America's fastest-growing company doesn't actually produce or deliver energy. Rather, it buys power at wholesale prices and resells it through an army of 70,000 independent agents.
[Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:39:56 GMT]
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America's fastest-growing company doesn't actually produce or deliver energy. Rather, it buys power at wholesale prices and resells it through an army of 70,000 independent agents.
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