District heating here in The Netherlands is a great way to be screwed by a supplier. We have pretty good competition between suppliers for gas and electricity()

District heating here in The Netherlands is a great way to be screwed by a supplier. We have pretty good competition between suppliers for gas and electricity(). Households that get their heat from district heating can only say yes or no to one supplier. They will generally pay the maximum price regulation allows. () This competition has led the way in greenifying electricity usage for Dutch households. Dutch electricity was mostly coal and gas generated, but there were energy suppliers that guaranteed green electricity. Green-minded people could use market mechanisms to increase carbon neutral electricity(*) usage. I've always liked that personal power in market mechanisms. (*) Similar contracts exist for gas usage, but it's mostly based on "compensation", which at best isn't very good, and at worst completely useless.