Free market electricity. What it is, what benefits it provides and how to pass
The transition to the free market is automatic when you register for an offer for the supply of electricity proposed by a company different from the company operating the most protection. The enhanced protection service is the service provided to contractual and economic conditions established by the AEEG (Italian Authority for Electricity and Gas). Switch to subscribe to the free market, therefore, means a deal marketed by online companies that compete with each other.
Each consumer is free to decide from which seller and on what terms to purchase electricity for the needs of their own homes.
Those who exercise this right comes precisely in the free market. It is the client, explains Authority, to decide which vendor or what type of contract to choose and change them if necessary when selecting an offer he considers the most advantageous and convenient. It is a voluntary choice, that there is no obligation, states the Authority for Electricity and Gas.
It should be noted that the freedom of choice concerns only enterprises sellers of electricity. It is not possible to change the company ensures the distribution of electricity through lines to the home, because this service is not conveniently replicable and remains assigned to companies that operate with tariffs set by the Authority.
Formalities, costs and timing of the transition to the free market
To go to the free market you must choose a new offer for the supply of electricity, sign a new contract and to close the previous one through withdrawal. It is for the new seller send the request for closure of the old contract to the company that you intend to leave.
The actual transition to the free market, or the new supply which is good for times ranging between one and two months. The new electricity supply part when the new seller has completed all acts necessary for the management of technical and commercial aspects of the passage. The seller must communicate the new date for the transition effect at the moment of signing the contract. The maximum period of notice for termination of the old contract for the supply of one month from the first day of the month following the month in which the old seller has received the notice of cancellation. An example: if the old seller receives notice of cancellation on January 2, the maximum term will commence on 1 February.
It is always up to new seller underwriting and management of the necessary steps to ensure the transportation and delivery of electricity to the customer's metering equipment. Reading is performed by the distributor few days before the actual passage, to allow the old seller issuing the last bill.
25/06/2012
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