Changing it creates vibrations that nobody can predict. It makes perfect sense to let the other states experiment before we decide to take action. Second , let's make sure everybody will benefit before we act. That's easier said than done. In Pennsylvania, after several years of electricity deregulation, hundreds of thousands of rural and small-town consumers still have only one choice of power provider.
Customers get to choose their power provider, but power providers get to choose their customers.
Rural residents in Pennsylvania have choice without choices. That's not good. Third , if we do consider opening the electricity market to competition, let's not forget one of the fundamental rules of markets. Markets are genuinely fair only over the long haul, while at any given point in time, there are likely to be as many losers as winners. Whether to take that risk is a decision consumers and legislators must carefully consider.