I live in NY and use Econnergy as my gas Esco.
They recently sent me a flier offering me two 'plans' to better
control my gas costs for the coming winter season.

They have a rate insurance plan which fluctuates with the market but
they guarantee that you would pay no mre than 99 cents per therm and
no less than 73 cents per therm for the period of 11/1/04 thru
3/31/05. They charge an additional 3.8 cents per therm premium for
this plan.

They also have a fixed rate plan which you will pay a fixed rate of 88
cents per therm for the period of 11/1/04 thru 3/31/05.

What are people's thoughts on these plans and therm costs for NY? Is
there a web site that details historical costs per therm during
previous years (for all I know it could even be on Econnergy's site).

*Is there a more appropriate newsgroup to ask this question?

Thanks,
Walter