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Iowa’s large energy users want electricity choice. Here’s how that works in four other states

Cedar Rapid Gazette Erin Jordan A coalition of Iowa’s large energy users wants the option of buying electricity on the open market rather than from MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy. A spokesman for the coalition — its members want to be anonymous — said allowing large energy users, such as tech companies, manufacturers and agricultural…

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Consumer Reports: How to Save Money Now

This guide from Consumer Reports offers helpful moneysaving household tips and references the ACCES energy choice map. Consumer Reports Contact: Mandy L. Walker With inflation rising faster than it has in 40 years, you likely feel the financial sting at every turn. You experience it as the grocery store cashier totals what you’ve put in…

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ACCES Quarterly Consumer Newsletter: Fall 2021

This week, ACCES published its Fall 2021 newsletter recapping what changes we saw for competitive energy in the 2021 legislative session. ACCES has continued to monitor policy developments to identify states and provinces strengthening or expanding competitive energy markets across the United State and Canada. 2021 legislative sessions included several bills which provide more access…

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Consumer Shopping Trends: Survey and Insights

Today’s consumer is rarely content to select the first product they see. As evidence, consider that there are Web browser plug-ins to search for a better price, coupon code aggregators to get every last discount, and abandoned “shopping carts” left across ecommerce sites while customers comparison shop. For their part, online merchants have grown more…

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Consumer Shopping Trends Survey: Highlights

Highlights of ACCES’ 2020 survey on consumer shopping trends:  


ACCES Radio Appearance on WNNJ and WFIN

ACCES spokesperson Michael Meath was a guest on WNNJ’s Issues and Ideas Show on September 29, 2017. WNNJ is an AM/FM radio station broadcasting throughout northeastern New Jersey. On October 4, 2017, Meath was a guest on WFIN’s Good Mornings in Findlay, Ohio. Meath discussed the findings from ACCES’ Power of Choice: Consumer Preferences on Energy Choice in…

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Pennsylvania’s electricity marketplace braces for another winter

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed ACCES about this upcoming winter energy bills for consumers. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Contact: Michael Sanserino The calendar says winter is less than one month away. The thermometer says it’s already here. It is the first winter since a variable rate crisis generated more than 11,000 calls to Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission and…

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