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National Cut Your Energy Cost Day is held annually on January 10 to bring homeowners and businesses key information on how to best achieve cost savings with their energy bills. At the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), we advocate for people’s right to choose their energy supplier.  In honor of National Cut Your Energy Cost...

Proposed Legislation to Auto-Enroll Customers into a 7-Year Community Choice Energy Pilot Program Without Consent (Harrisburg, PA) November 25, 2020 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, wants residents in Montgomery County, Maryland to know their right to choose their own energy supplier could be eliminated if Montgomery County...

Authored by RESA spokesperson, Dan Allegretti Would you want someone to take away your ability to choose a mobile phone because legislators think you didn’t understand the rate plan? How about your right to choose your own doctor? As an American, likely not.  Recently, The Baltimore Sun published a commentary by Del. Brooke Lierman and...

Authored by RESA spokesperson, Dan Allegretti In the wake of a massive power outage following Tropical Storm Isaias, anger and frustration have been on full display from Connecticut residents and regulators while utilities took up to nine days to restore power to those effected. Eversource Energy, the utility that delivers most energy to the state,...

Read the full article here. In the wake of a massive power outage following Tropical Storm Isaias, anger and frustration have been on full display from Connecticut residents and regulators while utilities took up to nine days to restore power to those effected. Eversource Energy, the utility that delivers most energy to the state, has...

Read the full article here. The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) last week released its national scientific poll that indicates three out of four voters want options and choice when selecting their energy suppliers. The results were released in conjunction with National Energy Shopping Day. “National Energy Shopping Day was created to educate consumers, regulators,...

Association Publishes Polling Results on National Energy Shopping Day (Harrisburg, PA) June 24, 2020 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, released the findings of a national scientific poll that indicates three out of four voters want options and choice when selecting their energy suppliers or providers. The results are...

RESA Applauds the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for Encouraging Customers to Shop for Electricity Upcoming Summer Rate Change Begins in June (Harrisburg, PA) June 2, 2020 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, is proud to support the efforts of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) for reminding...

Read the full article here. Connecticut utility regulators have approved a more stringent set of marketing standards governing third-party electric suppliers. The state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday issued its 42-page final decision regarding the marketing rules. Acting Consumer Counsel Rich Sobolewski, whose office represented ratepayers’ interests in the case, said the PURA ruling...

(Harrisburg, PA) April 20, 2020 – Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, is responding to the pandemic by actively monitoring and sharing critical, real-time information on COVID-19 regulatory directives by state. RESA recognizes the need for relevant, timely data because the rapidly changing COVID-19 environment presents a unique set...