{"id":9153,"date":"2024-06-05T19:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theenergy.coop\/test\/blog\/the-role-of-local-government-in-the-clean-energy-transition-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T19:37:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:37:35","slug":"energy-choice-and-your-rights-as-an-energy-consumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theenergy.coop\/test\/blog\/energy-choice-and-your-rights-as-an-energy-consumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Choice and Your Rights as an Energy Consumer | A panel event hosted by The Energy Co-op and Green Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flexible_p_main\">\n<div class=\"flexible_p_main_inner\">\n<p>By The Energy Co-op Staff \u2013 5\/18\/23<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania is one of several states where households and businesses can choose their energy supplier. However, despite consumers\u2019 ability to choose a renewable energy supplier to power their home or business, the commonwealth is lagging behind most states in transitioning to renewable energy and building renewable energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 26<sup>th<\/sup>, The Energy Co-op and Green Philly hosted a panel of energy industry experts who educated attendees on how to navigate the energy choice marketplace, and how Pennsylvania can accelerate its transition to renewable energy and catch up to neighboring states. Our panel of experts included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Gruin, Attorney, Stevens &amp; Lee<\/li>\n<li>Divya Desai, Executive Director, The Energy Co-op<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Mumford, Director of the Office of Competitive Market Oversight, PA Public Utilities Commission<\/li>\n<li>Dominic McGraw, Deputy Director of Municipal Energy Services, Philadelphia Office of Sustainiability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you missed the event, you can watch it below, or read Green Philly\u2019s summary of the event\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreencities.com\/energy\/in-pennsylvanias-push-toward-renewable-energy-consumers-have-power\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> or wach below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQVk3flxbyk?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, April 26th, The Energy Co-op and Green Philly hosted a panel of energy industry experts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8637,"featured_media":9158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0},"categories":[117,141],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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