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As of December 2007, the United States had 120 marketers licensed to serve residential customers, of which 91 were actively serving customers or enrolling new customers. For simplification purposes, the term “marketer” is used to refer to a variety of competitive retail residential natural gas suppliers. These are defined here: Aggregator / Core Transport Agent – a person or entity that contracts with a pool of retail customers and supplies their gas load on an aggregated basis. Broker / Retail Agent – a person or entity that assumes the contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and supply of gas to a retail customer without ever owning the gas itself. Marketer – a person or entity that assumes the contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and supply of gas to a retail customer while also owning the gas at some point during the transaction. It is important to note that some States may use different terminology to describe competitive retail natural gas suppliers. The following table provides a summary of how many natural gas marketers are currently licensed and active, and provides links for more information about specific States. Be cautious in changing suppliers, especially if, by changing you are asked to lock in a one or two year commitment. Often these offers are made in your mailbox when natural gas supply prices are about to drop. If they drop, you may wish you had remained with your current supplier, with no contract, with the expectation that your price might be reduced. Right now, early March 2009, natural gas prices are about 1/3 what they were in December of 2005. At that time the natural gas retail suppliers petitioned the states for steep price increases. Number of Marketers Serving Residential Customers, 2007, in participating states. Click the links for your state to access comparison information. Not all states participate.
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