What is meant by the “price-sensitive” and “time-sensitive” sections of the buying pool?
All customers currently in deregulated agreements, or who wish to purchase by a ceratin date, become a participant in the time-sensitive pool. These aggregations are designed to look for the best market conditions, but require a purchase to be made by a certain date based upon the expiration of its participants’ current agreements. Alternatively, all customers currently purchasing from NStar or National Grid rate schedules participate in a price-sensitive pool. These aggregations will only trigger when the most optimal conditions exist between those local utility rates and a better deregulated offer.
