Has anyone ever saved money by switching their electric provider?
I am considering taking on a commercial electricity sales position. I am fluent in reading electric bills, rate structures, and load profiles. I'm thinking that I could actually be quite good at determining which rate structure is best for the site, particularly for larger businesses where the rates get complicated.   


My question going in is... how likely/frequently is a business to shop around for an electric provider (where they can) really? How large do electric bills have to get before businesses start to look more closely at their electric supplier? Any success stories of businesses who actually switched their rate plan and saw a lower bill?  Who in an office actually makes the decision as to who the supplier is?

I'd appreciate any insight how businesses approach paying their electric bill. That part is new to me and I don't want to be surprised by what I don't know.
[{"id": "fxhs25k", "text": "I am assuming that you were talking about Texas? In most of the country there is only one power company available", "replies": [{"id": "fxhsc6f", "text": "There are a few states, one item that attracts me about this broker is they seem to be in all the major deregulated  markets. TX, NJ, NY, PA, CA etc.", "replies": [{"id": "fxi2rns", "text": "CA is deregulated?", "replies": [{"id": "fxj4smk", "text": "It looks like there is a limited \"direct access\" program for businesses in CA. The broker I'm considering has it on their list of ~15 states, but they left it off their training documents and didn't seem excited about CA when I asked about it. So yes and no? I will have to look into it further, good question.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fxind5f", "text": "If you are in Texas don\u2019t go with Reliant they are a scummy company that ropes you in with teaser rates and then jacks up the rate hoping no one notices", "replies": [{"id": "fxls6e5", "text": "Actually that is somewhat my premise. The only way to save is short term gains, and almost everyone in the industry is too dumb to be able to prove them. Playing the teaser rates and switching it up is the only way to go.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]