Employment in the restaurant industry seems to be continuing its growth pattern.
Electricity and Natural Gas Pricing
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
September electricity and natural gas pricing has continued to beat the utility SOS (Standard offer Service) pricing in most markets. Giving companies that pay directly for their utilities an opportunity to lower their energy costs and deploy those savings to other areas in their business. Recently a restaurant client reduced their cost of electricity by a penny per kilo Watt hour using Electric Advisors as the conduit, saving over $8,000.00 over the next 12 months. According to the owner, close to 50% of the money not being spent on energy is going to be used to beef up their social media outreach as part of a larger campaign to fill more seats more often. What would you business do with another $4,000.00 in marketing spend?
Residential Electricity Prices Are Lower
May 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
From Pennsylvania and Delaware, to Washington, DC and Maryland, residential electricity account holders are making the switch to lower cost electricity and saving sometimes thousands of dollars over the current supply cost of the local utility. The process is easy from start to finish, in most cases all you need in your hand is a copy of your electric bill, unless you are the rare individual who remembers the account number! Click to see the current residential rates.
From one of our clients in Annapolis, MD “my cost dropped 20%, why didn’t I do this sooner!” to West Chester, PA “Like you said, I grabbed my bill and I was done with the process in less than three minutes” to a beach rental on the Delaware coast “This makes profitability on my rentals a bit easier to obtain”.
So if you live in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Bethany, Friendship Heights, Columbia, Ocean City, Adams Morgan, Bethesda, or anywhere in between, start saving today and tell a friend how easy it was to put money back in your pocket.
Energy Independence, Hype or Possible
May 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You have undoubtedly heard about the large amounts of natural gas reserves that have been found in the United States and in Canada. Some are saying that the US could be largely free of the need to import oil from the middle east by 2020. Also the large natural gas reserves will continue to bring down our electricity prices which should lead to a re-shoring of American manufacturing jobs. What are your thoughts?
www.npr.org/2012/03/07/148036966/is-u-s-energy-independence-finally-within-reach
Wind Gets a Blow Back
December 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Not everyone is happy with wind energy, particularly when it’s in their backyard!
Is There An Electric Car in Your Future?
November 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to a survey done by Accenture, two-thirds of consumers said they would probably or certainly consider buying an electric vehicle or plug in hybrid. More than 7,000 people from 13 countries took part in the survey. The survey also showed that in China, 96% of respondents said the would probably or certainly consider buying an electric vehicle in the next three years. And you? Let us know what you think.
Our Earth Day/Month Offer …
April 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
… and it’s a really good one! (If we do say so ourselves.)
Residential Electricity Rates Are Even Lower
August 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Who says Friday the 13th has to be a “bad” or “unlucky” day?
EA’s residential electricity rates — both for our standard package and our various green packages — are now even lower. The rate drop comes as residential electricity rates charged by most of the local utilities in our service area are set to decrease in the coming months, as their winter rates kick in.
Our rate decrease is not only good news for your bill down the road, you may be able to take advantage of an even-larger difference in rates in the very short-term.
Here’s the standard offer service (SOS) winter rates for several of utilities we serve for their “R” classifications (unless otherwise indicated), when they take effect, and our NEW rates for our Standard (5% green) package that are guaranteed for one (1) year. All rates are per kilowatt hour:
Utility Their Winter Rate¹ Effective Date
EA’s 1-Year Rate (as of
08/13/2010)Allegheny Power 7.869¢ 10/01/2010 7.50¢ BGE 10.083¢ 10/01/2010 9.30¢ Pepco (DC) 10.925¢ 11/01/2010 9.00¢² Pepco (MD) 10.35¢ 10/01/2010 9.30¢ PPL Electric (PA) 10.448¢ (most rate classes);
9.098¢ (RTS rate class)Now 8.90¢³ ¹ Generation plus transmission (also called “supply” in BGE territory)
² Two-year price guarantee available as well
³ Rate is good through the customer’s 06/2011 meter reading
The above rates for all territories except PPL are the actual generation and transmission rates, and will remain in effect through next May. The rates indicated for PPL are the “Price to Compare” (PTC) rates, as PPL’s rate structure is too difficult in nature to quote a standard figure. Here’s how PPL defines and computes its PTC. Also, PPL’s rate is for the 2010 calendar year, so we’re not yet sure what 2011 will bring.
We couldn’t find what Delmarva Power in Delaware and Maryland will charge this winter; when we do, we’ll update this post with those figures. We can give you a quick breakdown of Delmarva’s PTC rates, versus our new rates:
Utility Their Price to Compare Effective Date EA’s 1-Year Rate (as of
08/13/2010)Delmarva Power (Delaware) 11.89¢ 06/01/2010 9.90¢¹
Delmarva Power (Maryland) 10.12¢
10.28¢06/01/2010
10/01/20108.80¢ ¹ Two-year price guarantee available as well
We can’t say for certain that the Maryland October 10.28¢ figure will apply for all of the winter months, or if the Delaware figure will extend through all of winter, because we can’t figure out how or when they’ll actually change. But as you can see, our rates are lower than Delmarva Power in both states. For your information, though, here’s how Delmarva Power computes the PTC in Maryland and Delaware.
In addition, if you choose to lower your rates with us right now, you may be able to take advantage of the current wider disparity in rates. If you are a Pepco DC customer, you are probably in the best position in this scenario. Our new rate for Pepco DC customers is 21.68% lower than Pepco’s current standard rate of 11.814¢. That percentage will go down to 17.62% when Pepco’s winter rate kicks in come November.
Here’s the thing about taking advantage of the wider range: Usually your local utility needs at least one full billing cycle to do what’s needed on its end to switch you over. Your meter read date has a lot to do with it, too. All of that means you probably won’t see the disparity for long — perhaps just one month. As we said, Pepco DC customers are in the best shape to take advantage, because their rate switch happens in November. We want to be clear on one point, though: If your billing cycle and meter read dates fall just right, you may miss out entirely.
Please keep in mind that you can only get the rate indicated for your utility; in other words, you can’t get Allegheny pricing if your utility is Pepco Maryland. Believe me … everyone wants Allegheny pricing (even me). Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that.
And remember that when you choose to lower your rates with Electric Advisors, we don’t charge you anything for our services. You just continue to pay your utility bills, which will have lower rates. Plus, your lights won’t flicker, you won’t have to install new meters or wiring, etc. The entire process is totally seamless, and is handled by your local utility (again, at no cost to you).
To sign up NOW, click here. If you have more questions, please see our Residential page. You can sign up directly from that page, too.
