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Compare Electric Rates

September 29, 2010

The time and energy that it takes to compare electric rates can be overwhelming for some. However, with a little research and education, customers in Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Connecticut can lower the cost of their electric bill by comparing electric rate offers from electricity companies against the electric rates of the [...]

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How do I Lower My Electric Bill

August 9, 2010

States that have decided to deregulate, or restructure, their electricity utilities are giving their consumers the opportunity to lower their electric bills. Misunderstanding how to lower the electric bill has been a problem for some of these electric rate payers. As a simple review, the electric bill is divided into two main sections; the delivery [...]

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UI Lower Electric Rates

July 13, 2010

There are currently savings for Connecticut electricity customers who are serviced by the utility the United Illuminating Company (UI). Both residential and business customers are finding savings by shopping the competitive electric market. Residential electric customers in the UI service area are paying a default rate of 11.568 cents per kilowatt hour. The lowest electric [...]

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Connecticut Electric Rate Increases are Cut

July 2, 2010

State regulators have cut a revenue increase request by Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) by nearly $76 million, effectively cutting electricity customers’ bills. The proposed increases were on the utility’s delivery charge components and not on the competitive generation rate. The Department of Public Utility Control said it approved an increase of $63.4 million this [...]

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Hurricane Season May Raise Electric Rates

July 1, 2010

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is expecting a rough Hurricane season in 2010 that may have a negative effect on retail electricity prices. Electric rates in the majority of competitive electric markets have a direct correlation with natural gas prices. Bad hurricane seasons result in a decline in natural gas production that eventually pushes [...]

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CLP Electric Rate Update

June 29, 2010

Competitive electric rates in Connecticut remain well below the price to compare default rates of CLP. Despite this, only 27% of customers (residential, commercial, and Industrial) have chosen an alternative supplier. Small and medium commercial customers in the CLP territory on default service (i.e. have not chosen a competitive supplier) are paying a rate of [...]

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Suez Energy Review

March 16, 2010

Suez Energy Resources is a retail electric provider who is active in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington DC. They offer competitive pricing to large commercial and industrial markets in these regions. Typically they will not price deals that are below 4 million KWh annual usage which [...]

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Fixed Electric Rate Contracts

March 3, 2010

With many electric deregulated markets seeing true market participation by suppliers and users for the first time, consumer questions and concerns are on the rise. Used to paying electric rates set and monitored by the state, electricity customers are skeptical and uneasy about their introduction to fixed electricity rate contracts. Consumers hear the word “contract” [...]

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Residential Providers in Connecticut

February 15, 2010

February 15, 2010 Currently in Connecticut there are ten retail electric providers offering service to residential customers as an alternative to CL&P and UI GSC default rates. However, of these ten, only four of them (Direct Energy, ConEd Solutions, MX Energy, Dominion) offer fixed rates. With a fixed rate you know the exact rate you [...]

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Lowest Electric Rates for Connecticut Utilities

December 17, 2009

Business Customers being served by one of the Connecticut Utilities (CPL, UI) are given many options now that the Connecticut electricity market has been fully deregulated. Most offers that come from certified retail electric providers involve a certain fixed price per KWh set for a certain term. Another option that exists for businesses is a [...]

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