Retail Energy Marketing Industry Overview

Companies that sell electricity and/or natural gas to retail customers in deregulated markets.

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Consolidation

Gas Producer Consolidation

The largest investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have gained significant market share over the past 15 years, mainly due to consolidation. The 10 largest IOUs own more than 50 percent of total IOU generation capacity. The application of "best practices" encourages consolidation, as does the need for large financial resources to fund more efficient generating capacity.

In response to the large investments required to find and produce oil and natural gas, the big, vertically-integrated producers have become larger, mainly through acquisitions and mergers. Within the transmission segment of the industry, 14 corporations control 85 percent of the pipeline market. Local gas distribution companies are also combining under the umbrella of Public Utility Holding Companies (PUHC), which often includes the operation of electric-generating facilities using natural gas.

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• AMEN Properties, Inc.
• APS Energy Services Company, Inc.
• BizzEnergy Ltd

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Retail Energy Marketing maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

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• American Association of Petroleum Geologists
  
• American Petroleum Institute
  
• Energy Information Administration
  

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