The 2011 ABACCUS study, an annual assessment of competitive electricity markets, finds Pennsylvania and Illinois are the most improved electricity markets, but they still have a long way to go. ABACCUS ranks commercial and industrial markets as well as residential markets in North America. Illinois ranks second most competitive in the commercial market and seventh [...]

School districts in Lebanon and Lancaster County have saved over $2 million on their electric bills since 2009. Imagine how many text books $2 million dollars would buy or the number of teachers districts could hire, or even the property taxes hikes that have been prevented. A few months before rate caps expired, the Lancaster-Lebanon [...]

A new transmission line between Pennsylvania and New Jersey is on the fast track and it’s the electricity consumers who will benefit. The Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line will span 145 miles and double the current line’s capacity from 230 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts. The utilities involved, Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) and New Jersey’s Public Service [...]

The recently announced acquisition of First Choice Power and it’s 220,000 customers by Uk based Centrica for $270 million raises questions about what what this will mean for competition in Texas. Centrica already owns and may be meaning to fold the acquisition target First Choice Power into, Direct Energy, a major supplier in many deregulated [...]

Are smart meters a secret ploy to control consumer’s usage via big bad government  or are they a consumer friendly device that will enhance the benefits of electric competition by allowing customers to see the real price of electricity, save money and improve grid reliability? In Pennsylvania, grassroots groups known as the “Tea Party” are [...]