It then delivers the electricity to your home or business over the poles and wires it owns. The Power Is Yours. This is the company that will sell you electricity. You can choose your electric provider based on the service options offered, environmental considerations, price or other issues that may be important to you. The actual percentage, of course, varies from customer to customer.
Delivery Stays the Same.
Traditionally, your current electric utility has served two roles - to generate or purchase your electricity and to deliver it to your home or business. The distribution, or the actual delivery of electricity to your home or business, will not change. It will still be provided by your electric distribution company over the same poles and wires used today. Electric cooperatives and municipally-owned utilities will be able to decide whether they want to offer their customers a choice of providers. Updated Jan. 30, 2001.