Your local producer will continue to operate the lines that move the electricity to your business or residence. But, just like you are able to choose any long distance phone company, you will be able to choose the company that sells you electricity. Any system of electrification is divided into three segments called. Most of us have had little reason to know these terms in the past. With the advent of retail competition, we will need to understand these terms to grasp the new choices becoming available to us.
Generation is the process by which fuels are converted into electric energy.
Transmission is the process by which the generated electricity is moved in bulk from the generation plant to the wholesale purchaser. Distribution is the process of delivering the power from the wholesale purchaser to the retail consumer. Generation utilities will no longer have ownership or control of transmission and or distribution facilities. The constant movement in our professional and personal lives produces constant change. What we do with all the new information and activity is what forms our relationships, both business and personal.