Energy Service Can Be Cheaper When Shopping Around
You often hear that the electricity energy coming to your home is all the same so it really doesn’t matter which electric company you choose. This opens up the window for the sales person to then tell you that the most important point is to pick the cheapest electricity company since the energy is all the same. I agree with this to a point.
A problem comes in when a customer approaches the Texas energy service shopping process in this way but fails to understand the rate. Another problem can crop up if the customer chooses an electricity company that is new to the market, has undercut almost all established Texas electric providers, and has a small amount of capital backing. A small energy company that comes in and all the sudden is offering the cheapest electricity rate causes some of the larger energy suppliers to salivate. Why is this? The smaller company is in danger of going out of business and having the PUCT take all of their customers away from them and giving them to what is known as, “The Provider Of Last Resort”.
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