Can you pick your power provider?
Check, then compare.
You can choose an electricity provider in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine, and Michigan has a small capped program. Everywhere else the local utility is the only seller, so you cannot switch, but our guides show how to cut the bill anyway. Either way your power stays on and nobody visits your home.
- Your power stays on the whole time
- Your new provider handles the switch
- Free for you
Free for you. We have no paid partnership in the US yet, so every link here is simply useful.
Facts, not promises
How switching works in the US
- You can choose your electricity provider only in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine, plus a small capped program in Michigan. Elsewhere the local utility sells power at regulated rates and you cannot switch.
- Official free shopping sites include Power to Choose (Texas), PA Power Switch (Pennsylvania), Apples to Apples (Ohio), Plug In Illinois, NY Power to Choose, Energy Switch Massachusetts and the EnergizeCT Rate Board.
- Your local utility keeps delivering power and fixing outages after a switch. Only the provider and the price per kWh change.
- You can cancel a new contract without penalty: 3 federal business days in Texas (not for move-ins), 3 business days in Pennsylvania, 7 days after the utility's confirmation in Ohio, 10 days in Illinois.
- Texas bans early termination fees in the last 14 days of a contract and when you move; Pennsylvania waives them in the last 30 days.
- If a Texas provider fails, its customers move to a provider of last resort and service continues.
We don't call. We don't knock.
We don't sell.
We never phone you and we sell nothing. A comparison site may call you only if you give it your number. Prefer no phone at all? Use your state's official shopping site, such as Power to Choose in Texas or PA Power Switch.
Is switching electricity provider safe? What actually happens
One-minute test
Are you paying too much?
Enter your yearly consumption from your bill and see roughly what a year costs at the average price. The comparison site shows what you could save.
Tools
Useful tools
Compare energy prices
Provider offers ranked by yearly cost for your consumption.
Compare 02Bill check
A photo or PDF of your last bill is enough. We read consumption, tariff and contract end, estimate what you could save and tell you where the meter number hides.
Read my bill 03Appliance consumption
What uses the most at home and what it costs. The fridge is rarely to blame; the tumble dryer often is.
Calculate 04Solar payback
How many years until the roof pays for itself, with and without subsidy. No marketing, just numbers.
Calculate 05Heat pump vs. gas furnace
Yearly heating cost of a heat pump and a gas furnace, and the payback of the investment.
CalculateHow it works
How it works
- 1
Find your consumption
It is on your yearly bill, or estimate it in the calculator.
- 2
Compare offers
The comparison site shows what a year would cost with each provider.
- 3
Switch and forget
The new provider handles the switch. We remind you by email before the contract ends.
Guides
What to sort out now
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