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Deregulated States

State	Electricity	Gas
Alabama	No	No
Alaska	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No
Arkansas	Yes	No
California	Yes	PC - Partial Choice
Connecticut	Yes	No
Colorado	No	No
Delaware	Yes	PC - Partial Choice
Florida	No	Yes
Georgia	No	Yes
Hawaii	No	No
Idaho	No	No
Illinois	Yes	Yes
Indiana	No	Yes
Iowa	No	Yes
Kansas	No	No
Kentucky	No	No
Louisiana	No	No
Maine	Yes	No
Maryland	Yes	Yes
Massachusets	Yes	Yes
Michigan	Yes	Yes
Minnesota	No	No
Mississippi	No	No
Missouri	No	PC - Partial Choice
Montana	Yes	Yes
Nebraska	No	No
Nevada	Yes	Yes
New Hampshire	Yes	No
New Jersey	Yes	Yes
New Mexico	Yes	Yes
New York	Yes	Yes
North Carolina	No	No
North Dakota	No	No
Ohio	Yes	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes	No
Oregon	Yes	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes
South Carolina	No	No
South Dakota	No	No
Tennessee	No	No
Texas	Yes	PC - Partial Choice
Utah	No	No
Vermont	No	No
Virginia	Yes	Yes
Washington	No	No
Washington DC	Yes	Yes
West Virginia	No	Yes
Wisconsin	No	No
Wyoming	No	PC - Partial Choice

The Competitive Energy Market

Learn How Energy Choice Works for Your Business

Since the early days of the 20th century, the control of the energy industry rested with a large group of regional monopolies—companies that were the sole providers of electricity supply and delivery for the areas they served. Because of the importance of these services to the public, these utilities were heavily regulated by the government.

Since the mid-1990s, a number of states and provinces have passed legislation deregulating these electricity and natural gas markets, allowing for competition in the industry. This means that customers in states and provinces that have undergone deregulation can now choose an alternative electricity or natural gas provider (different from their utility) to seek competitive pricing and choose electricity or natural gas products that make sense for their business.

Today, electricity and natural gas choices is still going strong and it presents many businesses and organizations with decisions as to what energy strategy is best for their goals, business objectives, and most importantly, their bottom line.

There are three central components to electricity service:

• Supply - Generation of electricity and natural gas has been deregulated in your area. This means you have a choice about where to buy your electricity supply.
• Transmission - This is the transportation of the large electricity and natural gas supply’s from its source (e.g., a power plant ect..) to the receiving station of the utility. This is still regulated, ensuring reliable delivery.
• Local distribution - This is the transportation of electricity or natural gas from the receiving station to your business. It is also still regulated.

Energy deregulation is very similar to the deregulated telephone industry, in which you may choose different companies for your long distance service, while your local phone company continues to maintain the lines you use. The transmission/distribution portion of your electric and natural gas bill (the cost to get the power to you) is still provided by the utility, but you have the ability to shop for the best prices and services available to you in the market for supply or generation.

At Direct Energy Business, we help our customers realize the promise of energy deregulation by putting competition to work for you.

For more information please visit us at http://www.primeopportunitiesinc.us/