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Here you can see all the rates offered by Direct Energy and compare them head-to-head. If you're trying to get a better idea about each plan's features, you might like our Direct Energy Plans and Products page.
Direct Energy Electricity Utility Rates Comparison
We offer Direct Energy Electricity in multiple utilities, select yours below.
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The 'Monthly Recurring Charge' is a fee that the provider will add to each of your bills in addition to the electricity/gas usage charges.
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What Do Direct Energy Listed Rates Mean?
The 'average rate' you see on your Direct Energy bill and in the advertisements includes several different charges - there are usage based charges, utilities charges, monthly utility fees, monthly administrative fees from the provider, and various other taxes. Becuase some of these costs vary with usage while others do not, the 'average rate' you see on your bill will ironically be higher when your usage is lower. That's because the fixed monthly fees are spread over a smaller number of kWh or ccf.
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What People Are Asking About Rates for Direct Energy
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What is the cheapest electricity plan that Direct Energy has?
The cheapest Direct Energy plan is Live Brighter 8 with a rate starting at 6.89¢ per kWh. Customers of Direct Energy can expect their average bill to fall around $69 per month on this plan. This plan's early termination fee is $0. This is a 8 month plan.
More details on this plan can be found on the Live Brighter 8 plan page or by calling 844-225-3948.
Direct Energy has 2 more plans with rates starting at 7.79¢ per kWh@1000/kWh and estimated monthly bills starting at $78.-
Where can I order Direct Energy electricity?
You can find 26 plans starting at 11.89¢/kWh on our Direct Energy plans and products page.
Direct Energy has 26 electricity plans in 7 states, 5 plans in New Jersey, 5 plans in Texas, and 16 in 5 other states
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Where can I order Direct Energy natural gas?
You can find 18 plans starting at $0.409/ccf on our Direct Energy plans and products page.
Direct Energy has 18 natural gas plans in 5 states, 5 plans in Ohio, 4 plans in Illinois, and 9 in 3 other states
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What do customers think about Direct Energy?
- The average customer review in Ohio is 1.9. The average Direct Energy customer review is 3.4 / 5 stars. For a different take you can go on over to our company ratings page for Direct Energy
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What are the cheapest natural gas plans that Direct Energy has?
- Currently, the cheapest natural-gas plans in are:
- Live Brighter 18 from Direct Energy starting at 0.629¢/ccf
- Live Brighter StandardStateSite 7 from Direct Energy starting at 0.569¢/ccf
Why Do Direct Energy Electricity Rates Vary Across the State?
That's a great question - why does Electricity pricing change ? There are good reasons for those differences.
As Electricity systems were built out in the early 20th century, different areas built a variety of generating plants, transmission lines, substations, and infrastructure. As a result, some areas of the state may have newer, more efficient plants, and others might have older, less efficient systems that cost more to operate for each unit of electricity they create. Then there are differences in the voltages and capacity of the transmission pipes and lines which cause more variation in the efficiency of the distribution system. Finally, different parts of Ohio have different utilities (the companies responsible for maintaining electrical distribution infrastructure), which each have their own shareholders, costs, and management.
Ultimately, these regional rate variations are not the fault of Direct Energy or any other energy providers and they are certainly not due to anyone trying to cheat or gouge consumers. The decisions the generators and utilities have made over many years as the power grid was constructed have resulted in an environment where it might cost 1-3 cents less to create and transmit Electricity to a home compared to another region. It just depends on the costs that were incurred to create the infrastructure in that area, how densely populated the area is, along with the decisions that were made over decades about what kinds of power plants to build and where to put them.
