Natural Gas Residential Choice Programs |
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Released: April 8, 2009 Next Release: April 2010 |
Historical |
Status of Natural Gas Residential Choice Programs by State as of December 2008 |
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(Click on a State or its abbreviation for more information about
that State. ) See U.S. Summary for 2008 Highlights |
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This site provides an overview of the status of natural gas industry restructuring in each State, focusing on the residential customer class. Retail unbundling, or restructuring, is the division of those services required to supply natural gas to consumers into various components that can then be separately purchased. With complete unbundling, consumers can choose their own gas supplier and the local distribution company continues to provide local transportation and distribution services. The various unbundling programs are often called "customer choice" programs. For simplification purposes, the term marketer is generally used on this site to refer to a variety of competitive retail residential natural gas suppliers. The site also includes the Energy Information Administration’s most recent (2007) annual price and consumption data for the residential and commercial sectors in each State. When possible, these data are compared with information obtained from the State public utility commissions or local distribution companies to provide information on the level of participation in the customer choice programs. Details of regulatory and legislative actions are also included for many States. Source: Energy Information Administration. |
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Contact: Ms. Barbara Mariner-Volpe Barbara.MarinerVolpe@eia.doe.gov Phone: (202) 586-5878 |
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Other Resources: Average Price of Natural Gas Delivered to Residential and Commercial Sector Consumers by Local Distribution and Marketers in Selected States, 2006-2007 This table, from EIA’s Natural Gas Annual 2007 report, compares residential and commercial prices paid by customers of natural gas marketers with those of local distribution companies in FL, GA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA and VA in 2006 and 2007. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) Natural Gas Marketer Prices and Sales To Residential and Commercial Customers: 2002–2005 This report compares residential and commercial prices collected from natural gas marketers and local distribution companies in MD, NY, OH and PA from 2002-2005 and gives the history and status of natural gas choice programs in those States. State Public Utility Commission Web Sites |