[Chat] Power company rep

[Greg Alexander]

Thanks, Rob.  He seemed like he was on the up and up (not a scammer) but I was still not
interested.  Thanks for the info!

--- Rob Carlson <rob at vees.net> wrote:

> They're a wholesaler.  Their whole schtick is to sell you a electricity 
> package that's more analogous to a fixed rate with overages cell phone 
> plan than a pay-as-you-use like your current BGE service.  They come out 
> because under deregulation, if you buy their package they can force BGE 
> to buy a bigger share of their wholesale power generation.
> 
> Not to be overly cynical, but I assume these guys have done a ton more 
> math than the average consumer and you're not likely to actually turn 
> any savings in the end on the complicated plans they sell no matter 
> what you pick.
> 
> --
> Rob Carlson  rob at vees.net  http://vees.net/
> 
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Greg Alexander wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone else had a guy come around today in a yellow embroided 
> > company shirt saying he was with the company who supplies power to 
> > BGE?  I cannot remember the name of the company he said he was with 
> > (I'm on Claritin for allergies and out of it).  He said I may be 
> > eligible for an eight percent discount off my bill and he needed to 
> > see a copy of my latest BGE bill.  I told him that we opted out of all 
> > paper bills and pay online and he said OK and walked off.  Kind of 
> > weird...
> >
> 
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