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Originally Posted by Greene's Basin Girl
I keep on receiving mailings that suggest I choose an electricity provider that will charge a less kWh than the co-op. Thus far I have heard from ENH Power and NA ( North American ) Power. I am not sure if I should do this and if so which one should I choose? Both companies are not accredited by the BBB. Has anyone used either of these companies?
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First off, the BBB is a total and complete scam. Their "accreditations" are bought and sold for the price of a lousy meal. I'd trust the opinion of a lunatic homeless person before I'd give any weight to a BBB rating.
Second, the alternate providers are just addressing the raw kWh supply cost. They don't/can't address all the related fees and taxes (well, taxes to a minor extent in that if your costs go down your taxes go down as well).
Saving 20% on your kWh costs will knock your bill down by about 3-4%. Our house uses a lot of electricity (it's big, there's lots of computers running, etc.) I save about $12/mo. on a $250/mo. electricity bill. These savings do not alter our standard of living...
From what I see, PSNH (or whatever their new name is) wants to get out of the supply business. So, help a small company out by picking an alternate supplier, but in the end you won't save a lot of money, and even if your supplier of choice goes bankrupt it's not like your power is going to be cut off.