These companies are called electricity suppliers. When competition is introduced, the utilities currently servicing Rockville and Maryland will not disappear. They will remain as electric companies and continue to be responsible for delivering the electricity and repairing poles and wires in case of an outage. Power will still be delivered the same way, over the same poles and wires on which all of us have always relied. Safety and reliability will not change.
Electric choice can offer several benefits to consumers.
It gives you the power to choose the electricity supplier that provides your energy. Competition among electricity suppliers may help lower prices over time. It also should encourage suppliers to develop and offer new products and services. You may enroll with an electricity supplier as of April 3, 2000. Generation service from electricity suppliers will begin July 1, 2000.