i have BGE (balt gas and elect). last yr they became "deregulated" and prices went up significantly. now, in the last few months, competitors have sprung up and are trying to take some distribution business (Washington Gas, which previously only sold gas, is trying to nose in). Several yrs ago my sister, who used to work for Boston Edison, then in a 5 yr period ended up working for 4 or 5 different power companies (without changing jobs), dealt with a bunch of this stuff. And one of my wife's friends who is visiting from Texas says she has been changing power companies about every 4 months and saving a couple cents/kwh each time (Dallas area). Is this going on everywhere in the country or just near cities ? (It just seems like a ridiculous shell game to me, in which the tax payer will once again foot the bill for companies that go defunct )
