This eight-minute video is a useful introduction for anyone interested in how electricity market deregulation has affected Illinois. Viewers will learn what electricity market deregulation is and their choices in a deregulated retail market. While some customers have good reasons for switching to an Alternative Retail Electricity Supplier (ARES), staying with the default utility supply option is the best decision for most Illinoisans, given current market trends. The video also covers predatory marketing practices in the retail electricity market so that viewers can recognize and avoid them.