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Electricity provider market is an extremely dodgy one, e.g. in Germany one is receiving random scamming calls trying to make the victim change the electricity p
by expertentipp 8y ago
Electricity provider market is an extremely dodgy one, e.g. in Germany one is receiving random scamming calls trying to make the victim change the electricity provider. One such scheme was revealed some time ago - someone incorporated in Germany and Switzerland, then hired German speakers somewhere in Serbia where the scamming call center was located. Plenty of dodgy entities profit fortunes while electricity cost for individuals regularly increases.
- atombender 8y agoHappens in the US, too. About twice a year I get someone on the door here in NYC who says they're from ConEd (they're not) and want me to know I'm missing out on a huge discount that is mentioned on my energy bill but is somehow opt-in. It's all nonsense, but what they actually want to you to do is sign up for an ESCO, i.e. a third-party energy provider. These ESCOs are always more expensive than ConEd (which already gets its energy supply from some efficient bidding market), and basically amount to a scam. ESCOs work in other countries such as Scandinavia, but not as implemented in NY.