Pennsylvania residents: Did you know you can choose your energy supplier?

The result of a royal land grant to Quaker William Penn, Pennsylvania (or Penn’s Woods), is one of the original 13 colonies of the United States and includes many important historic sites within its borders. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s largest city – was the site of the nation’s first congress, and the birthplace of American liberty. The Declaration of Independence was signed there in 1776, followed by the drafting of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

With only 140 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary, much of Pennsylvania’s beauty is found in rolling hills and mountain valleys – from the Poconos to the fields of Gettysburg – the tranquility of Lancaster County to the urban amenities of Pittsburgh and Philly, Pennsylvania offers a taste of life to suit nearly every pallet.

It also includes a diverse network of local utility providers, with service territories overlapping cities and counties. Residential customers from a wide array of areas can select a fixed electricity supply rate from North American Power.

About energy choice in Pennsylvania 

Residents and businesses in most areas of Pennsylvania have had energy choice since 1996! If you live in Pennsylvania and currently buy your home’s electric or natural gas supply from Duquesne, MetEd, PECO, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power, Columbia Gas PA, National Fuel Gas PA, or Peoples Natural Gas directly

How energy choice works in Pennsylvania?

Your home electric or natural gas bill consists of two parts – delivery service and energy supply. Delivery service is the poles and wires that bring electricity or natural gas to your home. The energy supply portion of your bill is for the electricity or natural gas you use in your home. Who supplies that energy is up to you, the customer. While each utility’s home electric or natural gas bill is different, a percentage of the total bill is for delivery and another percentage is for the electricity you use.

Thanks to energy deregulation consumers can switch from their utility to a retail energy supplier, like North American Power.

Choosing us means you can be informed about how much you’re paying for electricity or natural gas, not just settling for the rate your electric or natural utility is offering you. Just like you shop around for the best cable supplier or mobile service plan, you can shop around for your home’s electric and natural gas supply!

Don’t worry, no matter who you choose to supply your energy, your Pennsylvania electric or natural gas utility company is still responsible for maintaining the electric grid or gas lines, delivering electricity or natural gas to homes and handling all service and outage problems.

Just like you shop around for the best cable supplier or mobile service plan, you can shop around for your home’s electric and natural gas supply!

Thanks to energy deregulation, you can compare prices and electric rates and choose the one that fits your needs the best. At North American Power, we have buying power on the wholesale energy market, and the savings we receive are passed on to you. We offer a variety of plans and electric rates in Maine.