[tag=IN] [lemma=retail] [lemma=competition] [tag="," | □=□]
[tag=IN] [lemma=retail] [lemma=competition] [tag="," | tag=□]
[tag=IN] [lemma=retail] [lemma=competition] [tag="," | lemma=□]
Authorizes creation of a publicly accessible database that will provide information to consumers on electric utilities which participate in retail competition . The question that I would say more properly should be how can you permit and allow to develop as appropriate retail competition , because there are and there will be States which for their own reasons , and very legitimate reasons , see that it is not beneficial to enter into retail competition . Further , competitive wholesale markets are a prerequisite to consumers obtaining the benefits of retail competition . b. requiring states to conduct a proceeding on retail competition , reserving to the states discretion not to adopt retail competition if they determine doing so would not be in its consumers ' best interests ? Electric power marketers outlined for the task force the competitive benefits , innovation , and customer choice enhancements offered by electric power marketers participation in retail competition . NMPC 's is the first and longest-running default-service RTP tariff implemented in the context of retail competition . To encourage municipal power systems to open their service areas to competition , pre-effective date bonds used to finance generation or distribution facilities would be permitted to retain their tax-exempt status notwithstanding private use resulting from the issuer 's implementation of retail competition or from the issuer entering into a contract for the sale of electricity or use of its distribution property that will become effective after implementation of retail competition . The report , " Competition and Consumer Protection Perspectives on Electric Power Regulatory Reform : Focus on Retail Competition , " updates a July 2000 FTC Staff Report and responds to a request to update that report made by the Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the United States House of Representatives , W. J. " Billy " Tauzin , and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality , Joe Barton . " On the other hand , some respondents believed that everyone would benefit from retail competition . The proposal includes a flexible mandate , allowing states to opt out of retail competition . Internet will devastate what is left of the small local business sector and lead to ever-greater distortion of retail competition . " Regardless of their views on retail competition , IOU 's believed that public power enjoys significant advantages that should either be contained or eliminated in order not to skew increasingly competitive markets . From your company 's point of view , is it necessary for Congress to enact legislation bearing on retail competition , and why ?