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Here are 20 reasons why people and companies should check with multiple suppliers. |
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| Any supplier can put electricity into a grid or gas into a pipeline. That’s the easy part. It’s what you pay on your end that counts. | Some suppliers are more lenient regarding their credit approval process. | Some suppliers include contract language which makes it difficult to switch suppliers. |
Some suppliers have extremely high pricing for indexed, fixed and hybrid programs. | Some suppliers bill off historical usage regardless of what energy volumes are currently burned. | ||||
| Some suppliers will enter a newly deregulated state only with the idea of selling their accounts to another supplier. | Some suppliers provide “blend & extend” contract options to assist customers with high fixed rates when the markets decline. | Some suppliers provide longer terms and better pricing. | Some suppliers are slow to execute in a falling market. | Some suppliers simply provide greater pricing options which may provide greater customer satisfaction. | ||||
| Some suppliers provide greater customer service. | Some suppliers provide their expertise over multiple states that helps with billing and economies of scale. | Some suppliers have meter charges while others do not. | Some suppliers have monthly service charges while others do not. | Some suppliers have greater pipeline capacity, avoiding most curtailment penalties, while others do not. | ||||
| Most suppliers have sales staff they pay for selling their commodity. Some of these sales “mark ups” are exorbitant. | We have the ability to compare supplier pricing in a timely fashion, so supplier quotes are most nearly “apples to apples”. | Some suppliers include needless contract terms that bind the buyer in other areas. | Many suppliers, with evergreen clauses, allow contracts to expire before they contact buyers with renewal rates. | Energy costs are lower with multiple competitive quotes. | ||||