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I just moved back to NY.
National grid is my gas and electric supplier.
I see there are many energy supplier choices but nothing clear as to rates compared to leaving it with national grid.They seem to make it as confusing as possible to get you to sign up with them and then there are guys going door to door trying to sign you up.
I use natural gas for a water heater and heat in the winter.
Are there any suppliers that save you any money vs leaving it with national grid?
I would look into the Budget Plan with National Grid or research other energy suppliers.
Another option that is possible, but is something you are less likely to do is to move to Philadelphia or Theresa, which get their energy/power from NYPA, which has lower rates. Both are small villages further north closer to Fort Drum and are rural. http://www.nypa.gov/about/images/MuniCoopMap.jpg
Don't sign up with any energy supplier. You are getting the same thing from the same company, in your case is national grid, and there's shouldn't be any additional charge for it.
When you sign up for what they call a reduce rate or whatever the case is, you actually paying national grid for their service, and on top of that, the service of the so called reduce price energy supplier. I don't see why you would want to pay double the amount when you simply need to pay one supplier.
Don't sign up with any energy supplier. You are getting the same thing from the same company, in your case is national grid, and there's shouldn't be any additional charge for it.
When you sign up for what they call a reduce rate or whatever the case is, you actually paying national grid for their service, and on top of that, the service of the so called reduce price energy supplier. I don't see why you would want to pay double the amount when you simply need to pay one supplier.
When you stay with National Grid for your energy supply, you are still paying National Grid for both service and supply. It is broken down on the bill. the service charge from National Grid will never go away. They have the monopoly of service in that area. However, the supply rates are different from different providers. National Grid is far from the cheapest, but also far from the most expensive. The pure green companies tend to be a little more expensive, but there are cheaper companies to buy power from.
It is NOT paying double. I have never met someone who chose to pay more by switching suppliers unless it was a switch based on something other than money (like buying only wind power or green based energy). Before we converted to solar, we used our local utility for service, but had a supplier that was about 4-% cheaper. Its not a ton of money, but saving $10 per month for nothing more than a single phone call was worth it. I would look at the other suppliers in your area and look at the supply rates. It is more likely than not that National Grid is not the cheapest.
Please understand, this is not paying double. Its paying national grid for service and a supplier for energy instead of national grid for both.
The relevance of "how much cheaper is it" is sometimes a bit sketchy. Many ESCOs ( the other people who supply) have a locked in amount while your own supplier floats with the market. We had an ESCO trying to get us to sign on last year -- and their rate would have cost me more, simply as natural gas dropped this year.
Use National Grid a year, watch the prices on natural gas. If some ESCO can go lower than the lowest price NG charges, decide then.
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