Key:
Has energy choice
Does not have energy choice
Electric Choice
Gas Choice
Alabama
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama Office of Consumer Protection
Alaska
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Alaska Consumer Protection Unit
Arizona
No competitive energy supplier choice beyond a pilot electric choice program for the largest industrial customers.
Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office
Arkansas
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Arkansas Consumer Utilities Rate Advocacy Division
California
Electricity choice, known as “Direct Access,” is available for a capped percentage of commercial and industrial consumers in the Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison utility territories.
Natural gas choice, known as “Core Aggregation” or “Core Transportation,” is available for residential and small commercial consumers at Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas).
California Public Utilities Commission
California Division of Ratepayer Advocates
Colorado
No electricity choice.
Colorado law allows natural gas utilities to offer choice programs to consumers, but to date no programs have been proposed by utilities.
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel
Connecticut
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Connecticut Power & Light and United Illuminating utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available statewide for commercial consumers.
No natural gas choice for residential consumers.
Energize Connecticut (Energy Shopping website)
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel
Delaware
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Delmarva utility territory and in the Delaware Electric Cooperative service territory.
Natural gas transportation choice is available for large commercial and industrial consumers in the Chesapeake and Delmarva utility territories.
No natural gas choice for residential consumers.
Consumer information on electric choice, list of certified electric suppliers
Delaware Public Service Commission
District of Columbia
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Pepco territory, which encompasses the entire District.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Washington Gas Light territory, which encompasses the entire District.
List of certified electric and natural gas suppliers available at DC Power Connect, a shopping comparison tool developed by the DCPSC.
District of Columbia Public Service Commission
District of Columbia Office of People’s Counsel
Florida
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available statewide for commercial and industrial consumers; however, volume requirements differ between utilities.
Natural gas choice is available for residential consumers at Central Florida Gas. When customers a starts service, they are randomly assigned to one of two suppliers that have been approved by the utility. If the customer would like to change to the other supplier, the customer must call Central Florida Gas to request the change. Please note that as of 2017 the former two-week open enrollment process was suspended, and customers can now enroll throughout the year.
Florida Public Service Commission
Florida Office of People’s Counsel
Georgia
Electricity choice is not available for residential consumers.
Commercial and industrial consumers with loads of 900 kW or greater are eligible for electricity supplier choice.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential customers in the AGL utility territory.
Georgia Gas Marketers’ Pricing (comparison of prices offered by natural gas marketers)
List of certified natural gas suppliers
Georgia Public Service Commission
Georgia Office of Consumer Protection
Hawaii
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Hawaii Consumer Advocacy – Public Utilities
Idaho
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Idaho Consumer Protection Office
Illinois
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Ameren and ComEd utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Nicor, North Shore, and Peoples Gas utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available in the Ameren utility territory for commercial and industrial consumers only.
Plug In Illinois (Energy Shopping website)
Illinois Citizen Utility Board
Indiana
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the NIPSCO utility territory.
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor
Iowa
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate (Utilities)
Kansas
As of January 1st, 2017, Kansas Gas Service customers who use 800-1500 Mcf of natural gas annually may purchase gas from a competitive supplier.
Kansas Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board
Kansas Gas Service website – Deregulation Explanation
Kentucky
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and small commercial consumers in the Columbia Gas utility territory.
Kentucky Public Service Commission
Kentucky Office of Rate Intervention
Louisiana
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Louisiana Office of Attorney General
Maine
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Emera and Central Maine Power utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for commercial and industrial consumers only.
Electricity Supply (competitive electricity provider comparison website)
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Maine Office of Public Advocate
Maryland
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Choptank Electric Cooperative, Delmarva Power and Light, Potomac Edison, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), and SMECO territories.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) and Washington Gas Light (WGL) utility territories.
Maryland Electric Choice (energy shopping website)
Maryland Public Service Commission
Maryland Office of People’s Counsel
Massachusetts
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Eversource (formally known as NSTAR and Western Massachusetts Electric Company), Fitchburg Gas and Electric, National Grid, territories.
Natural gas choice is available but participation is currently limited.
Let’s Go Shopping – For Electric Supply (electric shopping website)
Choosing a competitive supplier (helpful resources for consumers)
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Consumer Protection Division
Michigan
Electricity choice is available in Michigan. However, under state law, no more than 10% of an electric utility’s average weather-adjusted retail sales for the preceding calendar year may take electric choice service from an alternative electric supplier at any time. If your utility’s 10% cap is fully subscribed, you will be placed in its queue. Currently, Consumers Energy, DTE Electric, UPPCo, UMERC and Cloverland are fully subscribed at 10% participation. Click here for more information regarding the utilities’ electric choice 10% cap data.
MI Gas (natural gas shopping website)
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Michigan Gas Utilities, and SEMCO Energy Gas Company utility territories.
Lists of certified natural gas suppliers and electric suppliers
Michigan Public Service Commission
Michigan Office of Attorney General (Consumer Protection)
Minnesota
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Minnesota Office of Attorney General (Utilities)
Mississippi
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Mississippi Public Service Commission
Mississippi Consumer Protection Division
Missouri
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri Office of the Public Counsel
Montana
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and small commercial consumers in the Northwestern Energy and Energy West Montana utility territories.
Montana Public Service Commission
Nebraska
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the SourceGas utility territory during a two-week annual selection period.
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Nebraska Office of Attorney General (Consumer Protection Division)
Nevada
No competitive energy supplier choice for residential consumers.
Natural gas choice is available in a limited capacity for commercial and industrial consumers averaging more than 500 therms of gas a day.
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection
New Hampshire
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), Liberty, Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (UES), and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NHEC) utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for commercial and industrial consumers only.
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate
New Jersey
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Atlantic City Electric, Jersey Central Power & Light, PSEG, and Rockland Electric utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers at Elizabethtown Gas, New Jersey Natural Gas, PSEG, and South Jersey Gas utility territories.
List of certified energy suppliers
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel
New Mexico
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available by law but participation is currently limited.
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
New Mexico Office of the Attorney General (Consumer Protection Division)
New York
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Central Hudson, ConEd, NYSEG, National Grid, Orange & Rockland, and RG&E utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Central Hudson, ConEd, Corning Natural Gas, National Grid (Keyspan Energy Delivery NY), National Grid (Keyspan Energy Delivery LI), National Fuel Gas Distribution, NYSEG, National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), Orange & Rockland, RG&E, and St. Lawerence Natural Gas utility territories.
Power to Choose (Energy shopping website)
New York State Public Service Commission
New York Department of State (Division of Consumer Protection)
North Carolina
No competitive energy supplier choice.
North Carolina Utilities Commission
North Carolina Department of Justice
North Dakota
No competitive energy supplier choice.
North Dakota Public Service Commission
North Dakota Attorney General (Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division)
Ohio
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the AEP Ohio, Dayton Power & Light, Duke Energy Ohio, and FirstEnergy (Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, and Toledo Edison) utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Columbia Gas, Dominion East Ohio, Duke Energy, and Vectren Energy Delivery utility territories.
Energy Choice Ohio (Energy shopping website)
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Oklahoma
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Office of Attorney General (Public Protection Unit)
Oregon
Electricity choice is available for commercial and industrial consumers using at least 30 kW per month in the Portland General Electric and Pacific Power utility territories.
Electricity choice is not available for residential consumers.
Natural gas choice is not available.
Oregon Public Utility Commission
Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board
Pennsylvania
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Citizens’ Electric, Duquesne Light, Met-Ed, PECO Energy, Penelec, Penn Power, Pike County Light & Power, PPL Electric Utilities, UGI, Wellsboro Electric, and West Penn Power.
Natural gas choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the Columbia Gas, Peoples Natural Gas – Equitable Division, National Fuel Gas, PECO Gas, Peoples Natural Gas, Peoples TWP, Philadelphia Gas Works, UGI Utilities, UGI Central Penn Gas, and UGI Penn Natural Gas utility territories.
PAPowerSwitch (Energy Shopping website – for electricity)
PAGasSwitch (Energy Shopping website – for gas)
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate
Rhode Island
Electricity and natural gas choice are available for residential and non-residential consumers in the National Grid utility territory.
List of certified electric and natural gas suppliers
Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
Rhode Island Office of Attorney General (Public Utilities Regulatory Unit)
South Carolina
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Public Service Commission of South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (Consumer Advocacy Division)
South Dakota
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available for commercial and industrial consumers.
Natural gas choice for residential consumers is available by law but participation is currently limited.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
South Dakota Office Attorney General (Division of Consumer Protection)
Tennessee
Competitive gas service is only available for commercial and industrial customers whose average usage exceeds 500 therms/day in the Piedmont service area
Tennessee Regulatory Authority
Texas
Electricity choice is available for residential and non-residential consumers in the AEP Central, AEP North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Sharyland, and Texas New Mexico Power utility territories.
Natural gas choice is available for commercial and industrial consumers only.
Power to Choose (Energy Shopping website – for electric)
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel
Utah
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Utah Public Service Commission
Utah Office of Consumer Services
Vermont
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Vermont Department of Public Services
Vermont Department of Public Service (Consumer Affairs and Public Information Division)
Virginia
Electricity choice is available in the Appalachian Power and Dominion service territories for non-residential customers.
No electricity choice is available for residential consumers, unless consumer is seeking electricity from 100% renewable energy sources, and the local utility does not provide this option.
Natural gas choice is available in the Columbia Gas and WGL utility territories for residential and non-residential customers.
List of certified energy suppliers
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs
Washington
No competitive energy supplier choice.
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Washington State Office of the Attorney General (Consumer Protection Division)
West Virginia
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available statewide including in the Peoples Gas West Virginia, Dominion Energy West Virginia, Consumers Gas Utility, and Mountaineer Gas territories but participation in the market is limited.
Public Service Commission of West Virginia
West Virginia Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission
Wisconsin
No electricity choice.
Natural gas choice is available in the Wisconsin Public Service utility territory for commercial and industrial consumers using more than 5,000 therms of natural gas per year.
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board
Wyoming
No electricity choice.
Residential gas choice is available in the SourceGas utility territory.
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Wyoming Office of Consumer Advocate
Other Organizations:
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
This website allows you to find the contact information for the Attorney General’s Office in your state.