Buying energy over the Internet

It is said that e-commerce is beginning to show explosive growth in the gas and electricity markets and the growth will probably be accelerated even further through several internet tools designed to help with the purchase of energy. So far, in the United Kingdom, the schemes have been aimed at the corporate energy buyers but some are aimed at householders. The bases of some of the schemes (under the sub-headings of (i) commercial and industrial market and (ii) domestic sector) are discussed and their web site addresses given