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Originally Posted by KC911
Wow, you guys have a choice? It's always been a monopoly in every place I've lived.
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Monopoly sounds good. Oncor, the state utility provider, has to resell it to anybody who can pony up for the license. So now you have 20+ companies reselling electricity from the same provider with their mark ups (or at least that is how I understand it.)
What's annoying though is that if you consume just under 1000 kw, you will pay almost 25% more than if you go over, 8.2 vs 10.2. So if I get a cheap plan and I see that I won't make it to 1,000 kw, I will start leaving every light on in the house just to get the discount. So much for saving energy.