Best McAllen Texas Electricity Providers

McAllen is rich with Texas history. In the mid 1700s Spain granted the land to Antonio Guitierrez and Juan Antonio Villareal, to maintain a ranch and colonize the area. These families, and about 3 generations of families to follow occupied the land and established the Santa Anita Ranch. A local heir married John Young of …

Irving Electricity Companies

As part of the Oncor service territory of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power grid, Irving lies in the middle of perhaps the most competitive electricity market in the world. Irving power users have their choice of over thirty electricity companies to choose from offering a variety of electric rate offerings. The city of …

Chicago Electric Choice

Chicago electric choice is providing lower energy prices and multiple choices for consumers living in the Commonwealth Edison electric territory, which includes Chicago and surrounding cities. Now that the Illinois electric choice market is in full swing, electricity customers living in Chicago are becoming more aware of their options and their ability to save money …

About Texas Electricity Bills

The majority of Texans live in an area where the electricity market has been deregulated allowing them to shop for competitive electric rates. While some parts of Texas remain regulated, large cities such as Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville, host over three dozen energy rate plans for consumers to choose between. If …

Find Cheap Electric Rates in Allentown

Many Allentown energy customers are surprised to learn that they do not have to buy their electricity from PP&L. Due to an energy competition act passed in the 90s, residences in Allentown are now able to choose between multiple energy companies for power supply. Many Allentown residences are unwilling to shop for low electric rates …

Low Electric Rates in Newark

High electric bills have sparked competition among alternative electricity companies offering service in Newark, NJ. Savings versus the PSEG BGS rates – the default rate PSEG charges for electricity supply service to Newark customers who have not shopped for lower rates – are up to 17%. It is not surprising that competitive electric rate offers …

Shop for Electricity

The ability to shop for electricity is proving consumers with multiple energy supplier options in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, Connecticut and New York. Taking the time to shop and compare electric rates in these states can result in huge electric bill savings. For some customers shopping for electricity means finding the lowest electricity …

Dallas Energy

Thanks to Texas Senate Bill 7 electric choice in Texas began in 2002, and since then Texas energy customers have seen more electricity purchasing options each year. Electricity customers in Dallas Texas live in one of the most competitive electricity markets in the world with over 50 rate options to choose from. Despite the mirage …

Chicago Power Companies

People living in Chicago might be surprised to learn that they have a choice when it comes to who provides them their electricity. Electric choice became law in Illinois in 1997, but not until recently have residential customers had options of electric companies to choose from. New Chicago power companies have started to enter the …

Find Lower ComEd Rates

Electric choice has taken full effect in Illinois. The Illinois Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 provided customers with the option to shop and compare Illinois electric rates for the generation, or supply, a section of their bills. However, the electricity distribution, or delivery, continues to be performed by the local …

Low Electric Rates in PECO

Electric competition is working in the PECO territory as electricity customers who have taken the time to search for low electric rates are finding big savings. It is hard to argue against 28% savings, which is what current (Summer 2023) low electric rates in PECO are yielding for customers who have switched off of default …

New Low Electric Rate offer for PPL Homes

While PPL has been one of the most robust electric choice markets in the country since customers had their capped rates lifted in early 2010, electric shopping on the residential sector has recently slowed down due to lower than expected PPL price to compare default rates. PPL price to compare default rates are determined by …

PSEG Business Electric

Many small and medium size businesses in New Jersey are still unaware of electricity choice in the state. Many that are aware of electric choice do not realize that there are savings available for customers who shop and compare electric companies. Much of the confusion in the PSEG territory revolves around a misunderstanding of how …

PPL Electric Utilities – Plan Comparison Guide

PPL Electric Utilities is one of the most popular electric utility companies in the United States. They help provide power to over 10 million customers, including both businesses and residents. PPL Electric has 100 years of experience bringing electricity to central and eastern Pennsylvania.  In this guide, you will read about the different plans available, …

Philadelphia Electric Rates Rising

Philadelphia electric rates will be increasing for all energy users this summer who are still on the PECO energy default electric rate, also known as the PECO price to compare rate.  The rate increases will mark the first time PECO energy customers will see a significant increase in their electric bills since rate caps expired …

Energy Shopping

When shopping for energy it is important that customers understand their energy bills and current energy rates.  In more mature energy choice markets like Texas, competition is in full swing and the Texas Public Utility Commission does a great job of making sure that all residential offers are apples-to-apples energy rate comparisons.  This allows electricity …

Energy Supply

In deregulated electricity markets, or electric choice markets, energy supply refers to the generation portion of energy which is the part that customers can choose an alternative energy supplier to service their home or business. When an energy market is restructured the delivery portion remains regulated.  Even though you can choose who supplies your electricity …

Energy Comparison

ElectricRate.com is the leading energy comparison site offering electricity rates for customers in deregulated energy markets. Taking the time to perform energy provider comparisons to get an energy price comparison can be a timely and agitating process.  Often the information you are looking for is not readily available on energy supplier websites, and calling their …

Baltimore Gas and Electric Choice

Baltimore Gas and Electric residential customers are getting favorable electricity rate offers.  Though Maryland has experienced electricity choice since 2004, many third party electricity suppliers delayed entering the market as state politicians repeatedly talked about re-regulating the states electricity. Now that most politicians, and more importantly most Maryland residences, are on board with electric choice, …

NJ Power

The New Jersey Power market is finally offering true electric choice to the millions of energy users throughout the state.  The Electric Deregulation and Energy Competition Act in New Jersey gave consumers the chance to purchase their electricity and natural gas from third party suppliers back in 2003.  However true electricity choice options were minimal …

Best Electric Rate for Duquesne Light

Electricity customers in southwestern Pennsylvania who are served by the utility company Duquesne Light have an opportunity to save up to 23% on their electric bills by choosing an alternative electricity company for their power generation. About one-fifth of residential power customers in the Duquesne Light area have shopped and selected a competitive electric supplier …

NJ Electric Suppliers

Over the past year electric suppliers have entered the residential market in New Jersey.  Though New Jersey deregulated their electricity market in 2003, NJ electric suppliers did not start offering service to residential customers until recently.  Electricity companies were unable to offer power prices that were lower than NJ utility default rates, causing them to …

JCPL Electric Rates

JCPL, the New Jersey electricity utility owned by First Energy Corporation, is urging their customers to find lower electricity rates with competitive electricity suppliers.  Due to the New Jersey Electricity Choice and Competition Act, JCPL is no longer responsible for the electric generation for their 1,097,000 customers.  Instead, the competition act has turned JCP&L solely …

PA Electric Companies

With the state of the Pennsylvania electricity market now in a fully deregulated and competitive mode, Pennsylvania electricity customers have many electric companies to choose from when shopping for electricity rates and products, and many things to consider when researching these companies. Residential electricity customers are more protected by the state than business customers.  PA …

New Jersey Energy

New Jersey energy customers are starting to take advantage of electricity and natural gas deregulation.  Residential customers in PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, and Rockland Electric are finding lower electric rates than their utility basic generation service rates which serve as a default rate for consumers who choose not to shop for competitive rates. Due …

PECO Electricity Savings

Electric rates in the PECO energy area increased to $0.0992 cents per Kilowatt hour on January 1, 2011 when rate caps expired.  Rates are estimated to increase to $0.1014 in April and be as high as $0.1140 starting in June (source: www.peco.com) PECO competitive rates can be fixed, which locks the rate in for a …

New Jersey Electric Companies

New Jersey residential electricity customers saw true electric rate saving options in 2010.  The year 2011 will bring even more options for energy users as more electricity companies enter the New Jersey competitive electricity market. Customers of the traditional electricity utilities (PSEG, JCPL, Altantic City Electric, Rockland Electric) are getting lower electric rate options from  …

Lowest Electric Rate in PPL

As an energy choice state, residents in Pennsylvania have the ability to shop and search for the lowest electricity rate in their service area.  Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) is the second largest electric utility service area in the state.  They deliver power to 1.4 million customers regardless of whether the customer chooses a competitive …

Business Electricity

Businesses who shop for competitive electricity rates need to focus on more than just the highlighted electric rate on the contract.  Commercial and industrial electricity customers face a wide range of potential traps and hidden fees that residential customers do not have be concerned with.  The states that have competitive electric markets have many laws …