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(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...

Read the full article here. Nevada this year is in an election battle of the billionaires. Two ballot measures could radically remake the state’s electricity market, and investor Warren Buffett, environmentalist Tom Steyer and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson all have money in the fight. But the biggest potential losers are Nevada residents, whose electricity bills...

Harrisburg, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, has announced its officers and state chairs for 2018. These newly elected officers were confirmed during RESA’s annual meeting last month, and will form the association’s executive committee. RESA’s officers effective Jan. 1, 2018 are: RESA...

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...

The Retail Energy Supply Association today published a factsheet containing two assessments that starkly demonstrate the value proposition that electricity competition presents for Pennsylvania electricity consumers and the state’s overall economy. The first, a retrospective analysis demonstrating the value of electricity competition over the past 20 years, is a state-specific study by Dr. Phil O’Connor,...

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...

Entrust Energy Joins RESA’s Efforts to Promote Retail Markets That Benefit Consumers Harrisburg, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading organization representing competitive retail energy suppliers dedicated to creating and sustaining vibrantly competitive electricity and natural gas markets for the benefit of consumers, welcomes Entrust Energy as its newest member. “RESA member companies are dedicated to...