Ohio electricity customers who receive their monthly electric bill from Dayton Power and Light have a tremendous opportunity to save money by switching their electricity supplier. As one of the smallest markets in the state, competitive suppliers have overlooked advertising to Dayton Power and Light customers until recently, instead deciding to focus their marketing efforts on some of the state’s larger markets such as AEP. However, as the market has matured and electricity choice awareness has increased, more electricity companies are attempting to gain new customers in some of the smaller utility markets. The Dayton Power and Light market is particularly attractive due to the current default price conditions that residential customers are paying; competitive prices are well below the default price providing customers new to electricity choice a powerful incentive to switch to a new electric company.

Ohio has been working towards developing a better electricity deregulation market allowing residents to more easily choose an alternative electric supplier for their generation power costs. Electricity price advertising has helped Dayton Power and Light consumers better understand the Ohio electricity choice laws. Many new power shopping customers are surprised to learn that even after they switch electric suppliers, their local utility will continue to deliver the actual power to their home and in most cases mail the same electric bill. This means that even after a Dayton Power and Light customers switches electricity companies, DP&L continues to maintain the reliability of the power lines in the area and mail out the same electric bill, with the competitive rate chosen replacing the DP&L default rate.

Despite the large savings potential for residential customers in the area less than half have taken the time to switch electricity companies. Competitive rates are currently around 20% lower than the DP&L default rate, making electricity choice and switching one of the easiest ways to save money on a necessary expense. Shop and save below from a list of Dayton Power and Light competitive electricity plans that have all been approved by the state of Ohio. The switching process is all done through computers. Customers do not need to be home when the switch is made and a person does not physically come to the property to make the switch.

Energy choice has expanded in Maryland, resulting in a growth in licensed electricity suppliers offering service to customers. With the increased competition among electricity suppliers, many of these companies are starting to solicit customers in some of Maryland’s smaller markets such as Delmarva Power & Light. Until recently the majority of these electricity suppliers would only focus their attention on BG&E, Maryland’s largest electric utility market. While relatively small at about one-sixth the size of BG&E, Delmarva Power & Light has grabbed the attention of energy marketing executives as they have come to realize that they can offer consumers in the area significant savings versus the utility standard offer service.

Delmarva Power & Light delivers electricity to nearly 175,000 residential customers and another 32,000 businesses of all sizes. As of December of 2014, only 16.2% of residential customers and 31.6% of small business customers were buying their power form a competitive supplier. Delmarva customers who do not choose a competitive energy supplier continue to purchase their power supply from the utility’s standard offer service which is a default rate structure. The standard offer service price is produced through an auction process where Maryland electricity suppliers bid for the right to supply power to a portion of the default customer pool. The outcome of these auctions is largely based on the condition of the wholesale energy markets during the time of the auctions. Due to high volatility in these markets over the last year, the current Delmarva Power & Light standard offer service experienced a steep rise in early June, at a time when wholesale energy prices have fallen over the last several months. The difference in the two price sets have allowed competitive Maryland electricity suppliers to offer residential customers rates that are lower than the Delmarva standard offer service.

The primary reason most people begin their research into competitive power prices is to save money. Locking in a competitive electricity rate that is lower than the current Delmarva standard offer service rate you will guarantee savings on the supply portion of the Delmarva Power & Light electric bill. With current competitive electricity rates yielding as much as 11% versus the standard offer service, the incentive to switch now exists for consumers, and as a result the number of customers buying their power from a competitive supplier is expected to increase significantly in the DP&L area. Find a list of Delmarva Power & Light competitive rates below from electricity suppliers licensed by the state of Maryland. All rates are updated in real time.