Which utility and gas account are being reviewed?
A Georgia hotel should identify its actual gas utility before comparing marketers. The property can have an electricity arrangement that differs from its gas service, and a Georgia location does not by itself establish access to the Atlanta Gas Light marketer framework.
Collect the current gas bill, legal customer, service identifier, utility, rate or service classification, usage history, and present marketer where applicable. Note separate meters for kitchens, laundry, or other services rather than assuming one hotel address describes all gas consumption.
The markets hub connects territory and purchasing questions. The immediate objective is a confirmed commercial account path, not a statewide commodity-price claim.
What does the PSC deregulation guide establish?
The Georgia PSC gas-deregulation FAQ identifies AGL territory and explains the separation between delivery and marketers selling gas. That scope is important: the guide should not be used to assign the same marketer-selection process to every Georgia utility.
The FAQ also includes consumer-oriented examples and legacy switching descriptions. Keep those examples separate from the current rule and accepted transaction for a commercial hotel. A page remaining online does not establish that every historical timing or household example applies unchanged to this account.
Use the Georgia account guide for the broader electric and gas comparison. This selection file should then narrow the question to the actual gas service, commercial customer segment, and marketer proposal.
A commercial marketer selection file connects territory qualification, supplier identity, account-specific terms, customer authorization, accepted enrollment, and complete gas-cost treatment.
How should the certified-marketer list be used?
The PSC certified-marketer list identifies the entities and customer-segment information needed for a first screening. Some entries expressly describe commercial-only service. Confirm the exact legal marketer and the proposed account segment rather than assume every listed plan serves hotels.
Ask whether the marketer serves the actual utility account and offers the requested product and period. Identify any credit review, deposit, minimum quantity, or other commercial condition in its proposal. Do not invent a qualification from the company’s broad market description.
Keep certification review separate from commercial acceptance. A supplier can be listed while declining a particular account or requiring additional information. Record the actual offer status and conditions before the owner treats it as executable.
Which enrollment rule should control the transaction review?
The current Georgia enrollment-procedure rules address marketer customer enrollment. Retrieve the provisions relevant to the proposed transaction and customer classification. Do not replace them with an old FAQ example describing a generic consumer switch.
Identify the authorization, information, request, and response needed for the account. Match the legal customer and service identifier with the proposed agreement. Where the marketer gives a projected start, distinguish that projection from the utility’s accepted effective date.
Preserve the transaction evidence. An email saying enrollment sent describes submission, not acceptance. A correction request or system rejection should remain visible until the parties resolve it and confirm the actual service treatment.
What should the commercial proposal disclose?
| Field | Evidence | Question for selection |
|---|---|---|
| Marketer identity | Current PSC listing and agreement | Correct legal entity and segment? |
| Commodity | Price, units and quantity basis | Same gas scope and period? |
| Delivery | Retained utility treatment | Which AGL charges continue? |
| Administration | Fixed fees and calculation | Included or additional? |
| Contract changes | Renewal, termination and assignment terms | How do operating changes affect obligations? |
| Enrollment | Authorization and accepted response | When does the account actually change? |
Keep unclear fields as open items. A price per therm can be useful while remaining incomplete if the proposal does not identify recurring charges, retained utility components, and the quantity or period to which the price applies.
Why is the consumer price chart not a hotel offer?
A comparison chart using a defined household or standard-consumer profile does not establish a hotel’s commercial terms. Its annual usage, plan eligibility, fees, and billing assumptions can differ from the account being reviewed.
Use the chart, if relevant, to ask how the marketer’s quote is constructed. Obtain the hotel-specific price, quantity, term, retained charges, and execution conditions. Do not present a consumer chart’s total or effective price as the hotel’s expected bill.
A seasonal hotel can have very different volume across months. A commercial kitchen can also continue operating when room demand is low. The purchasing file needs actual meter data and the hotel’s dated forecast rather than a residential example chosen because it is available online.
What does an assumed fixed-fee comparison demonstrate?
Assume a fictional high-use period consumes 12,000 therms. Assume Proposal A has an invented commodity price of $0.70 per therm and a $30 fixed administration charge. Its modeled components total $8,400 plus $30, or $8,430.
Assume Proposal B uses an invented $0.68 per therm and a $300 administration charge. Its modeled components total $8,160 plus $300, or $8,460. Under these assumptions, the lower commodity price produces a $30 higher subtotal.
These inputs are not current Georgia marketer prices, AGL charges, or actual hotel results. Delivery, taxes, compensation, and other unspecified items are excluded. The example shows why a fixed charge belongs in the comparison rather than being omitted from a commodity-rate ranking.
How does the same comparison behave at lower usage?
For a second hypothetical period, assume consumption is 1,200 therms and keep the invented offer components unchanged. Proposal A totals $840 plus $30, or $870. Proposal B totals $816 plus $300, or $1,116.
The modeled difference is $246, showing that a recurring fixed charge can matter more when usage is lower. This scenario does not forecast a particular hotel’s seasonal consumption or establish how any actual marketer changes its fees.
Run the real offers against the same monthly forecast and complete scope. Include planned boiler, laundry, hot-water, or kitchen changes. A comparison built only from annual volume can conceal the timing of fixed charges and any contractual conditions linked to seasonal use.
How should the outgoing arrangement be reviewed?
Read the actual agreement’s end date, notice, renewal, termination, and assignment terms. A desired switch does not release the hotel from an obligation under its existing contract. Identify how the marketer and utility will handle the transition.
If a property sale or management change is planned, confirm the legal customer and required authorization. The brand or operator may differ from the utility account party. Record who can approve the agreement and who supplies transaction information.
The gas-choice state examples show the wider variation among utilities. Those examples do not replace the Georgia rule or the private agreement governing this hotel’s actual transition.
How should supplier scope and transportation duties be checked?
Clarify what the marketer includes and what the utility or customer retains. Ask about quantity treatment, balancing or other applicable adjustments, administrative duties, and exceptional charges. Do not assume a product description such as complete supply identifies every operational responsibility.
The commercial transportation review explains why program paths can differ. Its Nicor example is not a Georgia enrollment rule; it supplies comparison questions about retained duties and charge boundaries.
Keep the account tariff and marketer agreement together. If a clause permits a separate adjustment, ask for the calculation basis and reconciliation evidence. Ownership should understand that exposure before comparing a headline commodity price with a differently scoped product.
What compensation and approvals belong in the decision file?
Request the payer, form, amount or calculation, billing units, and service scope for any broker compensation. Identify whether a supplier-paid adder is already included in the quote and whether a direct fee also applies. Count embedded amounts once.
Present ownership with verified territory, marketer identity, matching cost scenarios, unresolved conditions, and proposed timing. The owner can approve a conditional next step when qualification remains pending, but that condition should stay attached to the offer.
What sequence closes the selection review?
- Confirm AGL territory and actual commercial service.
- Screen the certificated marketer and customer segment.
- Obtain matching usage and operating forecasts.
- Compare complete commodity and retained-charge scope.
- Review existing obligations and compensation.
- Confirm authorization and accepted enrollment.
- Reconcile the first affected invoices and corrections.