Retail Unbundling - Tennessee
Status: The state has no unbundled service
programs for residential customers.
Overview: No retail unbundling program is being
considered at this time by either the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) or
the state legislature. More than 80 companies provide natural gas service to
residential customers, with the TRA regulating the state's six privately owned
utilities. One of these companies is a division of Atlanta Gas Light, which has
completely exited its merchant role in Georgia as part of the retail unbundling
program underway in that state. Tennessee's local distribution companies (LDCs)
and regulatory authority are waiting to see the results of Georgia's experience
with unbundling before changing how gas is provided to consumers in the state.
EIA State Data: In 2003, Tennessee had 1,024,164
residential and 131,629 commercial customers. They consumed 71 and 57 billion
cubic feet of natural gas, respectively. The average prices paid for natural
gas purchased from LDCs by residential and commercial customers were $9.64 and
$8.88 per thousand cubic feet, respectively.
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File last modified: 01/31/2005