REAL Choice

Legislation to Block Energy Choice Elicits Public Outcry from Maryland Customers, Companies and Organizations

The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) is a national advocacy organization dedicated to the expansion and modernization of American retail energy markets. In many states, utility monopolies still control the electric market and customers can’t choose where they buy their electricity and gas.

Legislation to Block Energy Choice Elicits Public Outcry from Maryland Customers, Companies and OrganizationsMarch 13, 2024

SB 1 cuts clean energy and EV charging products, blocks companies from competing with the utility and backtracks Maryland’s decarbonization progress ANNAPOLIS, March 13, 2024 – Maryland customers, companies and organizations have mobilized in opposition to Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator Malcolm Augustine, which would block retail energy suppliers from offering innovative energy products […]

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Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel Data Confirms Customers that Shopped for their Energy Supplier Saved $107.6 Million in 2023March 5, 2024

Analysis reveals substantial benefits for consumers in electric supplier market HARTFORD, March 1, 2024 – The monthly Electric Supplier market reports published by Connecticut Office of Consumers Counsel (OCC), an independent agency that advocates for utility ratepayers on issues decided by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, showed customers who shopped for their energy supplier and […]

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Retail Energy Industry Letter to Maryland Governor Wes MooreMarch 5, 2024

Dear Governor Moore: We are writing to express our deep concern with Senate Bill 1/House Bill 267. As currently drafted, and contrary to how it is being positioned, this bill is anti-consumer, anti-business, and anti-environment. If passed, it will drive business out of Maryland, drive up the cost of energy, and take choice away from […]

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