This is true in the US sometimes, but it varies wildly by state (and sometimes even city). In places where you do have the option there are companies that very

This is true in the US sometimes, but it varies wildly by state (and sometimes even city). In places where you do have the option there are companies that very aggressively market w/ door-to-door salespeople to attempt to get consumers to lock in a static rate over X sum of years. Which, as far as I can tell... generally confuses/scares consumers so they don't even consider switching suppliers at all.