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Consumers in Monopoly States Paying the Price for Unprecedented Market Conditions (Harrisburg, PA) February 11, 2019 -The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, today released new research on electricity price trends that reveals an eye-opening cost disparity between monopoly and competitive states. Researchers have discovered that, while the electricity...

(Harrisburg, PA) February 6, 2019 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, today announced the election of its new officers and state chairs for 2019. The group, which will now make up the organization’s executive committee, was confirmed during RESA’s annual board meeting in December and will each...

Research Calls into Question Recent Claims by the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel (Harrisburg, PA) February 4, 2019 – Connecticut residential energy customers could have saved more than $14 million dollars in just the first month of 2019 and received greater value for their energy dollars such as renewable energy, fixed price plans, and loyalty rewards...

Independent Study Finds Electric Suppliers Could Have Saved Maryland Consumers More Than $203 Million in 2018 (BALTIMORE) January 22, 2019 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, today released an analysis that calls into question recent reports by the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel (OPC) and The Abell...

(Harrisburg, PA) January 14, 2019 – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, today announced the addition of First Point Power as the organization’s newest member. First Point Power, which is based in Warwick, Rhode Island, is a licensed energy supplier that provides electricity for residential and commercial consumers...

Market Intervention Would Produce Adverse Outcomes for Consumers, Energy Innovation The New York Public Service Commission’s efforts to prohibit certain energy service company (ESCO) sales are unsupported by fundamental economics and will harm consumers, resulting in unintended consequences that likely will thwart the state’s programs intended to transform New York’s energy marketplace and promote cleaner,...

HARRISBURG, PA. — The Retail Energy Supply Association will convene its 2017 Energy Competition Symposium in Boston Sept. 20 featuring a distinguished group of speakers exploring the leading issues affecting retail energy competition nationally. Among the key issues to be discussed at the half-day event is the impact competitive retail energy markets have had over...

Analysis Shows Millions in Potential Electricity Savings Available to Rhode Island Consumers Consumers grappling with National Grid’s 53 percent rate increase can turn to Rhode Island’s competitive electricity market for alternative rate choices. State regulators have approved National Grid’s proposal to increase residential and small business rates from 6.3 cents to 9.5 cents per kWh...

Many competitive electricity offers available below the cost of utility standard service rate An analysis of Connecticut’s competitive electricity market shows many competitive offers below the cost of utility service, and if all Connecticut electricity consumers taking utility standard rate service switched to these lowest available competitive offers, the potential savings are more than $18.5 million for...

Prices in states with competitive retail markets have trended downward while prices under monopoly regulation have risen ‘inexorably’ Harrisburg, PA – Over the past two decades consumers have fared demonstrably better in the 14 U.S. jurisdictions with competitive retail electricity markets offering consumers a choice among retail energy suppliers, a new white paper concludes. Employing data compiled by...