Archive of Retail Choice pages
This page serves as an archive of material produced by Energy Freedom Colorado during the days when we were researching, and ultimately came to support, the idea of individual retail choice (or restructuring, or "deregulation"), where individuals in the 14 restructured (or "deregulated") states can choose from any number of approved electricity suppliers, and utilities only operate the "poles and wires" but don't own electricity generation.
We no longer support individual retail choice, although we still support essentially all other aspects of increased consumer choice and competition in the electricity system. See "Why we no longer support retail choice".
Background — beginners, start here!
Energy Freedom basics – Electricity competition & choice.
Why restructure monopolies? – Bringing competition to a monopoly state.
The U.S. electricity system – The Big Picture.
Terms & definitions – Retail choice, wholesale market, restructuring, RTO...
Intermediate — competition in states
The case to study retail choice – Appeal to the Public Utilities Commission.
Retail choice for Colorado – How would it work?
Wholesale markets for Colorado – Regional wholesale competition.
Illinois | Texas | Massachusetts – Retail choice in other states.
How one utility CEO stopped worrying and learned to love restructuring – The Massachusetts Electric story.
Advanced Topics
Electricity rates and restructuring – Electricity prices in monopoly vs retail choice jurisdictions.
Stranded assets and securitization – Compensating monopoly utilities for losses.
RTO / ISO governance – Overview and recommendations.
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Energy Cost Comparison
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The Electricity Grid
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Cost Reduction Trends
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