Whether you’re in business for yourself, an office manager, or a procurement pro, when you shop electricity rates for your business, it can be a confusing process. It’s something you have to do, but perhaps it’s not your full time job. We’re here to help you shop for business electricity rates. And that is our full time job!
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FES Bankruptcy – Exelon Saves the Day?
When First Energy Solutions (FES), a retailer serving nearly 1 million electricity customers entered bankruptcy in April, Ohio regulators were concerned. After all, FES is the electric generation supplier of a large number of electricity municipal aggregations across Ohio. What would happen to consumers as FES fought its way through bankruptcy proceedings? It looks like a white knight has appeared on the horizon — Exelon Constellation.
How to Shop for an Ohio Electric Supplier
If you’re wondering how to shop for an OH electricity supplier, you’ve come to the right place! We’ll help you learn how to make an apples to apples comparison of OH electricity rates and plans, the switching process, and the benefits of switching.
When you switch your electric supplier, you’ll benefit from savings versus the price to compare and the security of a fixed rate plan with a secure rate. You can even choose from plans that have green energy, free stuff, or that support a charity!
Understanding Ohio’s Price To Compare
To promote energy choice in Ohio, the Ohio PUC requires that all utility bills include a Price To Compare disclosure. This is based on the standard service offer or SSO for your local electric utility. But the SSO and price to compare are not always the same!
Read on to learn more about what the Price To Compare number is (and also what it isn’t) so that you can accurately compare apples to apples electricity rates.
Shopping For Your Best Electricity Deal? Know Your Usage
What’s electricity usage got to do with it?
Being the electricity geeks that we are, we talk way too much with our customers, friends, and family about the price they’re paying for electricity. For whatever reason, people happen to like to swap stories about their electricity provider and rate.
The conversation usually starts with “Hey, guess what? I just got a <insert ridiculously low rate>,” and usually (unfortunately) ends with a gotcha and a comment about teaser rates, fine print, and usage.
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Smart Electricity Shopping During the Holiday Season
December means holiday shopping season for many people, but the one item most people leave off their list is to shop for a new electricity plan.
If your contract is due to expire in the next couple of months, you might be surprised at the affordable rate plans you can find during the holiday season. Winter is traditionally a slow season for electricity shopping, yet there are several good reasons to compare electric rates and lock in a plan for the upcoming year.
You might think that cold weather means higher rates, but that’s not always true.
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Moving Before Your Electricity Plan Expires?
If you are moving before your electricity plan expires? In Texas, you can take it or break it. That means you can take your electricity contract with you to your new home or break your contract with no penalty. You can even have electricity in your name in two homes while you are moving.
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The Basics: How to Shop for an Electricity Plan
It’s easy to shop for an electricity plan. But for many consumers living in states with electricity deregulation? Well, the process of how to shop for an electricity plan can seem overwhelming.
After all, many states have a large number of electricity providers. Each provider offers different plans that often look very similar at first glance. If you’re not sure how to get started shopping for electricity plans, you’re not alone. This short guide will get you started.
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