March 15, 2012
Prices charged by most electric utility companies in the Mid-Atlantic region for the electricity supply portion of their service are high above market.
If your get your electricity from Pepco, BGE, Allegheny Power (MD), Delmarva Power, or PPL, you can reduce your electric bill by lowering the price you pay for the electricity you use. It takes about four minutes and costs nothing to lower the price of your electricity. Here's how you do it.
Customers of Pepco, BGE, Allegheny Power (MD), Delmarva Power, and PPL can choose the energy company that supplies the electricity delivered to them by their electric utility company. Choose a low-cost supplier and you will pay less.
Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (WGES), a leading retail energy provider, supplies electricity and natural gas at low cost to more than 357,000 customers in DC, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Pepco, BGE, Allegheny Power (MD), Delmarva Power, PPL, and other utility companies deliver it.
Compare your utility company's price for electricity supply (electricity generation + transmission services) with WGES' price. Then click on a tab in the left margin for your electric utility company to see how you can enroll for lower priced electricity.
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You reside in |
Electric Utility |
Electric Utility's |
WGES' |
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Washington DC |
Pepco DC |
9.633 cents |
7.3 cents |
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Maryland |
Pepco MD |
8.620 cents |
7.5 cents |
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Maryland |
BGE |
9.037 cents |
7.5 cents |
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Maryland |
Allegheny Power MD |
6.639 cents |
5.5 cents |
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Maryland |
Delmarva Power MD |
8.350 cents |
7.6 cents |
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Delaware |
Delmarva Power DE |
11.220 cents |
8.4 cents |
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Pennsylvania |
PPL |
7.769 cents |
7.1 cents |
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The electric utility companies' prices shown above are from the utility companies' websites on February 20, 2012. Prices shown are for electricity supply for typical residential customers (Schedule "R" or "RS"). If your home is all electric, meaning that you use electricity for all purposes including cooking and heating (use no natural gas), your electricity supply cost may vary from the above. |
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WGES' energy products are available from Electric Advisors, Inc.
7700 Old Georgetown Rd., Suite 500, Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 202 550-8357. www.electricadvisors.com