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> . The difference is I believe the company you pay is just whoever owns the local infrastructure, and they take care of buying / supplying on the wholesale mar
by Aaargh20318 6y ago
> . The difference is I believe the company you pay is just whoever owns the local infrastructure, and they take care of buying / supplying on the wholesale market.
But in that case there is no competition. They buy on the wholesale market, but since they have a monopoly there is no incentive for them to lower the prices they charge to the customer. Here there is aggressive competition on price.
- war1025 6y agoI believe the way it works is there are laws on how much profit they are allowed to make. Our provider is technically a non-profit electric cooperative [1]. Maybe it's dumb, but being from a rural area, I've always been big on cooperatives. [1] https://consumersenergy.coop/ https://consumersenergy.coop/