Glacial Energy of California

Glacial Energy is an Electric Service Provider (ESP) in the State of California providing reliable energy coupled with experienced customer service at the best price.

California Retail Electricity Market

Senate Bill (SB) 695 became law on October 11, 2009 and as an urgency statute, took effect immediately.

What it does:

SB 695, among other things:

• Allows nonresidential customers to purchase electricity from an ESP up to an overall historical maximum load amount in each utility territory - Requires the Commission to "allow individual retail nonresidential end-use customers to acquire electric service from other providers in each electrical corporation's [utility] distribution service territory, up to a maximum allowable total kilowatthours annual limit," defined as the Commission-established "maximum total kilowatthours supplied by all other providers to distribution customers of that electrical corporation during any sequential 12-month period between April 1, 1998, and the effective date of this section."
• Limits the amount of electric load that ESPs may serve, based on a Commission-adopted three to five year phase in schedule until the historical maximum is reached in each utility territory - "Within six months of the effective date of this section, or by July 1, 2010, whichever is sooner, the commission shall adopt and implement a reopening schedule that commences immediately and will phase in the allowable amount of increased kilowatthours over a period of not less than three years, and not more than five years, raising the allowable limit of kilowatthours supplied by other providers in each electrical corporation's distribution service territory from the number of kilowatthours provided by other providers as of the effective date of this section, to the maximum allowable annual limit for that electrical corporation's distribution service territory."
• Otherwise retains the suspension on the right to acquire DA service until the legislature acts - "…the right of retail end-use customers … to acquire service from other providers [e.g., ESPs but not Community Choice Aggregators] is suspended until the Legislature, by statute, lifts the suspension or otherwise authorizes direct transactions."

Definitions:

• Direct Access (DA) service [or transactions] is retail electric service where customers purchase electricity from a competitive provider, an Electric Service Provider (ESP), instead of from a regulated electric utility. The utility delivers the electricity that the customer purchases from the ESP to the customer over its distribution system.
• An Electric Service Provider (ESP) is a non-utility entity that offers electric service to customers within the service territory of an electric utility.

What Are My Power Supply Options?

Electricity is provided to you through a three-step process: generation, transmission, and distribution. California’s Senate Bill 695 gives you the ability to choose who supplies the generation portion of the electric service. Electricity delivery is over the same poles and wires and is not subject to choice. You now have the opportunity to compare prices, enjoy greater savings and choose a service that best fits your needs and preferences.

Electricity Supplier

Glacial Energy is an Electric Service Provider that buys electricity wholesale from the generator and then sells to and services businesses directly. The benefits of deregulation are a more competitive market that provides lower electricity prices, alternative energy options and better customer service.

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