Energy Consumers Deserve Real Choice

Originally published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Anya Litvak’s Oct. 18 article (“What best serves electric consumers?”) highlights an important debate over electricity affordability and consumer choice in Pennsylvania.

FirstEnergy’s proposal—automatically returning customers to utility default service when competitive electricity contracts expire—may be well-intentioned, but it risks undermining the very competition designed to benefit consumers.

Certainly, customers should be protected from unexpected rate increases. However, automatically switching them away from their chosen supplier, potentially even a more affordable option, is not the answer.

Read more at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.