RESA Touts "Highly Competitive" Offers on N.H. Electricity Shopping Website

A review by the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) finds competitive retail energy suppliers in New Hampshire actively posting more than 70 different residential product offerings via the New Hampshire PUC's shopping website, "at prices highly competitive with default rates offered by the state’s utility distribution companies."

"New Hampshire’s website presents a wealth of competitive electricity products that offer Granite State consumers the opportunity to realize savings on their bill," said Marc Hanks, RESA’s New England chairman. "But there are also a wide range of value-added product offerings, the most prominent among them being ‘green’ energy products that offer consumers an opportunity to buy clean electricity that helps the environment."

RESA said that a "significant" number of the competitive offers -- 19 or roughly 27 percent -- provide the customer with 100 percent renewable energy.

"Unlike the distribution utilities that have a captive customer base, electricity suppliers must have compelling products and provide high-quality service that will attract and maintain customers. Competitive suppliers compete on price, but are also working strongly to differentiate themselves from their competitors in other ways. This is driving innovation and value for the benefit of consumers," Hanks said.

"Some consumers may shop based on price, while others may shop based on budget billing options or product types, such as obtaining energy from environmentally friendly sources like wind and solar power," said Hanks. "New Hampshire’s competitive retail energy market provides customers with choice, and as competitive suppliers we want the state’s consumers to be wholly satisfied with their shopping experience."

RESA noted that it has developed a Consumer Education Guide designed to help customers make informed decisions when shopping for competitively priced energy products (click here).

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