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[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

I'm an NSTAR Electric customer, as I'm sure are many of us. This winter I looked into competing electric suppliers, identified four via NSTAR's website, and called them all. They all said they were not offering residential service, though 2 or 3 said they were planning to and I should call again in the Spring.

Today when I went to that link (based on the "Rate A1-Residential" keyword on my bill), I found only one competitive supplier, Dominion. They said they had had an offer out for new residential customers, but it's now closed.

Does anyone know of other options for us? We're interested to know about any cheaper and/or greener alternatives to NSTAR.

Also, there's a house on Highland Road with a bunch of solar panels on the roof which gets us thinking about solar sometimes -- can anyone recommend a vendor thereof, or a good starting point? I doubt we're up for much of a DIY component, but we should definitely look at the economics of a full installation deal. Running the meter backwards would have a nice feeling to it as well. :-)

Thanks!

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[ruthling.livejournal.com]

you won't need batteries if you're grid-interconnected, which is how a lot of the residential systems work. It is still expensive though. I keep waiting for breakthroughs in solar panel tech.