| There is a new word buzzing around in the energy | | | | business, they will provide prime quality service. |
| industry. Some say it is good news some say it will | | | | Remember, you have a choice, and that is power. |
| only bring new challenges. The most prominent | | | | Your local service provider delivers the resource, |
| rationale is that deregulation will allow more | | | | maintains the pipes and lines and responds to any |
| competition and that means a lower energy bill. A | | | | emergency. This is separate from harvesting or |
| common concern is that despite lower energy bills, | | | | generating the energy and supplying it. Your local |
| resource quality or service will decline. | | | | service provider will simply obtain your resource at |
| Basically deregulation involves changes to the laws of | | | | the wholesale energy price, from the supplier that |
| an otherwise highly regulated industry. The safety | | | | you specify which is a cost savings to you. |
| and quality standards are expected to be maintained. | | | | There are brokering companies that make it their |
| The president of a leading wholesale energy network | | | | business to save you money. They do the footwork |
| says enthusiastically that we are experiencing | | | | and bring the lowest cost electricity and natural gas |
| deregulation of the "last public utility". Based upon his | | | | to you for your home or business with no additional |
| experience with the deregulation of the phone | | | | charge to you. As long as you live or have a business |
| industry, he says this is "good news for peoples' | | | | in a deregulated area, if you have an energy bill in |
| energy bills". | | | | your name you can save money, whether you rent |
| The number of states that have deregulated in | | | | or own. |
| electricity or natural gas is growing. Residential and | | | | To find out if you are in a qualified area check you |
| small volume energy users have the choice to select | | | | state department of commerce website. To find out |
| a natural gas or electricity supplier other than the one | | | | what your savings could be contact a wholesale |
| chosen by their local utility company. Large | | | | energy company that services the smaller resource |
| commercial users are very familiar with shopping for | | | | users. |
| cost saving. So far the competition has brought lower | | | | You may be wondering why you have not heard of |
| prices to homes and smaller businesses. | | | | this before. You are not alone. While it is not a new |
| Some other benefits include that there are usually no | | | | concept, the change has been progressing slowly as |
| contracts or at the least minimal obligation. There are | | | | awareness grows. At this time of higher prices, |
| no switching fees or interruptions in service. | | | | tighter budgets and challenged dependence upon |
| You may feel concern that you are breaking alliance | | | | energy resources, energy cost saving is a welcomed |
| with your dependable local utility company and that | | | | option. |
| your service may be negatively affected. Most often | | | | Deregulation is probably here to stay. You have the |
| you stay with your current local service provider and | | | | power to choose and that is the power to save on |
| do not have to change your meter. If you have to | | | | your energy bill! |
| switch companies in the interest of retaining your | | | | |