Electricity Market Investigation
Your state legislators may be promising you lower electric bills, but in fact the rates could increase substantially. That is, in case your state passes legislation that deregulates electricity. States like Maryland have seen electric rates jump dramatically.
In Texas, deregulation has caused prices to skyrocket. Deregulation promised more options and lower prices. In fact, the opposite has occurred.
Go to quantumgas.com and you get a list of deregulated states in the United States. Electricity and gas is presented here.
Now you know which states are deregulated, you can make a comparison by going to the Cost Of Electricity By State. This will tell how the deregulation of electricity is affecting the states that have decided to impose it.
The company Enron was a huge supporter of energy being treated like a commodity. Now everyone understands what a failure Enron in California has been.
Electricity deregulation has turned out to be a nightmare for many citizens. Some folks may actually have to sell their nice homes due to overpriced utilities.
Public outcry will definitely have politicians scrambling back to the chalkboard for reevaluation. Deregulation only amounts to all pain, and absolutely no gain for customers. Americans deserve better than that.
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