Pennsylvania governor complains to regulator about PJM's power market rules

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1. Thrills. We've been on rate creep for a long time.

Everything will be fine if we just allow the free market to produce energy, distribute it through competitive bidding, and give consumers freedom of choice, right?

It was suppose to save money but most all prices are within 2 cents of each other. There are hundreds of "suppliers" with varying degrees of contractual period. Some, or the most prominent, are on an online exchange of sorts, but there are dozens of others, some with $99 disconnect fees. Seems to me it's all marketing gimmicks. The same guys produce the power, with new ones being solar and wind alternatives. There's a tiny fee for every last aspect of marketing including a monthly billing fee, about $10. $10 to send a bill.

Generation, distribution. Now they tell us it's all a competitive process, and surely the lawyers are involved with all those marketing contracts, bidding, and "power plant operators". They decimated the regulated market (though the PUC still exists and operates, without much power) and now each stage has more actors and more participants with their hands out. Efficiency of the free market, right?