Choices are in the future for consumers buying electricity

Ongoing work towards both energy independence and the transition to energy sources that don’t use fossil fuels are going to create choices for energy consumers that we haven’t had in decades, or ever. If technologies in the energy field continue on their current course, buying energy is going to involve decisions we haven’t had to make before. We’re already seeing some of these changes and can expect to see more.

For instance, electric utilities won’t offer just one product (now with electricity: it’ll probably be on but maybe not, take it or leave it) at one (often mysterious) price. Instead,...