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Can you choose your electric provider where you live?
in Green Living
As of January 2011, electric rate caps expired in Pennsylvania and the largest provider (PECO) now has to compete in a wholesale electric market with other providers.
Obviously I'm comparing rates and looking at which providers provide renewable energy sources. I'm just wondering if this is the norm in other states or if anyone on this board lives in PA and has switched over?
#1 12.11.11
#2 10.23.13 EDD
Re: Can you choose your electric provider where you live?
The option we have for a renewable source is wind power sourced by wind farms in PA.
I need to read up on the pros and cons about switching to the wind power, but I do know it will cost me at least $20 extra a month.
#1 12.11.11
#2 10.23.13 EDD
We don't have a choice of service provider (who the bill comes from), but we can choose to accept the 'standard offer' or choose to give our money to more green sources.
We used to pay more to do 100% hydro, but we don't anymore. Our standard offer is 50 something % hydro now.
But don't get that confused with the literal power coming into our actual home. You can only choose to increase demand for a type of power generation (coal, hydro, wind, nuclear, biomass), but your supply will not come directly from the ___ plant. You still get whatever is in the electric pool for your area.
We only have one provider choice, but we do have this option, too. I started to look into it, but never fully investigated. Environment-wise, I would like to, but the MM side of me thinks we'll wait until we move into a more energy-efficient rental. I hope the efficiency savings will somewhat offset the increased price and it won't hurt quite as much.
::dreaming of the day I own a roof with solar panels::
I'm from Seattle and we never had a choice. It was the one company who had the contract with the county.
However, I am living in TX right now and they have a ton of choices. It was the first time I had heard about having a choice of power company. I love it because I can choose green energy (wind) for our house!
The only choice we have is to switch from the local power company to bullfrog power which gets its power from renewable sources. And it costs more to use bullfrog power.