There have been a number of articles recently about the opportunity for residential customers to purchase their natural gas supplies from retail marketers rather than a natural gas utility (something that Ohio has long had in place). Here, for example, is an article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch noting that two major gas suppliers are coming to the Columbia Gas of Virginia service territory. And here is an article from the Courier-Journal noting a recent report by the Kentucky Public Service Commission addressing whether the state's retail natural gas market should be opened up to broader competition.