"The reason is because until fairly recently there was no competitive market, so you could not switch your energy provider."

Maybe you have heard of the Smart Grid on the news or from your energy provider.

The Soviet Union was the largest energy provider in the world until the late 1980s.

We want to give customers their choice of energy providers and pricing terms.

But this does not put energy providers in the clear.

It has an annual revenue of €38.153 billion, making it the third largest energy provider in the world.

Last month, Washington ordered utilities to open their transmission systems to outside energy providers.

Would have required that consumers be given a choice of electric energy providers.

Are energy providers now to take over banking too?

Numerous other alternative energy providers, which include producers that use resources like wind and waste also have not been paid.