For Pennsylvania businesses served by MetEd, PECO, PennElec, and Allegheny/West Penn Power, electricity supply rate caps end in 14 months. Now is the time for you to become informed regarding deregulation and how it can work in your favor. The above utilities have different methods for determining its new supply tariffs. Some utilities will conduct auctions every six months, others will conduct quarterly auctions, and one has a single auction to determine the supply tariff rate for certain types of customers. More detailed information about future rates will be available in early 2010.

 Your business needs unbiased, up-to-date information to understand what lies ahead. We urge you to take time to further your education and prepare.  Now is not the time for your business to enter into contractual obligations with a one size fits all program or enter into a supply contract after receiving a price from a single supplier. These choices may not be the best decision for your business. Single supplier programs and aggregations do not use the competitive market to your advantage. Why limit your choices? Why not position your business most favorably in the market and make many suppliers vie for your business. Make competition work by gaining important market intelligence and access to many qualified suppliers that offer many different supply terms and pricing options. You should not be rushed or feel compelled to choose any solution until you have the facts and pricing discovery from many suppliers.