REAL Choice

Empowering Choice: How Massachusetts Residents Benefit from Retail Energy Freedom

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.

Empowering Choice: How Massachusetts Residents Benefit from Retail Energy FreedomOctober 23, 2024

Massachusetts voters won the right to access the retail electric market 26 years ago when they voted overwhelmingly for a referendum question that swept aside the big utility monopoly that had dominated the state’s electricity market for decades. Today, nearly half a million of the state’s residents benefit from shopping in the competitive electric market, […]

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Retail Suppliers Accelerate the Adoption of Electric VehiclesOctober 7, 2024

Retail energy suppliers are accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in restructured states by offering innovative and cost-effective energy solutions that align with consumer needs for convenience, sustainability, and affordability.  Consumers often face a range of barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles. High installation costs for the charger and inconsistent public charger pricing […]

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Lawsuit Against State of Maryland Seeks to Protect Access to Clean Energy Options for ConsumersOctober 1, 2024

Recent legislation forces customers enrolled in clean energy plans to return to fossil-fuel utility service Baltimore, Maryland (October 1, 2024) — Today, the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) filed a lawsuit challenging the recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which restrains retail energy companies from truthfully marketing their clean energy products to residential customers in Maryland, […]

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