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This site is devoted to providing you with clear and unbiased information and recommendations to enable you to cope with high energy prices in your home, your vehicles, your business, and on your farm.

ELECTRICITY RATE CAPS ARE EXPIRING

Rate caps that have kept the price of electricity relatively low are expiring in 2010 and 2011. Depending on which utility company provides your electricity, your rate cap protection may have already expired.

Your Utility Company Can Shut Off Your Utilities--Even in the Winter

You need to be aware that Pennsylvania enacted a law in December 2004 called the "Responsible Utility Customer Protection Act (RUCPA)," which enables utility companies to shut off utility services under certain circumstances.