The Negative Side of Green Energy

July 16, 2011

The production of electricity though green energy, primarily solar and wind power, is becoming common political rhetoric as the the United States looks for an industry that can solve our economic problems.  It seems almost too good to be true; through green energy we will not only create jobs and reduce our dependency on foreign [...]

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PPL Small Business Customers See Rate Spikes

June 23, 2011

Business customers serviced by the electricity utility company PPL who have elected not to shop for competitive electricity rates will see much larger electric bills in the coming weeks.  PPL commercial default rates increased by more than 33% on June 1, 2011 for default rate payers. PPL is the electric utility company for about 200,000 businesses in [...]

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Electricity Purchasing Options for Large Organizations

June 6, 2011

Large businesses and government organizations, who spend over $50,000 a month on their electricity bills, have many options to consider when making long term energy purchasing decisions.  To understand these options a basic understanding of the perpetually moving electricity market is needed.  Unfortunately and understandably, most decision makers of large buying entities do not possess [...]

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Energy Comparison Sites

May 18, 2011

Deregulated energy markets have matured rapidly over the past several years which has spawned an online marketplace for consumers to perform energy shopping. As people become more aware of energy choice in their specific states, energy shopping starts to become more natural.  Natural gas and electricity deregulation gives customers a choice of whom they wish [...]

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How Clean is Wind Power

April 21, 2011

Wind power talk has become a popular subject for many state and national politicians over the last decade.  Just the mention of wind power seems to attract the attention of listeners as crowds anticipate the predictable positive speech ahead:  “Wind Power is the future, it will save of us from CO2 emissions and global warming, [...]

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Baltimore Gas and Electric

April 11, 2011

Baltimore Gas and Electric is a Maryland electricity and natural gas utility company who serves about 1.2 million electricity customers and 620,000 gas customers.  The company also owns Constellation New Energy, a retail electric provider who offer competitive electricity rates to commercial electricity customers in most energy deregulated markets.  In addition, Constellation recently created a [...]

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New Jersey Gives Households Energy Options

April 11, 2011

Through NJ electric choice and the New Jersey Clean Energy Program, the state is giving its residences options when it comes to lowering and managing energy costs now and into the future.  New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program was designed to promotes increases in energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy including [...]

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PECO Electricity Choice Saves Customers Money

March 22, 2011

PECO Energy was the last utility area in Pennsylvania to begin full electricity competition.  On January 1, 2011 PECO Energy customers saw rate caps lifted as electric choice began.  Now PECO electricity customers have access to over a dozen competitive electric suppliers, offering a variety of rate products (fixed, variable, green energy) and sign up [...]

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PA Electric Choice

February 26, 2011

Electricity choice in the state of Pennsylvania has proved to be a success thus far.  Pennsylvania phased in electricity choice by placing rate caps on all customers for a minimum of ten years when the state first entered deregulation in 1997.  The rate caps, and expiration of those caps, was dependent on the incumbent utility [...]

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National Electricity Delivery Forum

January 29, 2011

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability is a forum sponsor. The purpose of the conference is to inform federal, State and energy officials on the outlook for energy supplies and prices for the upcoming summer season. The conference will include the release of EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook along with [...]

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