Reducing Your Energy Bill
Welcome to the EnergyBidder Blog. We’ll be commenting on all sorts of topics relating to the deregulated natural gas and electricity markets around the country. Please feel free to comment on any of the topics presented. Deregulation of the energy markets has elicited mixed reviews but one thing is for sure – deals can be had for savvy shoppers that know how to compare offers. For some helpful basic information about the deregulated energy markets let me suggest you go to our website at www.energybidder.com and click on the “Energy Markets” tab.
EnergyBidder will eventually be covering all the major state gas and electric markets but we’re beginning with the natural gas market in Georgia. The Georgia gas market is perhaps the most vibrant and competitive gas market in the Country. The Georgia model is unique in that the gas utility, Atlanta Gas Light, is totally out of the merchant function. AGL now only provides the gas transportation function and multiple marketers are actively soliciting business. Georgia natural gas marketing efforts are at a fever pitch right now since we’re in the “light up season” when everyone is thinking about saving money on winter heating bills.
How does a consumer make a decision about selection of a gas provider? Well, they can go to each of the websites for the ten marketers currently qualified to provide gas service in Georgia. Or they can go to the Georgia Public Service Commission website which lists prices for the different marketers. Doing either of these is time consuming and requires some basic knowledge of the market to make sense of the offers. Even if you do all this you will still probably not get the lowest price for natural gas in Georgia because Georgia gas companies DO NOT POST THEIR LOWEST PRICES ON THEIR WEBSITE OR THE PSC WEBSITE!!! The lowest prices are obtained by consumers that SHOP for the best energy deal. Shopping requires quite a bit of knowledge and time. This fact is the force which drives EnergyBidder. Consumers looking for the best gas deal in Georgia have only to go to www.energybidder.com to find the best offer from a Georgia gas company.
How large can the savings be by using the EnergyBidder service? Residential consumers typically save 10% – 15%. Commercial businesses can often save much more. EnergyBidder has achieved savings in excess of 40% for a number of businesses which had previously been been paying their marketers’ “standard” rate.
In the future we will be sharing more information about the deregulated energy markets and how you can use them to reduce your energy costs. In the meantime we hope you use www.energybidder.com as one of your primary resources for energy information.
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