Chris Ercoli

President & CEO @choosemyenergy. husband. dad. runner. recovering soccer player.

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

1. I have a confession to make, which is that I have (lawfully!) received many incentives available to me as a Maryland ratepayer & this has been a wealth transfer from other ratepayers to me. Join me as I make an Act of Ratemaking Contrition 🧵

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

Data center growth & electricity demand have been a big “known unknown" since before yesterday. It's hardly prophetic, but here's what I thought obvious earlier this month – & wow, did DeepSeek put a fine point on it. A short 🧵

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

Check out my full commentary published today @marylandmatters :
https://t.co/xBiaOnsxHk

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

Maryland has made it illegal to describe an electric rate plan as "clean" or "green" or "eco-friendly," even when it's backed up by the REC commodity (or nuclear equivalent) commonly used to validate such claims. Whether that speech restriction is unconstitutional is now in court

[Chris Ercoli @chrisercoli]

SB1 threatens to drastically limit consumer choice, reduce competition, and undo years of progress toward decarbonization. Today we seek to protect the thousands of customers enrolled in clean energy plans from being forced back onto fossil-fuel utility service. Follow along.

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

#SB1 severely restricts the ability of #retailenergy suppliers to compete against the utility and continue offering existing popular products and plans🛍️⚡️Use the link to learn more: https://t.co/C5niJnmqU1

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

The REAL team stepped up to the plate to learn what makes a Louisville Slugger bat this week. #DYK players can choose the billets to make their bat based on their preferences?

Having a choice is important in all things! Thanks for having us @sluggernation! #energychoice

[Octopus Energy US 🇺🇸 @OctopusEnergyUS]

You don't need to go to extremes during the eclipse, but if you're looking for ways to cut down on your usage there are two easy things you can do:

👉 Pre-cool your home so your AC isn't on when a lot of solar power is offline
👉 Shift non-essential chores to Sunday or Tuesday

[Chris Ercoli @chrisercoli]

Great piece by @RSI about the opportunity Virginia has to protect its consumers and drive affordability and innovation into the electricity marketplace.

@DC_Hartman @MichaelGiberso3

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

States like Virginia have huge projected growth in electric demand -- but if utility monopolies are the only conduit for investments to support that growth, then legacy customers are on the hook for demand that may never materialize, or which might go away. @RSI makes the case:

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

Exciting news for Lubbock, Texas. @lpandl utility service is now deregulated, putting the power of choice in customers' hands. Learn more about navigating the new era of electricity options from REAL's @ChrisErcoli via @CNET. https://t.co/VzSDdtCyhu

[Chris Ercoli @chrisercoli]

Appreciate @GlobeScotLehigh taking an in-depth look at the MA retail energy market. Regressing and eliminating consumer choice is illogical. Let's work together to reform and modernize retail energy markets. They're necessary if we're really attempting to solve climate change.

[Boston Globe Opinion @GlobeOpinion]

From @GlobeScotLehigh: How to fix the pricing model for electricity rates in Massachusetts https://t.co/zi8xQ8V52j

[Scot Lehigh @GlobeScotLehigh]

Today's column: Massachusetts electricity rates: How to fix the pricing model https://t.co/7lCp3rateG via @BostonGlobe

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

Great perspective. We appreciated the opportunity to discuss current benefits of Massachusetts' retail energy market and future opportunities demonstrated in other state markets around clean energy tech and retail customer engagement. 📰READ: https://t.co/JJXT3y3WYq #energychoice

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

"Suppliers are looking at the specific needs of customers and saying, 'I can offer you that service.' People today want to choose what type of resource is powering their home."

Our President & CEO @chrisercoli discussing #energychoice with @CNET 🙏👇

https://t.co/ZM2JxD6UZr

[Chris Ercoli @chrisercoli]

Transforming energy markets with competition is vital to empowering consumers and achieving our climate goals. It starts with states ensuring an open retail energy market. Read my latest in @TheMessenger

https://t.co/xevCLVLT2R

#EnergyChoice

[Energy Markets Podcast @PodcastMarkets]

Many thanks to Paul Hibbard at @analysisgroup & @chrisercoli of @ChooseMyEnergy for discussing Paul's retail electricity competition study aiming to inform the debate over ending retail choice for residential customers in #Massachusetts and other states
https://t.co/WGP9BQJbAi

[Tom Davis @SenTomDavisSC]

.@ChooseMyEnergy @TheBrattleGroup: South Carolina’s electric customers could save a few hundred million dollars a year if competition and efficiencies are brought to its energy-production market. But prying monopolies away from utilities will be difficult. https://t.co/uTc7tL2ldH

[Chris Ercoli @chrisercoli]

Thanks @postandcourier for allowing me to cover this important topic! South Carolina deserves better electricity options for consumers.

https://t.co/SsKdiIA0n5

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

"The power of customer choice is the single most important consumer protection in any market."

.@telegramdotcom published @johnrhanger's thoughts on Massachusetts' competitive electricity market.

Read more at: https://t.co/2E2ksmgsI4

#energy #energychoice #cleanenergy

[Retail Energy Advancement League @ChooseMyEnergy]

Yesterday, the Mass. AG published another iteration of a consultant's report and pushed to close the competitive retail energy market, forcing customers to pay utility rates. Again, the "report methodology" use a limited period - this time with 2021 data when utility rates were in decline.
This is not an accurate way to evaluate the health of competitive markets and benefit to customers. Value-added, 100% renewable & unlimited bill plans, etc. compared against basic 6-month utility rates, judging on price alone with no consideration of value or terms.
Read our release here: https://t.co/PhApFet7rM

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

1/ New England just lived through a huge winter price blowout in utility bills. So you might assume a report released yesterday by the #Massachusetts AG’s office promising a “2023 update” on retail price impacts to consumers would have a lot of detail on that.