Power Your Way?

medusa

Con Edison seems to want me to choose an energy supplier. Has anyone done this yet? How do you choose? Is this worthwhile?

The companies I have to choose form are:
Accent Energy, Con Edison Solutions, Direct Energy, Econnergy Energy Company, Inc., Hudson Energy Services, IDT Energy, MXenergy, Spark Energy, L.P., U.S. Energy Savings Corp.

Any insight would be appreciated.

dw438

Subject: Interesting

But whomever you choose, Con Ed still brings the electricity into your house, reads your meter, and is responsible for the infrastructure.
You may be able to save a few pennies per kilowatt hour.

whyfi

I believe that we went with the wind/water powered provider...

quijibo

WhyFi wrote: I believe that we went with the wind/water powered provider...

which one is that?
one saturday, at GAP this kid was giving his schpiel for Sterling Planet
i asked that more information be sent to me. he asked that i sign
something in order to receive their literature.

next week i got a bill from Sterling Planet saying i owed them money
i haven't had time to call them up and protest. that i didn't sign up for anything

anyone else have ANY experience with Sterling Planet?

detem

(first post -- be nice!)

I switched to the ConEdSolutions 100% wind plan a few months ago. The rate they offered me was 18.5c/kWh for supply, locked in for a year, and I still only have one bill. They also have a mixed Wind/Hydro plan that was a little cheaper.

When I activated my account, I filled out a postcard requesting info from Sterling Planet and a few others, and none of them ever got back to me, so I stayed in the system. I can't say if that's due to third-party supplier incompetency or ConEd acting like a monopolist. If the latter, it worked for me. Permit me the fantasy that somewhere upstate, wind turbines are spinning on my behalf.

You can switch your account here: http://www.conedsolutions.com/green. You just need your ConEd account number.

shishkab

thanks for the link, and thanks for the reminder. :idea: i've been putting off the switch for no other reason than sheer laziness and/or forgetfulness. :oops:

like WhyFi, we went for the wind/water combo. it's nice to be green!

doctorj

detem wrote:
I switched to the ConEdSolutions 100% wind plan a few months ago. The rate they offered me was 18.5c/kWh for supply, locked in for a year, and I still only have one bill. They also have a mixed Wind/Hydro plan that was a little cheaper.

It looks great... now if only the govt. would put a fraction of the subsidies that go into nuclear into renewables, to make it slightly cheaper rather than more expensive, we'd be on a winner. Demand would quickly exceed supply, necessitating rationing and envy, prompting private investment in greater capacity, not to mention more R&D into greater efficiency, until the subsidies were no longer needed.

whyfi

doctorj wrote: It looks great... now if only the govt. would put a fraction of the subsidies that go into nuclear into renewables, to make it slightly cheaper rather than more expensive, we'd be on a winner. Demand would quickly exceed supply, necessitating rationing and envy, prompting private investment in greater capacity, not to mention more R&D into greater efficiency, until the subsidies were no longer needed.

You're making too much sense, which is just crazy talk! :roll:

stellamcbrando

anyone have any updated opinions on this???

goodprospect

I had a HORRIBLE experience doing this awhile back - don't recall which alt supplier I chose, but about a year later I got an enormous bill from them because they had somehow neglected to bill me throughout.....I refused to pay on principle.....went to a collection agency.....took me YEARS of explaining to the reps who called/hounded me that I wasn't paying and why. Fortunately being prompt with mortgage payments mitigated any potential damage, but it was a major pain in the rear end. Never again.