Baytown Bryan Sugar Land Round Rock Victoria Harlingen Galveston The Woodlands, TX North Richland Hills, TX [...]
Con Ed Commericial, Industrial Customers Enticed to Shed Electricity Load – 866-572-2274
January 21st, 2011
by New York State Public Service Commission ALBANY, NY (01/20/2011)(readMedia)– The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved changes in Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.’s (Con Edison) demand response programs to increase enrollment, improve response to events, leverage enrollment from New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) demand response program participants and [...]
Duke Energy in Talks to Buy Progress Energy: Report – 866-572-2274
January 9th, 2011
Sat Jan 8, 9:04 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N), the third-largest U.S. power company, is in talks to acquire rival Progress Energy Inc (PGN.N) in a deal worth more than $13 billion that could be announced as soon as Monday, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Citing unnamed people familiar with the situation, the [...]
The Stealthy Deregulation of Energy
December 28th, 2010
Wallace Turbeville Former VP at Goldman Sachs Posted: Huffingtonpost.com, July 19, 2010 03:55 PM A colleague with an encyclopedic knowledge of the economy told me recently that he did not have a good feel for energy deregulation. My friend thought its obscurity may have been planned by the industry. From my perspective, deregulation happens [...]
Understanding Deregulation
November 28th, 2010
Deregulation creates choice for you. And that’s a good thing. Why choice? It’s a simple law of economics. When companies compete for your business, you win. That’s why in many markets around the country, governments have deregulated energy utilities so that different companies can compete for electric and gas customers’ business. Competition drives prices down. [...]
Electric Deregulation Finally Takes Off – 866-572-2274
August 25th, 2010
OutFront Electric Deregulation Finally Takes Off Jonathan Fahey, 03.25.10, 11:40 AM EDT Forbes Magazine dated April 12, 2010 Volatile electricity prices and new technologies are finally allowing retail power sellers to deliver on the promise of deregulation. The giant brain that manages the electricity used by 27 buildings owned by Vornado Realty Trust ( VNO [...]



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