![]() Participation in California increased rapidly from just 2% in 2015 to 30% in 2021. ![]() In Massachusetts, participation increased from 22% in 2015 to 49% in 2021. In Ohio, participation increased from 45% in 2015 to 50% in 2021. In 2021, Ohio, Massachusetts, and California had the most retail choice participation. Four other states-Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, and Virginia-have limited retail choice programs that are largely available to only non-residential electric customers. This count does not include Texas, where the retail choice program is mandatory under state law and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the power grid for most of the state. Retail choice programs differ from traditional utility services, where the utility both procures electricity for the customer (either by generating the electricity itself or by purchasing it from a supplier) and delivers it to the customer’s home.Ĭurrently, 13 states and the District of Columbia have active statewide or districtwide retail choice programs for residential customers. Their local utility then delivers the purchased electricity to their home through the traditional power grid system. In states with retail electricity choice programs, customers can choose to purchase their electricity directly from a retail energy supplier rather than from their local utility. ![]() residential retail choice programs remained relatively unchanged from 2019 to 2021, following several years of modest growth. residential electric customers, based on data from our Annual Electric Power Industry Report. customers participated in their state’s retail choice program, or 13.2 million U.S. Note: Excludes Texas because Texas’s retail choice program is mandatory in areas operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) under state law. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Power Industry Report
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