Sentence examples for electric supplier from inspiring English sources

About 5,000 people remained without power today, said Pat Nichols, a spokeswoman for the major electric supplier in the area, Texas Utilities.

The challenge had been brought by a coalition of environmental groups and a small electric supplier that markets power from windmills.

Last month it was $222". When I looked into her situation, it turned out Ladmirault had signed up for an alternative electric supplier without scrutinizing the terms of the deal.

Tulis also likes Sempra Energy, an electric transmission company that serves 21 million customers, making it the largest electric supplier in the U.S.

Electricity restructuring, also called deregulation, enhances competition among energy suppliers and gives the consumer the ability to choose an electric supplier based on a preferred level of reliability.

More such deals that will let electricity companies become more than passive buyers of gas are expected prior to a July 2007 European Union deadline for all European consumers to be able to select which company will be their preferred gas and electric supplier.

Some businesses, like Mr. Notaro's, contracted directly with electric suppliers.

He said 708,000 residential customers in Pennsylvania have switched electric suppliers since that state deregulated.

For example, Senator Peter A. Inverso, a Republican from Hamilton, has proposed a change in the law to allow customers to switch electric suppliers over the telephone.

But as electric rates soared in the 1980's, especially in the Northeast and California, industry experts and some big users of power complained that the regulated system had failed and demanded the right to pick their own electric suppliers.

Richard A. Rosen, a consultant who works mainly with consumer groups and state utility commissions, said the Enron memos offered more proof that electric suppliers have too much power in deregulated markets.