Energy Procurement Blog

We blog to provide you the energy data and market intelligence that helps you make your energy procurement decisions. This week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) launched a new web-based report called the Electricity Monthly Update, replacing the Monthly Flash Estimates for Electric Power Data. This new product introduces a feature story, interactive graphics, a new presentation flow, and new electricity industry data sources...

If you are in a deregulated state (click here for map of deregulated states) and consume an above average volume of energy, you HAVE BEEN CALLED by either a third party supplier or broker. In fact, you have probably been called MANY TIMES, maybe even by us! That is because deregulation has opened up a new industry geared at helping consumers understand the complexity of the market and make the right decisions...

I just read an article on Pennlive.com called "The Darker Side of Energy Deregulation", in which the author brings out a very valid point regarding the transparency in disclosing the true costs services.

The author, who I assume to be a Pennsylvania resident, tells the story about his own experience of opening his electric bill, only to discover that his "discount carrier" had charged him more than twice the going rate for the month of June 2011...

I just read a good article today in the July/August 2011 edition of EnergyBiz, headlined "Fast and Slow but Forward", regarding the direction of electricity deregulation.  The article addresses the good, the bad and the ugly issues that have faced deregulated markets over the past 10 years.  In short, there are no new deregulatory efforts going on at the present time. This is, in part, due to the bad press regarding retail energy prices increasing...