tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post7539962669427353181..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Everything you wanted to know about electric deregulation but were afraid to askMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-66985795384011851532007-11-30T20:57:00.000-05:002007-11-30T20:57:00.000-05:00Maggie,As long as only one utility delivery provid...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>As long as only one utility delivery provider, whether it be natural gas, propane, electricity, or whatever is allowed to maintain a delivery monopoly, the price of the commodity desired will remain artificially high, despite the pricing of the commodity by the provider of choice.<BR/><BR/>We need multiple delivery providers, with non-exclusive rights and access to us, the customers.<BR/><BR/>Competition by both the commodity providers and the transmission/delivery providers is one of the keys to providing more reasonable energy, in the region, IMNHO.<BR/><BR/>Picture Toledo/Lucas Co./Ohio with multiple natural gas, propane and electricity energy delivery providers AND multiple vendors/providers.<BR/><BR/>That's the real formula for competition and an end to such things as stranded costs and all of the other trappings characteristic of a monopoly.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I almost forgot, and picture a Public Utilities Commission that only oversees and polices the safe/reliable delivery standards of the delivery of the commodity, not the price of the commodity or the costs of delivery.<BR/><BR/>This formula also works for TELCO/Cable/Data "commodities" too.Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.com