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Marketers Serving Residential
Customers, 2006 |
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As of December 2006, the United States had 115 marketers licensed to serve residential customers, of which 82 were actively enrolling new customers. For simplification purposes, the term “marketer” is used to refer to a variety of competitive retail residential natural gas suppliers. These are defined here: Aggregator / Core Transport Agent – a person or entity that contracts with a pool of retail customers and supplies their gas load on an aggregated basis. Broker / Retail Agent – a person or entity that assumes the contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and supply of gas to a retail customer without ever owning the gas itself. Marketer – a person or entity that assumes the contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and supply of gas to a retail customer while also owning the gas at some point during the transaction. It is important to note that some States may use different terminology to describe competitive retail natural gas suppliers. The following table provides a summary of how many natural gas marketers are currently licensed and active, and provides links for more information about specific States. Number of Marketers Serving Residential Customers, 2006 |
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*Total
Marketers |
**Active
Marketers |
Source |
Comments |
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1 |
1 |
http://www.pge.com
http://www.sdge.com
http://www.socalgas.com
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All
three web sites list marketers by name and the sector they
serve |
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4
|
3 |
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Lists
active/participating marketers |
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1 |
1 |
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Lists
commercial and industrial marketers only |
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11
|
11
|
|
Lists
active/participating marketers |
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12
|
12
|
|
Lists
active/participating marketers |
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8
|
8
|
http://www.ai.org/iurc/index.html
http://www.nipsco.nisource.com |
Lists
active/participating marketers |
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2 |
2 |
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Lists
active/participating marketers |
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12
|
7 |
http://www.psc.state.md.us/psc |
Lists
licensed and participating marketers |
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2
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1
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Lists licensed marketers and retail agents by sector
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5
|
4
|
|
Lists active/participating marketers by LDC
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|
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4 |
4 |
|
Lists
active/participating marketers |
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|
3 |
3 |
|
Lists
active/participating marketers |
|
4
|
4
|
|
Lists
active/participating marketers by sector and LDC
|
|
|
41
|
41
|
|
Lists
all active marketers by LDC territory |
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|
32 |
14
|
|
Lists
active/participating marketers by LDC |
|
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29
|
7
|
|
Lists
active/participating marketers by LDC |
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6 |
6 |
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Lists
licensed marketers by LDC and sector, but does not say if active or
inactive |
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4 |
4 |
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Lists
active/participating marketers |
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Total Marketers - Number of companies that have been authorized by the
public service commission to provide gas service in the State, even if not
actively serving customers.
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| ** Active Marketers - Supplier has been licensed by the public service commission to provide gas service in the state and is actively serving customers in that State. | ||||
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Unclear which marketers are active.
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Sources: State public utility commissions, marketers, and utility company web sites.
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