Choosing an Energy Supplier

Your utility (Pepco, Potomac Edison, or BG&East) is the entity that you are probably most familiar with. It transmits electricity to your home or business organization and sends you the bill. The utility, all the same, distributes electricity that is provided by electricity suppliers - separate entities that purchase free energy from electricity generators.

In Maryland, it is possible to choose your electricity supplier.Once yous choose a different electricity supplier, you will notwithstanding be billed by the utility, but your bill will include the price of generating the electricity provided past your electricity supplier.

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What is My Current Energy Supplier?

Suppliers providing electricity to Maryland consumers must be licensed past the MD Public Service Commission (PSC) and comply with PSC rules on marketing, solicitation, contracting, and all Maryland consumer protection laws. Electricity suppliers may offer dissimilar contract or toll terms than your local utility, or may offering a contract that helps to promote renewable energy, such as current of air free energy.

Consumers that do not choose their electricity supplier are provided "Standard Offer Service" (SOS) through their local utility. The cost that consumers pay for this generated electricity can be found on their electric bill, or by referring to appropriate link below respective to your electric utility.

Links to Utility Electricity Rates

  • Pepco Rates

  • Potomac Edison Rates

  • BGE Rates

The cost of the electricity offered past a competitive electricity supplier can be found by visiting the website or calling a supplier approved by the PSC. Contact information for these suppliers can be found on the PSC website. However, the listing provided past the PSC does non provide a clear indication of which suppliers provide electricity from make clean sources like wind or solar.

Additional data on selecting a competitive electricity supplier tin be constitute on the Maryland Public Service Committee website and the  Maryland Office of People's Quango website .


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