Customer choice test is running well for IP
As of May 4, eight of the 21 eligible Illinois Power Company (IP) electricity customers had chosen to buy some of their power from an entity other than IP. They are free to do this because IP is conducting an experiment in customer choice, the first of its kind in the country, according to the utility. Although it is still very early, the experiment seems to be working well. {open_quotes}Our experience so far has been very good,{close_quotes} said John Dewey, a spokesman for IP. {open_quotes}Some of our customers say they expect to see substantial savings.{close_quotes} IP expects to gain knowledge of what it takes to retain customers and, when the entire industry becomes competitive, to gain new customers. IP`s own marketing affiliate, Illinova Power Marketing, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is participating: It arranged for 4 MWe of power from another supplier to be shipped across IP`s transmission system to one of IP`s customers. IP`s tariff for such use of its transmission lines, as approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is between 0.3 and 0.5 cents/kWh.
- OSTI ID:
- 471595
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear News, Vol. 39, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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