UNDERSTANDING ENERGY CHOICE TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS SUPPLY

It used to be that your utility company was your only choice as supplier of electricity or natural gas, no matter where you lived in the United States or Canada.

YOU ONCE HAD NO CHOICE

States and provinces with deregulation have replaced a monopoly system of electricity and natural gas utilities with a system of several competing retail energy providers, giving your business real energy choice.

BUT NOW YOU HAVE OPTIONS

IF YOUR BUSINESS IS LOCATED IN A DEREGULATED

ELECTRICITY OR NATURAL GAS MARKET, IT CAN CHOOSE A

GOVERNMENT-LICENSED RETAIL ENERGY PROVIDER THAT

MAKES THE MOST ECONOMICAL SENSE.

WHICH BUSINESSES CAN MAKE THIS CHOICE?

BENEFITS OFFERED BY A RETAIL ENERGY PROVIDER

A retail energy provider can:

•  Procure your power supply •  Provide green energy options •  Offer pricing options •  Provide knowledgeable customer service

SEE HOW COMPETITION STACKS UP

Energy choice enables your business to compare:

•  Provider rates •  Provider services •  Provider contract terms

When you purchase energy through a retail energy supplier, you are choosing who supplies your electricity or natural gas. The utility still provides the transmission and distribution of your commodity. Let's take a look at how each of those three things work.

HOW ENERGY CHOICE WORKS

1

Transmission is movement of the electricity supply from a power plant to the utility’s substation. Transmission is also regulated by the government to ensure the reliable delivery of energy.

TRANSMISSION

Distribution is the transfer of electricity from the substation to your business via wires. Distribution is also regulated by federal government agencies.

2 DISTRIBUTION

Companies that generate electricity make their supply available on the wholesale market. As a retail energy provider, Direct Energy Business purchases energy at competitive rates and sells it to businesses.

SUPPLY 3

TO FIND OUT IF YOUR BUSINESS IS IN A DEREGULATED MARKET AND

HOW ENERGY CHOICE MIGHT HELP YOUR COMPANY SAVE MONEY,

VISIT DIRECTENERGYBUSINESS.COM/WHATISDEREGULATION

LEARN MORE ABOUT ENERGY CHOICE

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