Deregulation Saves Money

To The Editor:

Government ignorance and special interests are once again being put ahead of the common citizen with the recent attempt to amend the state’s deregulation law. Deregulation of the utilities has allowed me and numerous others to save real money every month on our utility bills.

The reasons that members of the state House of Representative believe it is necessary to change this law needs to be looked at. Specifically, are the representatives promoting this because they are on the receiving end of lobbyists’ attention in the form of campaign donations and other enticements?

In these tough economic times, it is unconscionable to justify that the average person would lose $10, $20, even $30 per month in savings so that the utilities could increase their profits.

Anyone who wants to save 15 percent or more off the generation portion of their electric bill needs only to enroll with an alternative provider. At Public Power & Utility, where I enrolled, there is no enrollment fee, contract, or termination fee.

In case you find an even lower supplier, you are free to leave penalty-free, and you will still receive one bill from either CL&P or United Illuminating. The best part is that his can all be done online at www.iloweredmyelectricbill.com/ppu.

According to the very people promoting this bill, the more people who take advantage of these savings, the better their buying power will be and the lower their bills will go.

Be sure to contact your state senator and tell him or her to please reject energy re-regulation by opposing House Bills 6636 (as amended), 6510 and 6512.

Peter Eib

Wolcott, CT