Deregulating or restructuring any sector of our economy is complicated, but restructuring an industry that produces something you can’t see or store, yet use everyday, is even more of a challenge. The electricity deregulating process in Pennsylvania may be confusing for some, but saving money by shopping around is something everyone can appreciate. The Pennsylvania [...]

Feb. 21, 2011 – TEXAS – Many questions remained unanswered following the handling of a winter storm energy emergency in Texas on February 2, 2011. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) initiated rolling blackout to combat a sudden severe deficit of power on the grid for residents across the Lone Star State, leaving many [...]

February 2, 2011 – TX – Texans could find themselves in the dark over the next day or two, not because of the bitter cold and ice that struck this week, but in response to an alert issued by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) this morning. At about 5:30am. ERCOT declared a Level [...]

Understanding Gas and Electric Choice Programs As consumers, we shop all the time. We do it so often, in fact, and have gotten so good at it that half the time we either don’t even know we’re shopping or we shop ‘on auto pilot’. As it stands, American consumers are expert shoppers, and it’s just [...]

Among the New Year’s resolutions being tossed around as we kick off 2011, Pennsylvanians should consider “Pay less for electricity” as one of the most important. Because of the recent advent of electric deregulation in PA, consumers and business owners now have the right to choose their electric generation supplier (or ‘EGS’). Before deregulation, citizens [...]